About
Background, technical strengths, and the systems I like building.
Explore About Sakib Sami • Backend & Distributed Systems Engineer
Reliable distributed systems, delivered.
I design and build resilient backend platforms with Go, Java, Kafka, Temporal, and Kubernetes, focused on reliability, observability, and delivery discipline for systems that must hold up in production.
Experience across
9+ years Event-driven systems Kafka · Temporal Go · Java Kubernetes · Docker
What you’ll find here
A focused view of my work, writing, and engineering background
Writing
Practical notes on backend architecture, distributed systems, and reliability.
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Recent writing on systems, architecture, and engineering tradeoffs
Major career milestones
- 2026Senior Software Engineer — Veriff Building backend systems for Veriff’s identity verification platform, focusing on reliability, scalability, and distributed service architecture supporting global verification workflows.
- 2023Lead Software Engineer — Zulzi Ondemand Pty Ltd. Leading the architecture and development of an event-driven hospitality platform, building scalable microservices and workflow orchestration to support ordering, delivery, and operational systems.
- 2021Senior Software Engineer — Twilio Inc. Contributed to modernization of Twilio’s messaging platform, improving reliability and developer productivity across a business-critical service. Improved observability and automated testing workflows, reducing engineering overhead by ~5% and service health metrics by ~20%.
Work with me
For consulting and engineering work, SuberaHQ is the main studio surface
Need help with backend systems, architecture, or reliability?
For consulting, architecture review, and delivery work, I operate through SuberaHQ, focused on deliberate software engineering for teams building production systems.