Software Engineer

Sebastian Oliver

I build scalable backend systems and cloud infrastructure. Focused on distributed architectures, developer experience, and engineering that ships.

About

Engineering at scale

Software Engineer at a cloud consultancy building serverless and event-driven systems on AWS. I deliver modernization and migration projects for clients — shipping scalable cloud-native architecture in agile environments.

Cloud Engineering

Building and modernising cloud-native systems on AWS — serverless architectures, CDK infrastructure, and large-scale migration projects for enterprise clients.

Full Stack Development

From Next.js frontends serving content from headless CMSes to backend services and distributed pipelines — comfortable across the full stack.

Beyond the Screen

Trail running, climbing, and endurance sports. The same discipline that goes into a long run goes into building reliable systems.

Experience

Where I've worked

Jan 2023 — Present

Aleios

Cloud Engineer

Software Engineer at a cloud consultancy focused on serverless and event-driven architectures. Delivering modernization and migration projects for clients by building scalable AWS-based cloud-native systems, implementing infrastructure as code, and developing distributed backend services in agile consulting environments.

  • Led development of an internal CDK constructs package for an enterprise client to enforce best practices and standardization across teams
  • Modernised legacy AWS infrastructure from a mix of Terraform and Serverless framework to AWS CDK
  • Maintained legacy AWS infrastructure serving 80,000 requests a minute daily
  • Migrated a catalog service from Azure to AWS, leading the database refitting from Cosmos to Postgres
  • Modernized 44+ pages of a European Airlines frontend using Next.js and Tailwind, serving content from a headless CMS (Contentful)
  • Co-led development of an AWS X-Ray tracing tool to provide visibility into feature latency impact
AWS CDKTypeScriptServerlessNext.jsTailwindDatadogAWS X-RayTerraformRetool.NET (C#)

Projects

Selected work

A few projects that highlight my approach to backend engineering, cloud architecture, and building systems that scale.

Full Stack

vroom-vroom

Strava running stats visualizer

A web app integrated with the Strava API that visualizes personal running stats with clean, interactive charts. Built with a serverless Supabase backend and a Next.js frontend for fast, static-first rendering.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwindStrava APISupabase
Full Stack

monthly-tracks

Spotify monthly playlist generator

A web app that connects to the Spotify API and automatically generates a monthly playlist from tracks added to your library that month. Handles OAuth authentication and Spotify API pagination cleanly.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwindSpotify API
Full Stack

cheapy

Spotify monthly playlist generator

A web app that connects to the Spotify API and automatically generates a monthly playlist from tracks added to your library that month. Handles OAuth authentication and Spotify API pagination cleanly.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwindSpotify API

Skills

Tools & technologies

The stack I work with most. Focused on the backend and cloud, with enough frontend to ship full products.

Frontend

TypeScriptReactNext.jsTailwind CSSRetool

Backend

AWS ServerlessTypeScript.NET (C#)

Observability & Analytics

DatadogAWS X-RayCloudWatch

DevOps & Automation

GitHub ActionsCI/CD PipelinesAWS CDKTerraform

Certifications

AWS Cloud Practitioner

Contact

Let's build something

I'm open to new opportunities, interesting projects, and conversations about distributed systems.