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Backend & Infrastructure Developer
I ship and run production backends. Postgres, Docker, Nginx, Cloudflare Tunnel. The infrastructure on the right is real, self-hosted, and probed every 60 seconds.
Contract and remote roles. Outcomes over duties.
Lead Full Stack Developer
Brought on for one project; now the sole developer across six client and internal projects, from internal analytics tools to customer-facing systems. Own architecture and technical decisions end-to-end and align project priorities directly with the Creative Director.
Full Stack DeveloperMay 2026 — Present
Design and build client systems from spec, then maintain and improve them in production.
AI Automation DeveloperDec 2025 — May 2026
Built client automations on make.com to spec, increasingly extending into full-stack development.
Full-Stack Developer
Worked directly with the CTO and CEO on a live sports video analysis platform. Shipped 50+ PRs at an 82% close rate across Ruby on Rails and React, navigating an unfamiliar production codebase and delivering features end-to-end under a tight contract window.
“In the period that we worked with Vaniel, he became a highly valuable member of our team. His technical abilities spoke for themselves, but what I really valued most was his attention to detail and accountability to ensure tasks got finished. I'd highly recommend them to any team looking for a skilled developer.”
“Vaniel showed particular strength in problem-solving and ownership. He took on tasks independently, asked the right questions when context was needed, and followed through to completion without prompting. His capacity to sustain a high workload while maintaining quality output was especially notable.”
Junior Full-Stack Developer
Developed an e-commerce storefront for Fishpilot services, enabling customers to browse, purchase, and manage service orders directly on their platform.
API Integration Specialist
Implemented a Django microservice for their existing platform, reducing its dependency on a third-party service.
Each one opens into a case study: the problem, the decisions I made and rejected, how it runs, and what I would change.
Solo · design, build, operate
Pondo (Filipino for “fund”) answers one question every time income, allowance, or bonuses come: did the money land where the plan said? A single-user money tracker for your savings, built as a dynamic webpage allowing access to any device designed for easy tracking and distribution of savings fund.
Solo · Android client, self-hosted server
A self-hostable mobile client for opencode. Connect your own server over Cloudflare Tunnel, browse your GitHub repos, and run streaming agentic coding sessions with tool calls and file edits from your phone. 75+ AI providers, no shared backend, no subscription.
Currently learning: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
vaniel@homelab:~$I optimize for systems that stay up, deploy cleanly, and explain themselves under failure. The demo behind the status panel runs on Ubuntu Server with Docker, Nginx, and Cloudflare Tunnel, the same stack I would hand a team.
Looking for a team building real distributed backends: Postgres, queues, observability, Kubernetes. I work best where I can own deploys end-to-end.
Backend systems, self-hosted infrastructure, internal tooling. Tell me about your stack and I will reply within a day.
