Laurance Walden | Backend Engineer & Tech Lead

About Me

I'm a .NET backend engineer with 12 years of experience designing and building scalable systems in Microsoft Azure. I thrive on solving complex problems—whether that means architecting resilient integrations, debugging tricky production issues, or optimizing workflows for dramatic performance gains.

Architecture & Design: Event-driven microservices, APIs, and system integrations
Azure: Functions, Service Bus, CosmosDB, API Gateway, Key Vault
Problem Solving: Performance optimization, debugging, and turning unreliable systems into stable ones
Collaboration: Cross-team integration, mentoring, and clear technical documentation
Full Stack: Backend-focused with hands-on experience in VueJS, Angular, and TypeScript

Tech Stack / Skills

AI & Agentic

Claude Code GitHub Copilot Context Engineering Prompt Engineering Agent Orchestration

Languages

C# JavaScript TypeScript SQL PowerShell

DevOps & Tools

CI/CD Git GitHub Actions Azure DevOps Docker

Database

MS SQL CosmosDB RavenDB

Backend

.NET Core .NET Framework Entity Framework REST APIs Webhooks MVC Microservices CQRS Event-Driven Architecture

Azure

Functions Service Bus CosmosDB API Gateway Key Vault Entra Event Grid App Insights

Frontend

VueJS AngularJS VanillaJS HTML CSS / SASS Webpack

Testing

XUnit NUnit FluentAssertions Moq Postman TDD

Projects

Airdrop Architect

AI-driven airdrop strategy platform built with C# and Azure Serverless. Aggregates off-chain points data and provides proactive path-to-eligibility analysis using a scalable microservices architecture and Telegram bot interface.

C3 .Net 8 Azure Functions Cosmo DB Web3

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Conway's Game of Life

Interactive cellular automaton simulation built with JavaScript and HTML Canvas. Features preset patterns, step-through controls, and a toroidal grid.

JavaScript HTML Canvas CSS

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Claude Code Quick Start Template

Project template that gives Claude Code session memory, structured planning, and security-conscious permissions. Includes custom slash commands for planning, setup, and session management.

Claude Code AI Tooling Context Engineering Developer Tools

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Writing

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