Ibukun Dairo
@ibukundairo
Senior platform engineer and founder specializing in SRE, DevOps, and scalable cloud platforms.
NigeriaWhat I'm looking for
I am a founder and senior engineering leader with deep expertise in platform engineering, SRE, and cloud-native architectures. I built and scaled a fully remote engineering team of 30+ and delivered 20+ production-grade MVPs and platforms.
I've led observability and reliability efforts across large microservice landscapes, reducing critical failures and MTTR through SLO-driven alerting and OpenTelemetry instrumentation. I architect secure, multi-tenant AWS and GCP platforms and codify infra-as-code with Terraform and GitOps.
As a hands-on engineer, I have been the sole DevOps/SRE hire through startup growth stages, implemented CI/CD and GitOps pipelines, and secured significant cloud credits to enable sustainable infrastructure scaling. I also mentor junior developers through talent academies and coaching programs.
I combine technical leadership with business-oriented strategy, driving engineering best practices, reusable libraries, and operational playbooks to increase delivery velocity and reliability. I seek roles where I can lead platform strategy, mentor teams, and deliver resilient cloud systems.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Software Engineer
Paramount
Aug 2021 - Present (4 years 2 months)
Led observability architecture for 70+ microservices, implemented SLO-driven alerting and OpenTelemetry instrumentation, and authored runbooks and on-call strategy that reduced MTTR by 40% and critical failures by 35%.
Founder & Senior Engineering Manager
Cuesoft Inc.
Apr 2017 - Present (8 years 6 months)
Built and scaled a fully remote engineering team of 30+, delivered 20+ production-grade MVPs and cloud platforms, and launched a talent academy mentoring 30+ junior developers; secured $250k+ in cloud credits and led architecture for a multi-tenant SME SaaS.
Founding DevOps Engineer
Traive Finance
Apr 2020 - Apr 2025 (5 years)
Sole DevOps/SRE hire from seed to Series B who built CI/CD, GitOps with ArgoCD, and Terraform-based multi-tenant AWS architecture; implemented observability pipelines reducing infra downtime by 90%.
Senior Software Engineer
HackerBay
Aug 2019 - Sep 2021 (2 years 1 month)
Contributed to open-source OneUptime observability platform, built Node.js microservices and CLI tools to meet uptime SLAs, and mentored junior engineers across product and SRE teams.
Lead Software Developer
Creditclan
Dec 2017 - Jul 2019 (1 year 7 months)
Led mobile and web teams delivering credit scoring platforms for financial institutions, introduced CI/CD and modular architecture, improving delivery velocity by 90%.
Web Developer
CloudWare Technologies
Aug 2016 - Feb 2017 (6 months)
Delivered a messaging platform and client web projects while mentoring student groups in web development fundamentals.
Software Developer
Orbi
Apr 2015 - Aug 2015 (4 months)
Built a BB10 social app and responsive web interfaces for early-stage products, contributing to front-end and mobile deliverables.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
NUNexford University
Master of Business Administration, International Business, E-Commerce & Artificial Intelligence
Grade: 3.83/4.0
MBA in International Business with focus on E-Commerce and Artificial Intelligence, completed with a 3.83/4.0 GPA.
UDUdacity
Nanodegree, Artificial Intelligence / AI Programming
Completed the AI Programming with Python Nanodegree, covering Python, NumPy, Pandas, machine learning basics, and neural networks.
UIUniversity of Ibadan
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Grade: 5.4/7.0
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science completed with a 5.4/7.0 GPA.
Availability
Location
NigeriaAuthorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
Interested in hiring Ibukun?
You can contact Ibukun and 90k+ other talented remote workers on Himalayas.
Message IbukunFind your dream job
Sign up now and join over 100,000 remote workers who receive personalized job alerts, curated job matches, and more for free!
