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Hi, I'm

Drilind Olluri.

I'm a senior backend engineer building high-traffic .NET systems: distributed, event-driven services that process real-time transactions. I also ship LLM products and agents, with evals, structured output and hard cost limits.

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spec sheetupdated 10 Nov 2026
Role
Senior Software EngineerFoshTech · since Jul 2025
Experience
since Jun 2021 · counts up daily
Focus
Backend and distributed systems in C# and .NETOrleans · microservices · event-driven · gRPC
AI work
LLM products and agents on real systemsevals · structured output · MCP servers · cost limits
Stack
C#, .NET, Orleans, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Kubernetesplus TypeScript and Claude Code for product work
Based in
Prishtina, Kosovaremote · CET (UTC+1) · works with teams across Europe
Open to
Senior .NET backend and AI rolesplus client websites and apps through Lepri studio
Email
contact@drilind.com

Case studies

All 13 in Work
Case study · AI

Pricehound

An AI shopping scout that shows its sources and stops at a daily budget.

$1/day cap1,460 tests
.NET · StarLabs

REST to gRPC

A high-traffic transaction backend moved from REST to gRPC, measured before and after.

P99 −59%
Write-up · evals

Tuning an LLM screen

An AI filter kept missing good deals. An eval set of 1,044 real listings fixed that.

23 of 23 caught

Career path

Resume (PDF)
  1. Jul 2025 – now · Remote

    Senior Software Engineer · FoshTech

    • Core transaction platform for a high-traffic product, running in production.
    • Design systems end to end: architecture, DDD boundaries, implementation and rollout.
    • Distributed microservices on Orleans actors, with event-driven messaging and streaming on Pulsar.
    • Moving legacy services onto the new platform.
    C#modern .NETOrleansMicroservicesDDDPulsarSystem design
  2. Sep 2021 – Mar 2025 · Prishtina

    Backend Software Engineer · StarLabs

    • Real-time transaction backend for an international client: .NET Core microservices with Orleans event-driven flows.
    • Moved services from REST to gRPC. P99 latency dropped 59%.
    • Integrated the platform with several internal and third-party systems.
    • Tuned PostgreSQL and SQL Server queries. Ran CI/CD for Dockerized services on Kubernetes.
    .NET CoreOrleansgRPCIntegrationsPostgreSQLSQL ServerKubernetes
  3. Jun – Sep 2021 · Prishtina

    Intern Software Developer · StarLabs

    • Built .NET Core modules in C# inside a Scrum team, shipping through code review with senior engineers.
    • Learned the day to day of a product team: sprint planning, pull requests, unit tests.
    • Joined full time as a backend engineer when the internship ended.
    C#.NET CoreUnit testsGitScrum

Education

From Sep 2019 · Prishtina

BSc Computer Science and Engineering

University for Business and Technology (UBT)

  • Thesis on microservice architecture, the same shape of system I build at work.
  • Coursework: algorithms and data structures, operating systems, databases, internet and software technologies, artificial intelligence.
  • Extra training: Kubernetes workshop, secure development.
Software engineeringMicroservices180 ECTS

On the side, Lepri. My studio for local businesses: sites, shops and admin tools, from first call to launch.

  • Auto Sallon Hysi
  • LuxStep
  • AG Panell
  • Gardhi
Client sites in Work

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What I work with

Backend and architecture

C#.NETASP.NET CoreOrleansgRPCRESTMicroservicesCQRSDDDSystem design

Data

PostgreSQLSQL ServerSQLiteRedisEF CoreDrizzle

Messaging and streaming

PulsarKafkaRabbitMQEvent-driven design

Cloud and DevOps

AzureAzure DevOpsCloudflareDockerKubernetesJenkinsGitHub ActionsLinux

AI engineering

Claude CodeAgentic workflowsMCP serversContext engineeringTool callingStructured outputEvalsCost guardrails

Frontend and mobile

TypeScriptReactNext.jsAstroTailwindReact NativeExpo

Got a role or a project?

Email is the fastest way to reach me.

contact@drilind.com