Professional Summary
Senior Backend Software Engineer with 9 years of experience in architecting scalable microservices and optimising CI/CD pipelines. Specialises in Python and Java systems with AWS infrastructure, supporting millions of daily requests. Passionate about code quality, observability, and empowering engineering teams to deliver securely and rapidly.
Skills
- AWS
- Docker
- Python
- Mongodb
- Redis
- Mysql
- Kubernetes
- GIT
- Java
- PHP
- Spring
- Ci/Cd
- GraphQL
- Terraform
- Observability
Experience
Senior Software Engineer - Backend — Pocket FM
- Architected microservices handling 20M+ monthly active users with 99.99% availability SLAs.
- Implemented GraphQL gateways reducing data-fetch round trips by 40% for client apps.
- Optimised CI/CD pipelines, decreasing deployment cycle time from 60 minutes to 15 minutes.
- Drove observability initiatives that improved incident response times by 50%.
- Mentored junior engineers on backend best practices and secure coding standards.
Backend Developer — CodeAnt AI
- Built RESTful APIs serving 1.5M daily requests while maintaining strict latency SLAs.
- Led migration from monolith to microservices, enabling autonomous team ownership.
- Introduced chaos engineering practices, identifying and remediating failure modes.
- Established observability standards that became the company-wide benchmark.
- Collaborated closely with ML teams to productionise models with minimal latency impact.
Senior Software Engineer - Backend — Hireginie
- Designed backend systems for SaaS recruitment platform scaling to 500K users.
- Implemented caching strategies that reduced database load by 70% during peak hiring seasons.
- Introduced automated testing suites, improving code coverage from 60% to 90% in key services.
- Led security reviews that resulted in zero data breaches over three years.
- Mentored interns and early-career developers through production readiness workflows.
Education
B.S. Software Engineering
University of Florida
Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate