10 years · backend-first · production systems
I build the systems businesses run on — APIs, databases, and the infrastructure underneath them. A decade spent turning business logic into services that hold up under real traffic, plus three-plus years leading the engineers who help build them.
$ whoami → Mark Anthony Naluz
$ role → Software Engineer · Backend & Full-Stack
$ uptime → 10 years in production
$ status → open to engagements
I'm a backend-leaning full-stack engineer who has spent the last ten years turning business requirements into systems that actually hold up — APIs that don't fall over, databases that stay fast as they grow, and deployments that survive contact with real users.
Most of that decade has been backend and infrastructure work: designing services, optimizing queries, automating the database processes that shouldn't need a human, and keeping servers healthy across AWS and DigitalOcean. At Cartrack I built a real-time pub/sub notification system on Socket.IO and PostgreSQL, and documented it properly with UML so the next engineer wasn't guessing.
I've also spent three-plus years leading — as a Team Lead mentoring developers through code review, and for close to a year as a Department Head coordinating projects and talking directly to clients and stakeholders. That combination is what I bring to a team: someone comfortable in the architecture conversation and the client call, who still ships code in between.
Ten roles, 2015 to present — from technical support to tech lead, across the Philippines, Thailand and Australia.
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Four engineering initiatives pulled from the roles above — the problem, the approach, and what it took to build.
Backend systems and pub/sub architectures designed and documented well enough that another engineer can pick them up.
3+ years as a Team Lead, mentoring developers through code review and day-to-day technical guidance.
Backend-first, but comfortable supporting frontend work in React and Next.js when a project needs it.
From internal REST services to third-party integrations, including Lotto API work at RB7.
Server configuration, Docker-based workflows, and automating database processes that used to need a human.
Root-cause fixes over patches — the kind that keep production stable long after the ticket is closed.
Query tuning and PostgreSQL/MySQL schema work aimed at keeping systems fast as they grow.
Close to a year as a Department Head — working directly with clients and coordinating across teams.
I'm open to backend, full-stack, and infrastructure engagements — freelance, contract, or full-time. If it involves APIs, databases, or the servers underneath them, let's talk.