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Senior Backend Engineer with over 5 years+ of experience in the IT Industry. Involved in complete SDLC including analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, support, and maintenance of enterprise-level web applications using Java/Java EE, NodeJS, Fast API, PHP technologies. Possess a keen interest in solving critical problems and building software that is secured, scalable, and performance-optimized.

• Software Engineer Trainee
  Decagon Institute, Benin, Nigeria
  02/2021 - 12/2021

• Bachelor of Engineering (B.ENG.) Computer and Communication
  Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
  2015 - 2019

• National Diploma (ND) in Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology
  Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, Bauchi, Nigeria
  2011 - 2012

02/2022 - 03/2023
GameStar Exchange

• Liaised with fellow developers.
• Designed and implemented microservices using the Spring Boot framework.
• Worked through the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Built backend solutions using Java technologies and incorporated streaming technologies like Kafka in microservices.
• Ensured security with spring security for OAuth2, meta mask wallet, and traditional authentication.
• Configured microservices to communicate with blockchain services.

02/2021 - 01/2022
Wakacast

• Built robust and scalable software in Java and Spring.
• Configured infrastructure environments and managed servers on AWS, Heroku, and Netlify.
• Set up pipelines using GitHub actions, AWS CodePipeline, CodeDeploy, CodeBuild, and Jenkins server.
• Designed and implemented database schemas using MySQL and Postgres.
• Led an agile team covering frontend, backend, and testing activities.

11/2022 - 02/2023
PHASTPAY NIG

• Built, tested, and maintained infrastructure.
• Automated CI/CD using Jenkins, GitHub Action, AWS CodePipeline, Redeploy, and CodeBuild.
• Configured Customer Gateways, Application Gateways, Site-to-site VPN, and VPC.
• Setup PM2 Dashboard and monitored server metrics.

10/2021 - 05/2022
United State of Africa(USAF)

• Guided juniors on organizational work processes and infrastructures.
• Managed pull requests by junior devs.
• Designed and managed Microservice based Applications using Fast API, NodeJS, Postgres, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Interacted with Project managers and Product owners.
• Reviewed and merged pull requests of devs under me.

2018 - 2020
Gombe, Nigeria

• Built website's backend using Vanilla PHP.
• Wrote unit tests using PHPUnit testing tool.
• Built frontend UI using bootstrap, HTML, and JavaScript.
• Managed, refactored, and optimized existing code.

Java, Javascript, PHP, Python

Spring/Spring Boot, Nodejs/Express, Fast API

Reactjs

Material UI, Bootstrap, Materialize, Vaadin, Thymeleaf, Mustache

Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana, PM2, Helm, Jenkins, GitHub Action, Git/Github, DataDog, Prometheus

Gradle, Maven, NPM, Composer

Linux, Windows

Windows PowerShell, BashScripting, Linux Terminal

Scrum

• Backend
• Frontend
• QA

• Team Player
• DevOps
• Go-getter
• Observer

• Team Player: Developed through interaction and support, leading to team growth and a healthy working environment.
• Go-getter: Self-motivated, taking initiative, and being entrusted with various roles in different companies.

• Scrum Foundation, VMEdu
• Master Microservices with Spring, Docker, Kubernetes, Udemy
• Project Management, Lynda.com
• Building Modern Distributed Systems with Java, Udemy
• Practical Java Concurrency with the Akka Actor Model, Udemy
• RabbitMQ Java Spring Boot for System Integration, Udemy
• GRPC with Java, Udemy
• Data Structures and Algorithms, Udemy

10/2022 - 03/2023 | Location

• Improved platform performance and user experience.

2021 | Remote

• Built, tested, deployed, and maintained the backend.
• Managed the infrastructures.
• Over 100,000 users signed up, with over 40% employed via the platform.

2022 - 2022 | Remote

• Designed and implemented product requirements with the help of team members.
• Improved speed to healthcare access and reduced costs for patients.

2021 - 2022 | Remote

• Built, tested, deployed, and maintained the backend.
• Built a video conferencing application for African-based individuals.

2021 - 2021 | Benin, Nigeria

• A simple blogging application that enables users to interact on a topic.

2020 - 2021 | Gombe

• Designed and built the backend and frontend using PHP and CSS/HTML.
• 25 schools registered, reducing running costs by 40%.

Backend Engineer Volunteer | SAULTECH
11/2017 - 01/2018

• Reported progress to senior engineers.
• Wrote unit tests for each feature worked on.

• Won "The Best Team Player of the Year" award, showcasing servant leadership skills.
• Received "Best Express Article" award from Espresso Decagon, highlighting technical writing skills.