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Abdullah Hamza

@abu

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Software engineer and solutions architect specializing in cloud, backend systems, and data platforms.

Sri Lanka

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What I'm looking for

I’m seeking senior roles where I can design cloud-native, data-driven systems, apply practical AI/LLM solutions, mentor teams, and drive product-quality engineering in an outcome-focused culture.

I am a software engineer and solutions architect with 7+ years of experience designing and building reliable backend systems, event-driven microservices, and real-time analytics pipelines using AWS and Kubernetes.

I have architected multi-tenant platforms, implemented near-real-time data warehouses with AWS Glue and Redshift, and built LLM-powered orchestration and autonomous agents leveraging Amazon Bedrock for large-scale lead sourcing.

I’ve led technical teams as a Tech Lead and Senior Product Developer, practiced Shape Up methodology, improved code quality, introduced Kubernetes and GitOps workflows, and mentored engineers and students as a visiting lecturer.

I focus on combining practical AI use with solid engineering principles—clean architecture, TDD, and scalable cloud-native design—to deliver measurable product and business outcomes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Product Developer

Understory.io

Jul 2023 - Feb 2025 (1 year 7 months)

Architected and built event-driven, multi-tenant booking platform and near-real-time analytics pipelines on AWS; developed an LLM-powered lead-sourcing engine that crawled 1.3M+ sites and delivered Slack-integrated operational reporting.

AWS Lambda EventBridge SQS Redshift AWS Glue DynamoDB Bedrock Microservices NDJSON S3 Lakes

Visiting Lecturer

APIIT Sri Lanka

Nov 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Delivered final-year module on Clean Coding and Concurrent Programming, created lab material, assessed projects, and mentored students through in-person and online instruction during crisis periods.

Teaching Curriculum Development Concurrent Programming Clean Code Assessments Mentoring Remote Teaching

Tech Lead – Bookings Core

Truestory.com

Nov 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Led architecture and technical direction for core bookings platform, improving code quality and managing technical debt while delivering cloud-native microservices and CI/CD workflows.

.NET Core C++Microservices Kubernetes Terraform Redis MSSQL GitOps SignalR

Senior Backend Developer

Truestory.com

May 2021 - Nov 2021 (6 months)

Designed and maintained event-driven microservices, introduced Kubernetes with IaaC and GitOps V2, and led code quality and release workflow improvements while mentoring engineers.

Event Driven Architecture Kubernetes GitOps Microservices CI CD RESTful APIs

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Robert Gordon University

Master of Science, Big Data Analytics

2020 - 2023

Grade: 7 A, 1 B

Activities and societies: Coursework and projects in big data programming, cloud computing, and data warehousing.

Completed an MSc in Big Data Analytics covering big data programming, data warehousing, cloud computing, data mining, advanced databases, text analytics, and research methods; graduated with strong results.

Staffordshire University

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), Software Engineering

2015 - 2018

Grade: First Class Honours

Activities and societies: Admitted to honour roll (top 10%); delivered valedictorian speech; participated in university and industry projects.

Graduated with First Class Honours BEng in Software Engineering, received the Gold Medal for Best Performance in Software Engineering and served as valedictorian.