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Donald Adugbe

@donaldadugbe

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Principal software engineer building resilient microservices and mobile-first SaaS with AI features.

Nigeria

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to design and build production-grade microservices and APIs, ship reliable user experiences, and integrate scalable infrastructure, monitoring, and CI/CD—plus add practical AI features using open-source models.

I’ve built and advised on software systems across fintech, telecommunications, healthcare, hospitality, and advertising, working through every stage of the software development lifecycle. In my current remote role, I designed microservice-based API and database architecture with Go (Golang), PostgreSQL, and Flutter, including a bidirectional mobile/desktop sync with offline support.

At MEDD, I led backend systems and plugins from scratch, including APIs (PHP/WordPress) and a scalable search setup using Meilisearch, Nginx, and Docker. I also integrated monitoring with Grafana and Loki, helped reduce server and cloud infrastructure costs, and built AI applications with open-source LLMs plus CLIP and YOLO.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Principal Software Engineer & Consultant

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Private Client

Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 8 months)

Designed original software, API and database architecture using microservice approach with Go, PostgreSQL and Flutter for a SaaS. Developed core backend framework and custom libraries, implemented CI/CD with DroneCI, queues with NSQ, and built AI applications using open source LLMs.

Go Gin PostgreSQL Flutter Drone CI NSQ Docker Nginx LLamacpp Ollama YOLO BASH

Lead Software Engineer & Consultant

MEDD

Aug 2022 - Oct 2024 (2 years 2 months)

Advised on and helped design software and database architecture. Designed and implemented backend systems with PHP and Wordpress, implemented search system using Meilisearch, Nginx and Docker, and optimized infrastructure cost.

PHP WordPress Meilisearch Nginx Docker Grafana Loki BASH

Full-stack Developer

Various Companies & Clients

Jan 2012 - Jul 2022 (10 years 6 months)

Designed and implemented multiple REST, GraphQL and SOAP APIs across various fields. Built desktop and mobile apps, implemented web scraping, and improved backend systems using microservice architecture.