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Dwight Thorpe

Backend Engineer

// jamaica, jm · UTC-5

Building in the open from Jamaica. Backend Engineer.

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Backend infra dev — AWS SES queues, Dockerized Express

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76signal

Dwight's strength is backend plumbing: an AWS SES email/task-queue server (4★) and a batteries-included Node/Express template (4★) wiring up SocketIO over Redis/KeyDB, MySQL/Postgres/Mongo, Kafka and Docker. Perfect consistency (100) and zero abandonment across 23 original repos signal disciplined maintenance, though star counts and a 4-follower reach stay small. An 11-year account and his own portfolio site point to a steady, infrastructure-minded engineer.

Authorship & open source

Solo authorwrote 100% of commits on AWS-Email-Queue_and_Task-Queue_Server
0 merged PRs37 commits / yr1 external project397 private contributions / yr

Contributes to

  • JetBrains/swot2,265★

What they build

Backend53%
Frontend19%
Mobile14%
DevOps10%

Industry experience

  • Productivity & SaaS
  • Travel, Food & Hospitality
  • Security & Identity

Signal breakdown

Originality95
Impact66
Consistency100
Polish38
Stars

11

top repo 4

Original repos

23

12% forks

Followers

4

On GitHub

11.6 yr

Live demos

2

Activity

Active

0% stale

Strengths

  • Verified author — wrote 100% of commits on AWS-Email-Queue_and_Task-Queue_Server
  • Original builder — 23 of their own repositories
  • Ships to production — 2 live demos
  • Consistently active, low abandonment
  • Backend focus with Frontend
  • Domain experience in Productivity & SaaS & Travel, Food & Hospitality
  • Core stack: Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, C#

About

Backend Engineer from Jamaica, active on GitHub with 26 public repositories and 4 followers. Explore the work and reach out on GitHub.

Skills

  • Java
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • C#
  • Shell
  • Docker
  • Aws Ses
  • Aws Ses Notification

Featured work

AWS Email Queue And Task Queue Server

This server handles email queuing and delivery using AWS SES, and also supports task scheduling with expiration notifications. It allows you to manag…

  • TypeScript
  • Aws Ses
  • Aws Ses Notification
  • Shell
  • Docker

by Dwight Thorpe

NodeJs Express Server Template

This is a simple Express REST server with with SocketIo distributed through Redis/KeyDB, and Database integration MySQL, PostGresSQL and MongoDB, and…

  • TypeScript
  • Backblaze B2
  • Docker
  • JavaScript
  • Kafka

by Dwight Thorpe

Next Express TRPC

This TypeScript template provides a robust and well-structured foundation for building modern web applications. It leverages Next.js for frontend dev…

  • TypeScript

by Dwight Thorpe

MongoDB Shard Demo

MongoDB Sharded Server demo.

  • Shell

by Dwight Thorpe

CS318 Assignment 2

Tamara Treasure – 1817001440, Dwight Thorpe – 2301010267, Patrick Tate – 2301011498, Roshaine Wilson – 2301010276

  • JavaScript

by Dwight Thorpe

Java Unit Test Example

This repository serves as a reference implementation of unit testing best practices in Java applications.

  • Java

by Dwight Thorpe