Ergi Bërdëllima
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Tirana, Tirana County, Albania
Toptal member since February 21, 2022
Ergi is a software engineer with 8+ years of experience building scalable distributed systems, with a focus on streaming platforms and cloud infrastructure. He has proven ability to architect high-throughput services in Go, design event-driven systems, and optimize cloud costs and performance at scale.
Portfolio
Experience
- Git - 8 years
- Back-end - 8 years
- Back-end Development - 8 years
- MySQL - 6 years
- Go - 5 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 5 years
- PHP - 5 years
- Node.js - 3 years
Work Experience
Software Engineer
Ritech Solutions
- Architected and built a high-throughput video play tracking system processing around 800 events/min with <100ms latency.
- Designed and implemented an event-driven SRT ingestion and relay system, integrating with an existing RTMP streaming pipeline, which reduced disconnection rates by 15%.
- Developed scalable back-end services in Go, handling ~4000 requests/sec for a live streaming platform with ~4000 concurrent streamers (13,000 total users).
- Reduced AWS S3 storage costs by 16% by redesigning storage lifecycle policies and access patterns.
- Implemented monitoring, logging, and alerting (Prometheus, ELK), significantly improving system observability and incident response.
- Designed and implemented a scheduling system for recurring live streams.
- Contributed to documentation and onboarding, improving team productivity and knowledge sharing.
Back-end Developer
Division5
- Designed and developed back-end services using Node.js and TypeScript across multiple production systems.
- Collaborated cross-functionally to build an e-learning platform used in elementary education.
- Worked closely with front-end developers and designers to develop the back-end service of an e-learning platform for elementary schools.
- Refactored legacy services, improving performance and maintainability.
- Implemented guest authentication for a video conferencing platform.
- Mentored junior developers and contributed to cross-team code reviews.
- Built APIs for a talent acquisition platform using Symfony and PHP.
Back-end Developer
StartStack
- Improved back-end performance and optimized database queries across multiple services.
- Developed a Node.js SDK for third-party integrations.
- Built and published an npm package for API route tracking and analytics.
- Managed VPS infrastructure and configured Nginx for production deployments.
Back-end Developer
EruSoft
- Developed back-end systems and web interfaces for gaming applications.
- Built front-end components using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Created a desktop application using Electron.js for local access to web services.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to define and deliver product features.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Tirana - Tirane, Albania
Certifications
Docker and Kubernetes: The Complete Guide
Udemy
AI Agents Fundamentals
Hugging Face
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, Rollbar
Tools
Git, Slack, GoLand, ELK (Elastic Stack), Papertrail, NGINX
Languages
PHP, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Visual Studio Code (VS Code), MacOS, Docker, Kubernetes
Storage
MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server 2012
Frameworks
Chrome, Electron, ASP.NET, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Gorm, Gin-Gonic
Paradigms
Object-oriented Programming (OOP), REST
Other
Back-end Development, Back-end, Prometheus, WebSockets, TypeORM, AI Agents
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