Worked on improving the reliability of the aws/rolesanywhere-credential-helper by addressing a critical issue related to Kubernetes deployment stability. Focused on backend development using Go, the developer implemented a graceful shutdown mechanism that responds to SIGTERM and SIGINT signals, ensuring the HTTP server handles in-flight requests before exiting. This approach aligned the server’s lifecycle with Kubernetes pod termination, preventing false-positive container failures and improving production reliability. The solution leveraged Go’s context management and signal handling capabilities, resulting in cleaner shutdowns and more accurate container status reporting. The work demonstrated a strong understanding of backend systems and deployment best practices.