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Igor B.

Senior Backend Engineer | Python, Node, .NET | AI Integration & ETL

I build scalable backend systems, data pipelines, and automation platforms used by SaaS, fintech, and e-commerce companies. With 14+ years of backend engineering experience, I specialize in designing high-performance APIs, distributed ETL pipelines, and large-scale automation infrastructure. $500K+ earned on Upwork across 270+ projects building backend systems and data platforms. Key strengths: • Backend architecture (Python, FastAPI, Node.js, .NET, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Celery/RabbitMQ/Redis) • Data pipelines & ETL systems • AI integrations and RAG pipelines on vector databases (pgvector, Pinecone, Qdrant) • Large-scale data extraction and reverse engineered APIs • Distributed workers and automation infrastructure I focus on performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability, delivering backend platforms that grow with the business and remain stable under heavy load. Core technologies Python, FastAPI, Node.js, .NET, PostgreSQL, Redis, Supabase, Qdrant, Pinecone, Docker, Celery, RabbitMQ, Playwright, Selenium, Scrapy, REST APIs, GraphQL, ETL pipelines, RAG, vector search, distributed workers, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), LLM, Langchain, Langraph, Langfuse, BMAD, DataDome, PerimeterX, AlyunWAF, SmartCaptcha, Akamai, Incapsula/Imperva, Qrator

🇷🇸Belgrade, Serbia$65/hr100% JSS4.79 (230)Since Sep 2016

Earnings and projects

MRR
$5.3k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#4,893 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#49 / 4,015
Revenue, last 30 days
$2.6k

Last 6 months: $32k

World#15,521 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#169 / 4,015
Total earnings
$582k

Billed in all: $596k

World#2,020 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#21 / 4,015
Per project
$2.1k

$2.4k in the last 6 months

World#75,462 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#839 / 4,015
Projects, last 6 months
13
23% fixed77% hourly
World#12,442 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#79 / 4,015
Projects in all
283

Across 324 contracts

35% fixed65% hourly
World#5,442 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#81 / 4,015

Earnings, last 30 days

$596k+$2.6k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$592k$594k$596k$598kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 1% in ExpressJS

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #6Celery275 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 2%
  2. #18Apache Airflow491 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 4%
  3. #20RabbitMQ552 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 4%
  4. #37Snowflake621 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 6%
  5. #39Redis1,774 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #2Top 2%
  6. #56ETL1,556 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #1Top 4%
  7. #63ExpressJS5,651 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #2Top 1%
  8. #72AWS Lambda2,947 freelancers · 🇷🇸 #2Top 2%