Basmina Begum

Backend • Middle • Management: 3-5 years • Chennai, India • UTC+05:30 • Work permits: India • English: B2 • Available in 2 weeks

Technical Lead

12+ years exp

Management: 3-5 years

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node JS

API Design: 5/10

System Architecture: 5/10

Security & Auth: 5/10

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Overview

Node.js backend engineer (Senior) specializing in building LLM-integrated services and developer-facing agent tooling. The strongest proven skill is streaming LLM integration and tool invocation, implemented in basmina/dit-coach/server.js (streamClaudeTurn and /chat SSE flow) together with the agent tool registry in basmina/agent-tools/packages/core/src/registry.ts. Not evidenced are disciplined CI/CD and test coverage, robust observability and structured logging, schema migration history, and production-grade retry/backoff and timeout strategies.

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Technical skills

Languages

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node JS

Nest.JS

Passport.js

Nodemailer

Express

Frontend

Angular

Sass

RxJS

NgRx

React.js

Webpack

DevOps

Git

Rest API

CI/CD

Jenkins

AWS

Azure

Docker

GitLab

GCP

Other

Cypress

Jest

Auth0

SonarQube

LLM

Claude

Redux

class-validator

GitHub

Anthropic

Figma

Postman

Chrome DevTools

Fine-tuning

Prompt Engineering

State Management

FinOps

Projects

DoIt Coach - AI Accountability Agent

Jan 2026 to Present

Built an end-to-end conversational coaching app that helps users stay accountable to their goals through dialogue-based interactions. Implemented a Node.js + Express backend that calls the Anthropic Claude API and forwards conversation context so the coach can reference prior turns. Designed coaching behavior through system prompt engineering and deployed a public demo with environment-based configuration.

Timeline

Technical Lead • Lead

CoreStack • Full-Time

Jul 2025 to Present 1 Year 3 Months Chennai In office

Led frontend development with Angular, NgRx, RxJS, and TypeScript for a cloud governance/FinOps SaaS platform. Architected scalable UI for handling 50,000+ cloud accounts with real-time updates, integrating REST and microservices-based backends. Implemented Auth0 SPA SDK with JWT/OAuth 2.0 role-based access control, improved performance via bundling and lazy loading, and applied Angular Signals alongside NgRx. Led and mentored 8–10 engineers and ensured code quality through CI/CD and SonarQube gate reviews.

Angular

NgRx

RxJS

TypeScript

Rest API

AWS

Azure

Docker

CI/CD

Git

GitLab

Jenkins

SonarQube

Auth0

Webpack

Technology Lead • Lead

Infosys • Full-Time

Mar 2022 to Jul 2025 3 Years 4 Months Chennai In office

Provided frontend technical leadership for telecom and digital services projects, integrating with microservices-based backends. Took ownership of a project transitioned from an overseas team, stabilized delivery, and guided it to production with no major incidents. Improved engineering quality by increasing test coverage with Jest and introducing Cypress end-to-end automation. Built reusable UI component libraries and design systems using SCSS and contributed to interviewing, hiring, and performance review cycles.

Angular

TypeScript

Jest

Cypress

Sass

IT Analyst • Middle

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) • Full-Time

Nov 2020 to Mar 2022 1 Year 4 Months Chennai In office

Developed frontend for a Lloyds Banking Group e-banking platform using Angular to deliver responsive application pages. Optimized performance by applying Angular rendering strategies such as OnPush change detection and lazy-loaded feature modules. Built reusable Angular UI components and shared services to support ongoing development.

Angular

Business Analyst (Frontend Development) • Middle

Techorbit Pvt Ltd • Full-Time

Mar 2020 to Nov 2020 8 Months Chennai In office

Supported a Lloyds Banking Group e-banking engagement by translating client requirements into specifications and wireframes. Built multi-step form workflows with client-side validation and integrated REST APIs for real-time submission and retrieval. Contributed hands-on to Angular/JavaScript proof-of-concept work and UI component development.

Angular

JavaScript

Rest API

Web Developer • Middle

NMW Internet Technologies • Full-Time

Aug 2017 to Mar 2020 2 Years 7 Months Chennai In office

Built responsive web applications using Angular and JavaScript for e-commerce and digital services clients. Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Git and Jenkins to support delivery workflows. Contributed to frontend development and iterative improvements across client projects.

Angular

JavaScript

Git

Jenkins

CI/CD

Programmer Analyst • Middle

Cognizant Technology Solutions • Full-Time

Aug 2014 to Jan 2017 2 Years 5 Months Chennai In office

Developed UI components for enterprise web applications using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS with early Angular involvement. Focused on frontend performance, usability, and defect resolution within a global delivery model. Collaborated in team delivery practices supporting ongoing product enhancements.

JavaScript

Angular

Middle Backend Developer Confidence: Medium API Engineer

API Design

5/10

How well APIs are designed

API surfaces are well structured with authenticated REST endpoints and an SSE-based streaming /chat flow plus a tool-invocation contract, but there is no versioning strategy, limited error contract standardization, and little evidence of pagination or idempotency keys.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/server.js: /chat endpoint implements SSE streaming and tool-invocation loop (streamClaudeTurn and MAX_TOOL_ITERATIONS) basmina/dit-coach/server.js: /goals and /chat/history endpoints with requireAuth middleware

Data Layer & Database

4/10

Working with databases

Uses MongoDB with sensible patterns (indexing, upserts, query sorting/limits) and reasonable schema usage, but there is no migration history, no explicit transaction handling, and only basic query optimization evident.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/server.js: connectDB creates an index on messagesCollection and uses updateOne with upsert in appendToHistory basmina/dit-coach/server.js: checkinsCollection queries with sort/limit for recent check-ins

Scalability & Performance

3/10

Handling load and speed

Shows thoughtful streaming integration with the LLM (token-by-token SSE forwarding) and a scheduled reminder cron job, but lacks broader scalability patterns such as caching strategy, queuing for heavy work, request throttling, or measured performance optimizations.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/server.js: streamClaudeTurn reads LLM stream and forwards tokens via SSE basmina/dit-coach/server.js: cron.schedule for daily reminders

System Architecture

5/10

Overall system structure

There is deliberate modular design for agent tooling (framework-agnostic registry, Angular/React adapters) and clear boundaries between tool-discovery, tool-confirmation, and execution; the runtime service is a single-process Express app rather than a decomposed microservice architecture.

Evidence

basmina/agent-tools/packages/core/src/registry.ts: AgentToolRegistry with confirmHandler and permission model basmina/agent-tools/packages/angular/src/agent-tool.decorator.ts and basmina/agent-tools/packages/react/src/useAgentTool.ts: adapters that bind app methods into the registry

Security & Auth

5/10

Protecting data and access

Demonstrates reasonable auth/session hygiene (Google OAuth via Passport, env-driven secrets, Mongo session store, requireAuth middleware) and a deny-by-default confirm handler for write tools, but input validation and tooling for secrets lifecycle/rotation are minimal and external API calls lack explicit timeout handling.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/server.js: Passport GoogleStrategy, session config using connect-mongo and process.env.SESSION_SECRET basmina/agent-tools/packages/core/src/registry.ts: default confirmHandler denies writes until confirmed

Reliability & Observability

3/10

Stability and monitoring

Basic reliability practices exist (try/catch around cron and main chat handler, SSE stream forwarding), but there is no structured logging, no request/response timeouts, no retry/backoff policies for external API calls, and no graceful shutdown handling visible.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/server.js: try/catch blocks in cron job and /chat route with console.error logging basmina/dit-coach/server.js: fetch call to Anthropic without explicit timeout or retry logic in streamClaudeTurn

Expertise

Backend AI & LLM• Middle

Node.js• Middle

Microservices & API Architecture• Middle

Industries

Artificial Intelligence• Middle

Technologies

Node JS• Middle

Rest API• since 2020

Express• since 2026

Passport.js

Nodemailer

Recommendations

Build LLM-powered conversational backends and agent-integration features that require streaming token forwarding and tool invocation.
Develop developer-facing libraries or SDKs that expose app capabilities as secure, permissioned tools (agent-tools style).
Implement production hardening for existing services: timeouts, retries with backoff, structured logging, and graceful shutdown.
Own feature work that ties user authentication, session management and scheduled background jobs (email reminders, check-ins).

Repositories

The developer's experience in this domain has been verified based on AI analysis of the following repositories:

dit-coach nestdoitcoach agent-tools

Middle Frontend Developer Confidence: Medium Fullstack

Middle-level full-stack developer specializing in live conversational GenAI web products with practical streaming integrations. The strongest proven skill is real-time LLM integration and streaming, demonstrated by the server-side streamClaudeTurn implementation and the client-side streaming reader in public/index.html. There is limited evidence of automated tests, formal component architecture, or large-scale system design in the public codebase.

UI Component Architecture

2/10

How interface parts are built

Minimal component architecture; single-file HTML/CSS/JS pages with no reusable component system or custom hook library.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/public/index.html: global functions addMessage, saveGoals, handleKey (single-file UI logic) basmina/portfolio/index.html: monolithic HTML + CSS and small inline node animation script (no component boundaries)

Responsive & Cross-browser

4/10

Works on all screens and browsers

Responsive layout and some graceful-degradation considerations are present via media queries and prefers-reduced-motion, but no explicit RTL/i18n scaffolding.

Evidence

basmina/portfolio/index.html: media queries for responsive grids and @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) basmina/dit-coach/public/index.html: viewport meta and fluid layout rules for chat UI

Performance Optimization

4/10

Speed of the interface

Practical runtime performance work - streaming tokens, IntersectionObserver-driven animations - but no measured metrics, bundle-analysis artifacts or advanced code-splitting.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/server.js: streamClaudeTurn forwards tokens token-by-token to client via SSE for perceived performance basmina/portfolio/index.html: IntersectionObserver and animation collapse to reduce DOM updates

Accessibility & Semantics

3/10

Usable for everyone

Basic keyboard handling and reduced-motion support exist, but limited ARIA/semantic accessibility and no automated a11y tooling shown.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/public/index.html: handleKey to submit on Enter and input.focus() management after send basmina/portfolio/index.html: prefers-reduced-motion CSS rule

State Management & Data Flow

5/10

Managing data in the app

Server and client show deliberate server-state flows, streaming-driven conversation persistence and an explicit tool loop - good discipline for an LLM-backed app though formal cache invalidation, request cancellation and tests are missing.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/server.js: getHistory, appendToHistory and checkinsCollection persistence for conversation state basmina/dit-coach/server.js: tool loop with MAX_TOOL_ITERATIONS and runTool/save_goal handling

UX & Visual Polish

6/10

Look and feel quality

Strong UX and visual polish in the portfolio and chat UI; live typing indicators, disabled states, and rehydration improve perceived experience.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/public/index.html: typing indicator, send button disabled during send, live token streaming updates in chat bubble basmina/portfolio/index.html: refined CSS, layout, and animated node-diagram with staggered animation

Expertise

Angular• Middle

Frontend AI Integration• Middle

Industries

Financial Services• Middle

Internet Services• Middle

Technologies

JavaScript• since 2014 • Middle

TypeScript• since 2022 • Senior

Redux

Nest.JS

Webpack• since 2025

GCP

RxJS• since 2025

Azure• since 2025

Figma

Angular• since 2016

CI/CD• since 2017

Jenkins• since 2017

Git• since 2017

AWS• since 2025

Docker• since 2025

React.js

Sass• since 2022

FinOps

class-validator

NgRx• since 2025

GitHub

GitLab• since 2025

Recommendations

Build live conversational GenAI frontends and BFFs where SSE/streaming token rendering and tool integration are required.
Own small-to-medium full-stack features that require OAuth, session management, and Mongo-backed persistence with scheduled jobs.
Implement UX-focused frontend features that benefit from polished HTML/CSS and perceptual performance optimizations (typing indicators, rehydration).

Repositories

The developer's experience in this domain has been verified based on AI analysis of the following repositories:

dit-coach nestdoitcoach portfolio

Junior Game Developer Confidence: Medium Generalist

Senior backend engineer specializing in production web services and real-time AI-assisted conversational integrations. The strongest proven skill is building streaming conversational pipelines and tool orchestration as implemented in streamClaudeTurn and the multi-iteration tool loop in basmina/dit-coach/server.js. There is no evidence of game-engine work, rendering/shader development, or formal test and CI coverage in the public human-authored code.

Gameplay Systems & Mechanics

How game logic works

Not evidenced in public code

Graphics & Rendering

Drawing game visuals

Not evidenced in public code

Physics & Math

Game physics and math

Not evidenced in public code

Engine Proficiency

2/10

Skill with the game engine

Evidence of solid backend framework use and third-party integration knowledge (Express, session store, Passport Google OAuth) but not game-engine work or custom engine tooling.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/server.js: app.use(session(..., store: MongoStore.create({ mongoUrl: process.env.MONGODB_URI, dbName: "doitcoach", collectionName: "sessions" })) ) basmina/dit-coach/server.js: passport.use(new GoogleStrategy({ clientID: ..., clientSecret: ..., callbackURL: ... }, async (accessToken, refreshToken, profile, done) => { ... })) basmina/dit-coach/server.js: passport.serializeUser / passport.deserializeUser implementations

Performance & Frame Budget

3/10

Keeping the game smooth

Active work on low-latency streaming logic and guards against runaway loops; no measured profiling numbers or zero-alloc hot-path tuning present.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/server.js: streamClaudeTurn uses response.body.getReader(), TextDecoder, incremental buffer parsing and res.write() to forward tokens to clients basmina/dit-coach/server.js: messagesCollection.createIndex({ userId: 1 }, { unique: true }) basmina/dit-coach/server.js: MAX_TOOL_ITERATIONS loop guard in POST /chat to limit tool invocation cycles

Content Pipeline & Tooling

2/10

Tools for game content

Basic operational tooling and scheduling are present (cron reminders, email sending, a test endpoint), but no CI, import pipelines, or asset tooling.

Evidence

basmina/dit-coach/server.js: cron.schedule("30 14 * * *", async () => { ... }) for daily reminders basmina/dit-coach/server.js: sendReminderEmail uses resend.emails.send to deliver reminder emails basmina/dit-coach/server.js: /test-reminder endpoint to invoke the reminder flow manually

Industries

Software• Junior

Recommendations

Design and implement backend services for AI-driven chatbots and conversational assistants, including SSE/WebSocket streaming and tool orchestration.
Build production web features that require OAuth, session management, and third-party integrations (email providers, databases).
Develop server-side prototypes that need robust message persistence and scheduled jobs such as reminder systems.

Repositories

The developer's experience in this domain has been verified based on AI analysis of the following repositories:

dit-coach e2e-doc-generator