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title: Dilshad Abdulla - Senior Cloud & Python Backend Architect
name: Dilshad Abdulla
role: Lead Cloud & Python Backend Engineer
email: dilshad.a73@gmail.com
github: https://github.com/DilshadGit
linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/dilshad-abdulla
stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/users/2700672/dilshad
website: https://teachcloud.dev
tags: [Python, Flask, FastAPI, Docker, CI/CD, PostgreSQL, Redis]
summary: Senior Cloud & Backend Engineer specializing in high-performance Python microservices, distributed cloud architectures, automated CI/CD pipelines, and scalable database optimization.
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# Dilshad Abdulla
**Lead Cloud & Python Backend Engineer** · [Email](mailto:dilshad.a73@gmail.com) · [GitHub](https://github.com/DilshadGit) · [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/dilshad-abdulla) · [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/users/2700672/dilshad) · [Website](https://teachcloud.dev)

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## 🎯 Executive Summary
Results-driven Lead Cloud & Backend Engineer with extensive experience in architecting and deploying production-grade backend applications and cloud infrastructure. Passionate about Python performance, microservice reliability, zero-downtime automated deployment pipelines, and building scalable systems that power modern web platforms.

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## ⚡ Key Engineering Impact Metrics
- **⚡ 99.99% Operational Uptime**: Architected resilient cloud infrastructure with zero-downtime NGINX reverse proxies and container orchestration.
- **🚀 3x Database Throughput**: Optimized PostgreSQL query execution plans, relational indexes, and Redis caching layers.
- **🔄 65% Faster CI/CD Pipelines**: Automated multi-stage GitHub Actions workflows for testing, linting, and production deployment.
- **⚡ -40% API Latency Reduction**: Streamlined RESTful endpoints, asynchronous background workers, and memory-efficient data structures.

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## 🛠 Technical Competencies
- **Core Languages & Runtimes**: Python (3.10+), SQL, Bash
- **Web & Backend Frameworks**: Flask, FastAPI, Django, Gunicorn, RESTful APIs
- **Cloud & DevOps Infrastructure**: Docker, NGINX, GitHub Actions CI/CD
- **Databases & Data Engineering**: PostgreSQL, Redis, SQLite, SQLAlchemy, Query Optimization & Indexing Strategies
- **Software Engineering Standards**: TDD (pytest/unittest), System Architecture, Security Hardening, Anti-Spam & Rate Limiting

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## 🚀 Key Architectural Projects
- **Heart of Kurdistan Web Platform**: Currently building and maintaining the flagship web platform ([https://www.heartofkurdistan.org/](https://www.heartofkurdistan.org/)), featuring cloud-hosted resilient architecture, modern UI design system, digital archiving, and high availability.
- **Teach Cloud Platform & CMS Engine**: Architected an end-to-end cloud educational platform with real-time analytics dashboards, interactive tutorial studios, dynamic SEO sitemaps, and role-based access control (RBAC).
- **Automated Multi-Domain SSL & CI/CD Pipeline**: Engineered zero-downtime deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions, NGINX reverse proxies, and automated Let's Encrypt / ZeroSSL cert management for live domains.
- **High-Throughput Analytics & Logging Service**: Built lightweight non-blocking visitor analytics trackers with privacy-preserving geolocation and real-time dashboard rendering.

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## 💼 Professional Experience

### **Lead Cloud & Backend Engineer** | *Teach Cloud*
*2024 – Present*
- Architected and deployed production cloud services achieving 99.99% operational uptime.
- Engineered automated CI/CD pipelines reducing deployment friction and release cycle times by 65%.
- Optimized relational database queries and Redis caching, cutting average API response latency by 40%.
- Implemented robust security policies, CSRF protections, and rate-limiting middleware across all web endpoints.

### **Python Software Developer** | *Noisy Atom, Remote (London)*
*Jun 2021 – 2024*
- Developed and maintained scalable Python applications using Django and Flask.
- Designed and implemented RESTful APIs for mission-critical web services.
- Built automated test suites using Pytest to improve code reliability and continuous integration.
- Optimized PostgreSQL relational queries, database schema design, and server performance.

### **Apps Developer & Tester (Contract)** | *MPC Ltd, London*
*Jun 2018 – Sep 2018*
- Migrated and upgraded enterprise applications to modern Django and Django REST frameworks.
- Converted legacy PHP systems into high-efficiency Python backends.
- Conducted comprehensive code reviews, automated unit testing, and REST API development.

### **Backend Developer (Contract)** | *Murphy Surveys, London*
*Jan 2018 – Apr 2018*
- Developed scalable SaaS applications using Django and Django REST Framework.
- Architected, built, and tested robust APIs within fast-paced Agile development cycles.
- Collaborated via GitLab CI/CD, branch management, and project tracking tools.

### **Python Full Stack Developer** | *Alfa Aesar (Thermo Fisher Scientific), Cambridge*
*Feb 2015 – Nov 2017*
- Developed and maintained high-traffic e-commerce platforms and backend systems.
- Built multiple production applications including custom CMS engines, feedback tracking, and multi-language translation tools.
- Managed end-to-end deployments, production bug triage, and code review standards.
- Designed relational database architectures, indexing strategies, and secure server environments.

### **Junior Web Developer** | *Britannic Technologies Ltd, Surrey*
*Mar 2014 – Nov 2014*
- Developed responsive web applications using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and Flask.
- Assisted in backend API prototyping and database connectivity.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver client-facing web solutions.

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## 🎓 Education & Languages
- **BSc (Hons) in Computer Science** (2012)
- **Languages**: English, German, Arabic, Kurdish (Native)