Scale your startup
without expensive
backend rewrites
I help Seed → Series A teams ship fast & securely, while keeping the infra costs in check.
In (AWS & Node.js) (adaptable), with systems built to survive growth.
"Heeth quickly understood what we were building. He was also quick to pick new tools in our stack and come with fast and high quality prototypes."
What I Do
Software Architecture, System Design
Designing the foundation: Database schema, System design, AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines. The decisions that determine whether your system survives the next few years.
- •Database schema & data modeling
- •System architecture & design
- •AWS infrastructure setup
- •CI/CD pipelines & deployment
Secure, Scalable Software Development
Building the actual systems: Backend server / serverless functions, queues, caching layers, background jobs. Production-grade systems with proper error handling and monitoring.
- •Security as a feature (OWASP, Firewall & more)
- •Backend server / serverless functions
- •Message queues & background jobs
- •Caching layers & performance
- •Error handling & monitoring
System Rescue, Optimization
Existing system hitting limits? I audit, identify bottlenecks, and fix them. Query optimization, architecture refactoring, cost reduction on AWS.
- •Performance audits & bottleneck identification
- •Query & database optimization
- •Architecture refactoring
- •AWS cost reduction
Standards in every engagement
These are baselines in every engagement, not premium add-ons.
- Full ownership end-to-end, so you can focus on other things
- Clear trade-offs that fit your needs, stage & future growth
- Request-level tracing and structured logs
- Alerting with actionable thresholds
- Safe data lifecycle patterns (retention + deletion)
- Queue-first handling for bursty/retry-prone workflows
- Security as a functional requirement (OWASP, Firewall & more)
- Handoff-ready documentation in every delivery cycle
Featured Case Studies
Decision-heavy work where architecture trade-offs materially
changed performance, reliability, or operational cost.
Metrics endpoint latency reduced from ~8s to ~2s
ClickHouse Query Decomposition
ClickHouse Query Decomposition
Reworked a heavy production query into a pragmatic two-step plan that outperformed the cleaner single-query option in real workload conditions.
Read Case StudyProtected delivery path while preserving analytics
Cost-Aware Hybrid Data Layer
Cost-Aware Hybrid Data Layer
Separated delivery-critical reads from analytics writes to keep webhook forwarding reliable and fast during incidents without compromising cost-awareness.
Read Case StudyProtected privacy while preserving speed and efficiency
Dual Primary Keys DB Design
Dual Primary Keys DB Design
Used integer keys for high-volume for events storage, querying, analytics and uuid-based public identifiers to prevent metadata leakage.
Read Case StudyTestimonials
Ramkumar Venkataraman
Founder, CTO - Sei AI (YC W22)
Heeth joined us when were building the MVP of our product and quickly understood what we were building and our codebase.
He was meticulous in every PR and ensured proper documentation was done alongside.
Heeth was also quick to pick new tools in our stack and come with fast and high quality prototypes. His strengths are neat coding practices, quick to learn what is needed and deliver.
Working Arrangement
Either way, you work directly with me, from technical decisions through delivery.
1. Project-based
- Solve a specific problem that's blocking delivery.
- Know what to expect with clear scope and milestones.
- Have one person own the solution through delivery.
- Leave with systems and docs your team can maintain.
2. Fractional / On-going basis
- Add senior engineer without adding a permanent hire.
- An agreed weekly commitment, scoped to your needs.
- Turn unclear problems into decisions and shipped work.
- Keep work moving as your team's priorities change.
Availability & timezone overlap: 02:30 UTC – 17:30 UTC (±2 hours). I work flexible hours within this window, with overlaps as needed.
Communication: Slack (preferred) or the tool you already use. Async first with me sharing Loom-style videos to minimize meetings.
The Team
It's just me (Heeth)
I have been coding since I was 14 * and genuinely enjoy software development & building systems.
I have worked with early/small startups remotely and think in terms of failure modes, trade-offs, and maintainability, not framework trends.
For you, that means clear technical ownership, fast iteration in ambiguous environments, no middlemen, and systems that hold up through your next growth stage.
Have a problem you need solved?
Tell me what you're building, what's getting in the way, and we'll figure out the right next step.
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