
Alex Borg
Senior Software Engineer | Python & Microservices
Salary / Daily rate
Mosta, Malta
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Languages
About me
Intro
Senior Python engineer with 8+ years building enterprise-grade microservices and AI/ML platforms. Proven track record at Klarna and Talonic processing millions of daily transactions and 50k+ concurrent requests. Expert in FastAPI, Django, cloud architecture, and scaling systems for high-growth companies.
Work experience
Python Developer
Talonic
Mar 2022 - Aug 2025
3 years 6 months
Designed Python SDKs for AI/LLM integration, enabling seamless enterprise adoption. Built FastAPI-based microservices handling 50k+ concurrent requests with strict SLAs. Migrated monolithic Django apps to AKS-based microservices, boosting uptime by 23%. Architected REST + GraphQL APIs for dashboards and integrations. Partnered with data science teams on ML deployment pipelines with Docker + Kubernetes. Mentored 4 engineers on clean architecture and scalable service design.
Software Engineer
Klarna
Nov 2018 - Mar 2022
3 years 5 months
Built high-availability payment APIs in Django REST Framework processing millions of daily transactions. Designed fraud-detection microservices using NumPy/Pandas pipelines. Integrated PSD2-compliant banking APIs with OAuth2/JWT authentication. Optimized Postgres queries on 500M+ rows via partitioning and indexing. Implemented Kafka-based transaction monitoring for real-time alerts. Led CI/CD improvements with GitLab + Docker, achieving zero-downtime releases.
Software Engineer
OVHcloud
Oct 2016 - Oct 2018
2 years 1 month
Developed backend systems in Python/Flask for billing and provisioning. Modernized legacy PHP apps into scalable Python microservices. Built containerized services on Docker + Kubernetes. Implemented monitoring dashboards (React + Flask APIs). Partnered with security teams on TLS encryption and secure cloud secrets. Improved PostgreSQL performance by 30% via indexing + caching strategies.
Education
University of Malta
Bachelor of Computer Science
2012 - 2016
5 years