You will get Monolith to Microservices Migration. Spring Boot + Kafka. Zero Downtime.
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I migrate šš®šš® šŗš¼š»š¼š¹š¶ššµš šš¼ š¦š½šæš¶š»š“ šš¼š¼š šŗš¶š°šæš¼šš²šæšš¶š°š²š without taking your product offline. Spring Cloud, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes on AWS. Toptal Top 3%, 3,600+ Upwork hours, 100% JSS, ex-Apple, BP, Vodafone, Infosys Top 1%.
ā¢ šŖšµš®š š“š²šš ššµš¶š½š½š²š±: a decomposition plan with service boundaries, an API gateway over the monolith, three core services extracted with circuit breakers and service discovery, a Kafka event spine, observability via Prometheus + Grafana, Docker images, Kubernetes or ECS deploy, and a runbook your team owns after handoff.
ā¢ š„š²š°š²š»š šŗš¶š“šæš®šš¶š¼š»š: a 500K+ user platform moved from monthly releases to daily, a FinTech payment system held $50M+ annual volume at 99.99% accuracy through cutover, an enterprise hospitality platform cut manual data work 80% while the monolith stayed live.
IST timezone, full EU and 3-hour US Eastern overlap. Reply inside 4 hours during my work day, same day always.
ā¢ š§š¶š²šæš: $2,000 Architecture Audit in 7 days, $8,000 First 3 Services in 28 days, $20,000 Full Migration in 70 days with Kafka, K8s, observability, and team handoff.
ā¢ šŖšµš®š š“š²šš ššµš¶š½š½š²š±: a decomposition plan with service boundaries, an API gateway over the monolith, three core services extracted with circuit breakers and service discovery, a Kafka event spine, observability via Prometheus + Grafana, Docker images, Kubernetes or ECS deploy, and a runbook your team owns after handoff.
ā¢ š„š²š°š²š»š šŗš¶š“šæš®šš¶š¼š»š: a 500K+ user platform moved from monthly releases to daily, a FinTech payment system held $50M+ annual volume at 99.99% accuracy through cutover, an enterprise hospitality platform cut manual data work 80% while the monolith stayed live.
IST timezone, full EU and 3-hour US Eastern overlap. Reply inside 4 hours during my work day, same day always.
ā¢ š§š¶š²šæš: $2,000 Architecture Audit in 7 days, $8,000 First 3 Services in 28 days, $20,000 Full Migration in 70 days with Kafka, K8s, observability, and team handoff.
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API Development, API IntegrationProgramming Languages
Python, Java, KotlinCoding Expertise
Performance Optimization, Security, DesignWhat's included
| Service Tiers |
Starter
$2,000
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Standard
$8,000
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Advanced
$20,000
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| Delivery Time | 7 days | 28 days | 70 days |
Number of Revisions | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Source Code | - | - | - |
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Thomas A.
Mar 6, 2026
Full Stack Java Developer (Spring Boot 3) Needed for Long-Term Project
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Noah L.
Jan 9, 2026
Senior Python/Data Architect needed (FastAPI + dbt) - Manual Coding Mastery Required
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Yan B.
Dec 16, 2025
Backend Stripe Connect
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Walter H.
Aug 5, 2024
Junior Java Developer
Gopal is very competent and professional Spring Boot developer. He separated microservices for our back-end app modules (Java, Spring Boot) from monolith architecture and worked on extension of those modules. Excellent team player along with ability to work independently or without much help from other team members. Good communication skills.
I recommend Gopal for anyone who's looking for Java Spring Boot Microservices Developer.
I recommend Gopal for anyone who's looking for Java Spring Boot Microservices Developer.
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Mitchal M.
Apr 18, 2024
Additional extension to existing framework
It has been my pleasure to work with Gopal for almost two years, and I can vouch for his unmatched proficiency in a broad range of technology. Gopal showed a thorough comprehension of the project needs right away and continuously produced excellent work.
Principal Advantage: Gopal is a very talented developer with expertise in a wide range of technologies, including Java and Spring Boot. His capacity to take on challenging problems in a variety of fields and come up with tasteful answers is really amazing. Not only has he met my expectations, but he has consistently exceeded them.
Problem Solving: Gopal does exceptionally well when faced with challenging tasks. His innovative approach to problem-solving and his practical manner have been quite helpful in getting past roadblocks pertaining to RPA, Websockets, OCR reading, Spring Security, Spring Data MongoDB, and API integrationāall crucial elements of the project.
Creative Solutions: Gopal's capacity to think outside the box is what really makes him stand out. His creative ideas have greatly improved the product, making it more effective, scalable, and intuitive. Every piece of code that Gopal creates, whether it is for optimizing MongoDB queries or creating real-time communication via Websockets, demonstrates his dedication to innovation.
Impact: Gopal's contributions have resulted in a significant advancement of the product. I've seen increased customer happiness, lower maintenance costs, and better performance. His knowledge of the whole tech stack is impressive, and I look forward to working with Gopal on more projects in the future.
In conclusion, Gopal is a strategic partner with a wide range of technological competence, not just a service provider. Look no farther if you're looking for the best in Java, Spring Boot, and beyond. I would heartily suggest Gopal to any potential customer.
Principal Advantage: Gopal is a very talented developer with expertise in a wide range of technologies, including Java and Spring Boot. His capacity to take on challenging problems in a variety of fields and come up with tasteful answers is really amazing. Not only has he met my expectations, but he has consistently exceeded them.
Problem Solving: Gopal does exceptionally well when faced with challenging tasks. His innovative approach to problem-solving and his practical manner have been quite helpful in getting past roadblocks pertaining to RPA, Websockets, OCR reading, Spring Security, Spring Data MongoDB, and API integrationāall crucial elements of the project.
Creative Solutions: Gopal's capacity to think outside the box is what really makes him stand out. His creative ideas have greatly improved the product, making it more effective, scalable, and intuitive. Every piece of code that Gopal creates, whether it is for optimizing MongoDB queries or creating real-time communication via Websockets, demonstrates his dedication to innovation.
Impact: Gopal's contributions have resulted in a significant advancement of the product. I've seen increased customer happiness, lower maintenance costs, and better performance. His knowledge of the whole tech stack is impressive, and I look forward to working with Gopal on more projects in the future.
In conclusion, Gopal is a strategic partner with a wide range of technological competence, not just a service provider. Look no farther if you're looking for the best in Java, Spring Boot, and beyond. I would heartily suggest Gopal to any potential customer.
About Gopal
Senior Backend Engineer | Java, Spring Boot, Python & AI Integration
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Surat, IndiaĀ - 7:58 pm local time
Senior backend engineer (Java, Spring Boot, Python) with AI built in. 4,100+ hours, $100K+ earned, 100% Job Success, and enterprise delivery for Apple, PepsiCo, Vodafone, and Walmart.
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I've spent 13+ years in software engineering, and I've become the engineer teams trust when the backend simply cannot fail. I'm Expert-Vetted on Upwork (top 1%), Top 3% on Toptal, and a former Specialist Programmer at Infosys (their top 1%), where I built for Apple, British Petroleum, Vodafone UK, and Walmart. Right now I'm Tech Lead on a 500,000-user platform at US Pharmacopeia and a sustaining engineer on PepsiCo's GenAI ordering system through Toptal.
What that means for you: you're not handing your product to someone learning on your budget. You're getting an engineer who has already shipped the hard version of what you're trying to build.
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š¹ AI-integrated backends. RAG, LLM and agent workflows, vector search, wired into real Java or Python systems with Spring AI, LangChain, and the OpenAI and Anthropic APIs. Production, not demos.
š¹ Microservices that scale. Java 17/21 and Spring Boot, brittle monoliths broken into services that hold up under load. (Recently: a Java 8 to 25 migration with zero downtime.)
š¹ SaaS and FinTech platforms. Multi-tenant, zero-trust auth, payment and ledger logic that reconciles to the cent, audit trails, and the test pipelines that keep regressions out.
š¹ Full-stack when you need it. FastAPI, Flask, React and Next.js on top, so one engineer owns the whole arc from schema to screen.
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ā $50M a year moves through a FinTech ledger I built. 99.99% accuracy, reconciles to the cent.
ā 500,000 users sign in through a zero-trust auth platform I architected at US Pharmacopeia.
ā 2,500+ venues run on Bar.Stream, where a human-in-the-loop RAG engine I built replaced manual product classification, and 200+ automations replaced manual data entry.
ā 100% invoice-parsing accuracy from an AI agent I built for MPI, manual reconciliation gone.
ā 60% faster APIs and zero-downtime modernization for 50,000+ educators on KigaPortal.
ā 75% more API throughput on Apple's repair backend.
Few engineers can put Apple, PepsiCo, a $50M ledger, and production AI on one page. I can, and I can walk you through the architecture and the numbers behind every one.
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Java Ā· Spring Boot / Cloud / Security / AI Ā· Python Ā· FastAPI Ā· Node.js Ā· RAG Ā· LangChain Ā· LLM + vector databases Ā· OpenAI + Anthropic Ā· PostgreSQL Ā· MySQL Ā· MongoDB Ā· Elasticsearch Ā· AWS Ā· GCP Ā· Docker Ā· Kubernetes Ā· CI/CD Ā· microservices Ā· event-driven
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You work directly with me. Not an agency, not a rotating team, and not a junior building it while a senior name sits on the invoice. I take your idea from a rough brief to a written spec, then I build it: architecture, code, the hard parts, and the reviews. I've carried year-long builds end to end on my own, so nothing gets lost in a handoff.
I keep it efficient. You get working software and a clear weekly update, not a week full of standups. I'm on a call when it actually matters, and when something is at risk you hear it from me early, before it breaks. You set direction, I run the build.
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Send me a short note: what you're building and where it's stuck. Within a day you'll get a straight read back, how I'd approach it, the first risk I'd kill, and the one question I'd want answered before we start. If I'm not the right engineer for it, I'll tell you that too.
Steps for completing your project
After purchasing the project, send requirements so Gopal can start the project.
Delivery time starts when Gopal receives requirements from you.
Gopal works on your project following the steps below.
Revisions may occur after the delivery date.
Kickoff call and repo access
30-minute call to confirm scope and pain points, you give me access to the repo and a sandbox or staging environment, I confirm or amend the decomposition plan.
Architecture document
Written plan covering service boundaries, the strangler-fig sequence, the messaging spine (Kafka topics, schema, retention), data ownership per service, and the migration risk register. Full Tier 1 deliverable, first deliverable for Tier 2 and 3.