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Kelvin Boateng

@kelvinboateng1

Backend engineer specializing in scalable real-time systems.

Ghana
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What I'm looking for

I seek a backend or platform role at a collaborative, agile team where I can improve system performance, reliability, and observability while building scalable real-time features.

I am a backend software engineer focused on building scalable, reliable APIs and real-time systems using Node.js and TypeScript. I design secure REST and WebSocket endpoints with JWT auth, RBAC, and production-ready observability and testing.

At Enyata I ship multi-tenant SaaS APIs, integrated AWS S3 signed URLs and payment webhooks, and reduced API latency by 35% through Redis caching and query optimization. I also authored 250+ Jest tests achieving 92% coverage to lower production incidents.

My projects include a horizontally scalable real-time notifications service with Redis Pub/Sub and Socket.io, a video-sharing backend with HLS streaming and signed URLs, and a freelancer marketplace with escrow and Paystack webhook handling. I have hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.

I collaborate actively in Agile teams, participate in code reviews, and value clean, well-tested code. I seek roles where I can continue improving system performance, reliability, and developer productivity.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

EN
Current

Software Engineer

Enyata

Sep 2024 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Ship production Node.js/TypeScript APIs for a multi-tenant SaaS platform; designed secure REST endpoints with JWT auth, RBAC, audit trails and rate limiting, and reduced API latency 35% via Redis caching and query optimization.

KT

Software Development Intern

KNG Technologies

Oct 2023 - Dec 2023 (2 months)

Assisted with backend tasks in Express.js including authentication, logging and error handling; contributed to query optimization and followed Git workflows through pair programming.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology logoKT

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering

2020 - 2024

BSc in Computer Engineering completed at KNUST with coursework and projects focused on backend systems, real-time services, and cloud-deployed applications.

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