Fullstack Software Engineer (Backend-Specialized)
ALX Africa Software Engineering Graduate (12-month Programme, 70+ hrs/week)
Certified with Backend Specialization completed 🎓
Building scalable, secure full applications — from low-level foundations to cloud-deployed, cyber-hardened backends.

• Fullstack-capable with strong backend focus
• Low-level mastery: C (data structures, memory management, systems programming from ALX Foundations)
• Backend expertise: Python (FastAPI/Flask), Node.js/Express, REST/GraphQL APIs, auth (JWT/OAuth), databases & scaling
• Frontend foundations: React/Next.js •HTML/CSS/JS for complete app flows and pairing with specialists
• Passionate about secure, cloud-native development — blending backend with cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity best practices

• Languages — Python • JavaScript/TypeScript • C
• Backend — FastAPI • Flask • Express • API design, security & performance
• Frontend basics — React/Next.js • HTML/CSS/JS (fullstack integration)
• Databases — MySQL • PostgreSQL • Redis • NoSQL concepts
• Cloud & Security — Google Cloud Platform (GCP) tools/infrastructure • Cybersecurity fundamentals (offensive/defensive, pentesting concepts, tools like Metasploit/Wireshark)
• Dev Tools — Git • Linux/shell • Docker basics • Testing (unittest/pytest)
• Next level — Go/Rust for perf, full DevSecOps, advanced GCP/AWS

• Completed full ALX Foundations → Backend Specialization → 12-month Software Engineering Programme
• Received official ALX Software Engineering Certificate (Backend focus)
• Hands-on ALX projects/capstones: storage engines, auth systems, scalable services
• Built & iterated on private labs/projects (API-driven apps, secure backends, integrated flows — some open-sourcing soon)

• ALX Google Cloud Skills Programme (8-week exclusive hands-on with Google — cloud infrastructure, deployment, earning GCP certs/badges for scalable apps)
• ALX Cybersecurity Programme (7-month track — offensive/defensive security, GRC, tools like Metasploit, Wireshark; hardening backends against real threats)

• Fullstack/backend projects (Python/Node, cloud-integrated)
• Secure API/services, pentest-aware apps, cloud deployments
• Open-source in security tooling, AI backends, cloud/dev tools
• Job opps — fullstack/backend/devsecops roles, freelance, startups (Nairobi/remote/global)

• alx-backend → Core backend implementations
• alx-backend-storage → Databases & engines
• alx-backend-javascript → Node/JS services
• Personal/private labs (cloud + security experiments coming public)

Hit me up: alvinvrxmike@icloud.com
X: @vrxmike / @bytesfang
Let's build secure, scalable stuff in the cloud 🔥

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