Ben Basil Tomy
Backend Engineer
I build scalable backend systems and distributed applications with 3 years of production experience in Node.js, AWS, and microservices.
Messaging & Streaming
- NATS
- Redpanda Connect
- Event-driven Architecture
Backend Development
- Node.js & Express.js
- REST API Design
- Microservices Architecture
DevOps & Cloud
- AWS (S3, SQS, IoT Core)
- Docker & Nginx
- Azure Cloud
Experience
Full Stack Developer · November 2025 – Present
calendar.usetantra.com — a calendar and event management platform enabling businesses to run targeted RSVP campaigns and automate attendee engagement workflows.
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
- • Developed configurable webhook system delivering real-time RSVP event data to customer-defined endpoints
- • Containerised and deployed full-stack application to Azure using Docker Compose with Nginx as reverse proxy for routing frontend and backend traffic
- • Improved stability and reliability of Google Calendar campaign feature through targeted bug fixes and enhancements
- • Implemented AI-powered personalisation feature generating custom attendee descriptions via inference API calls based on scraped profile data
Cavli Wireless
Software Engineer · July 2023 – November 2025
An IoT connectivity platform integrated with Cavli smart modules via the proprietary Hubble Stack software. It enables remote diagnostics, over-the-air updates, network provisioning, and subscription management, providing scalable and efficient control over millions of globally deployed devices.
Key Achievements & Responsibilities
- • Developed and maintained core features of a proprietary IoT connectivity management platform serving connected devices across multiple enterprise clients
- • Built Node.js/Express microservices improving API response times and platform reliability across the IoT management platform
- • Designed and implemented RESTful APIs for IoT device management consumed by web and mobile clients
- • Built configurable AWS Kinesis connector enabling IoT devices to stream telemetry data via MQTT into customer-defined Kinesis streams for real-time downstream processing
- • Engineered and documented POC architecture for high-throughput IoT data transfer using NATS and Redpanda Connect, improving pipeline performance over previous implementation
- • Led AWS IoT Core device advisory testing, qualifying hardware for inclusion in the AWS Partner Device Catalog
Open Source Contributions
Implemented NATS JetStream input validation — added linting rule and runtime check to prevent queue/durable consumer conflict
Documented queue group advantage for multi-container consumer deployments to prevent duplicate message processing
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