Neil Monzales
Backend Engineer · Nature Lover

Neil Monzales

Backend engineer by trade, nature chaser by choice. I build APIs, cloud infra, and the occasional CLI tool that saves me 10 minutes a week. Outside of code I'm usually in the water — surfing, diving, swimming — or somewhere on a trail.

Philippines github.com/nljms Available for work
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Recent Writing

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Hobbies & Adventures

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The Philippines is a ridiculous place to have adventurous hobbies — and I'm taking full advantage. A running list of things I'm learning outside the editor.

🤿DivingNext up
Planning a trip to Tubbataha Reef.
🏔️HikingRegular
Day hikes around Luzon — Batulao, Maculot, Pulag.
🏄SurfingLearning
Caught my first waves in La Union. Siargao next.
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Experience

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Jul 2023 — Present
Ordermentum

Australia's leading B2B ordering & payments platform for the food & beverage industry, processing $1.5B+ in annual orders. Developed backend services in a Node.js/TypeScript event-driven microservices architecture on AWS, contributing to a high-throughput platform serving 47,000+ venues across Australia.

Node.jsTypeScriptAWSPythonEvent-Driven MicroservicesMonorepoTDDClaude AI
Apr 2023 — Jun 2023
Cloudstaff

Australian-owned remote staffing company with 7,000+ staff globally, connecting businesses with offshore tech talent. Built and maintained server-side features in Node.js/TypeScript for client-facing products on AWS.

Node.jsTypeScriptAWSBitbucket
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Skills & Tooling

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Languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptKotlinJavaRubyCrystal
Backend & Cloud
Node.jsAWSTerraformPostgreSQL
Frontend
ReactTailwindshadcn
Tooling
ZedCursorClaude CodeGemini
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Projects

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GitHub Activity

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Let's build something.

Open to backend roles, infrastructure work, and interesting side projects. Also happy to talk surfing spots or trails in the Philippines.

Available for new work
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