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Abraham Akerele

@abrahamakerele

Systems engineer building production-grade backend systems across C, Go, Python, and performance-focused image processing.

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a production-focused role where I can build reliable backend and systems, optimize performance end-to-end, and improve observability—shipping zero-downtime changes with strong engineering discipline.

I’m a systems engineer with production experience across C, C++, Python, and Go, focused on reliability, performance, and low-level debugging. I bring strong memory management and cross-language interoperability to media and backend systems.

I authored NativeStitcher, a high-performance C library for multiband Laplacian image merging, and built C++ panoramic image processing for a mobile application. I also resolved a Python-C FFI memory leak that halved server instances from 8 to 4 and cut cloud cost by 50% in a production media pipeline.

On backend systems, I’ve delivered zero-downtime upgrades, built REST/gRPC services, and improved observability. I upgraded the Go runtime from 1.13 to 1.24 in a high-traffic file-serving service with zero downtime and full backward compatibility, and I improved publishing failure diagnosis through targeted logging across third-party integrations.

I’m equally comfortable with infrastructure and operations: I led migrations from Docker-only deployments to Kubernetes, implemented event-driven architecture with RabbitMQ, and built CI/CD and monitoring tooling with Prometheus and Grafana. My ethos is practical engineering—root-cause, instrument, automate, and ship changes safely.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Software Engineer, Backend

Seismic Software Inc

Nov 2021 - Jul 2026 (4 years 8 months)

Resolved a Python-C memory leak in media worker processes, halving required instances from 8 to 4 and cutting cloud cost by 50%. Built and operated media, API, data, and observability improvements across a high-traffic Go and event-driven production backend.

Python C Python C API Memory Management FFMPEG Go Kafka gRPC REST APIs OpenAPI Authentication and Authorization Pagination MySQL Cloud Cost Optimization Zero Downtime Deployments Kubernetes Terraform

Infrastructure Engineer

Go-Mailer

Jul 2022 - May 2023 (10 months)

Built CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling in Go and Python with Prometheus and Grafana. Led migration of 10+ microservices to Kubernetes and designed an event-driven architecture using RabbitMQ.

Go Python CI CD Prometheus Grafana Kubernetes Docker Microservices RabbitMQ Event Driven Architecture

Backend Software Engineer

Intemporel Technologies Limited

Mar 2021 - Jun 2022 (1 year 3 months)

Designed and implemented Go-based REST API backend services for the Morerave mobile application, owning the full service lifecycle from design through deployment. Optimized server and database environments to improve performance and service stability.

Go REST APIs Backend Services Server Performance Database Optimization

DevOps Engineer

ATBTechSoft

Dec 2020 - Nov 2021 (11 months)

Built CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration systems to enable zero-downtime deployments across production services. Monitored infrastructure health with Grafana and Prometheus and resolved Tomcat memory exhaustion to eliminate unplanned downtime.

CI CD Container Orchestration Zero Downtime Deployments Grafana Prometheus

DevOps Engineer

EHealth4everyone

Sep 2019 - Jan 2020 (4 months)

Automated infrastructure maintenance and monitoring across 10+ servers using Go and Python, integrating Prometheus, Grafana, and TLS automation. Deployed and operated production services using Nginx, Docker, Ansible, and GitLab CI/CD to improve release consistency and reliability.

Go Python Prometheus Grafana Nginx Docker Ansible Gitlab CI

Site Reliability Engineer (Intern)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc

Jul 2019 - Sep 2019 (2 months)

Built an internal database monitoring service in Go with Prometheus and Grafana, deployed on Kubernetes. Created dashboards to analyze performance across global regions and improve on-call incident response.

Go Prometheus Grafana Kubernetes Dashboarding Incident Response