Software Development Engineer
2024 – PresentZillow
- Backend and platform engineering on distributed systems.
- Event-driven integrations and workflow automation.
- Production reliability and observability.
Brandon Achu
Backend / Platform Engineer
I build event-driven backend systems, workflow automation, and cloud infrastructure that teams can operate reliably in production.
Workflow automation
Platform APIs
Production reliability
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About Me
I build reliable backend and platform systems: event-driven workflows, service integrations, cloud infrastructure, and production tooling that teams can operate with confidence.
What I focus on
- •Event-driven systems and workflow automation
- •Service integration and platform APIs
- •Cloud infrastructure and IaC
- •Production reliability and observability
Experience
Software Engineer
Prior roleExpel
- Core contributor to the Workbench API and customer integration surface.
- Built automation services and public Terraform modules for AWS onboarding.
- Worked across Node.js, Go, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure.
Capabilities
Distributed systems
Workflow orchestration, async messaging, state modeling, and idempotent service boundaries.
Platform engineering
Integration layers, developer tooling, deployment workflows, and cross-team technical design.
Cloud and IaC
AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and automation that scales onboarding and operations.
Production operations
Incident debugging, observability, safe rollouts, and hardening under real traffic.
Technical focus
Languages
TypeScriptGoPythonJavaScript
Backend & platform
REST & gRPC APIsEvent streamingWorkflow orchestrationPostgreSQL
Cloud & infrastructure
AWSKubernetesTerraformCI/CD
Operations
ObservabilityIncident responseSLO-minded debugging
Featured Case Studies
Production backend and platform work, plus selected public projects with verifiable evidence.
Platform
Event-Driven Workflow Automation
Async correlation
Built and extended workflow automation that reacts to domain events, coordinates work across services, and keeps long-running operations auditable.
GoKafkaPostgreSQL
Read case study →Platform
Production Workflow Reliability
Safe replay
Improved how stateful workflow systems fail, recover, and stay observable when real-world timing does not match the happy path.
GoStep FunctionsPostgreSQL
Read case study →Backend
Expel Workbench API
Production API surface
Helped grow a production REST API that served both internal platform needs and external customer integrations.
Node.jsExpressPostgreSQL
Read case study →DevOps
Terraform AWS CloudTrail Module
Open-source module
Co-built an open-source Terraform module that made customer AWS onboarding repeatable for a managed security platform.
TerraformAWS CloudTrailAWS CloudFormation
Read case study →Earlier work
Personal projects and additional professional work kept for context, with less prominence than the featured case studies.
Backend
Cloud Resource Automation Worker
Event-driven automation
Built an event-driven worker that provisioned and deprovisioned cloud resources when customer SKU assignments changed.
GoKubernetesPub/Sub
Read case study →Web
Prometheus AI Platform
Multi-provider integration
Personal project that combined conversational AI, image generation, code generation, and music generation behind one interface.
Next.jsTypeScriptOpenAI
Read case study →Web
Music Library Application
Auth and media handling
Full-stack music library with auth, uploads, likes, and playback.
Next.jsTypeScriptSupabase
Read case study →Mobile
Mindfulness Mobile App
Mobile learning project
Cross-platform React Native app for mood tracking and mindfulness content.
React NativeReduxExpo
Read case study →Get In Touch
Interested in backend/platform work, collaboration, or future opportunities? Email is the fastest way to reach me.
Location
United States