AlohaMarket

Overview#

AlohaMarket is an event-driven marketplace backend built around multiple service boundaries rather than a single monolith. It covers the kind of architecture work I enjoy most: coordination, messaging, gateway design, authentication, and operational visibility.

Architecture#

• Structured the system around 8 microservices with explicit responsibilities.
• Used Kafka-based workflows for asynchronous coordination.
• Routed external traffic through YARP gateway patterns.
• Added identity and access management through Keycloak.

What It Demonstrates#

This project shows that I am comfortable working where architecture choices directly affect system behavior. Instead of focusing on a single endpoint or isolated CRUD flow, the work lived at the boundary between services, events, and runtime reliability.

Takeaway#

AlohaMarket represents my strongest backend instinct: make complex systems understandable, observable, and stable enough to evolve.