Michael Nwogha

Consolidated fragmented infrastructure into a unified Google Cloud Platform environment, reducing infrastructure costs by 60%. Redesigned a data sourcing engine for large-scale scraping and data sanitization, reducing compute costs by 85% and improving processing speed by 200x.

Designed and implemented a modular architecture for the Swarmauri framework to ensure scalability and performance. Integrated advanced LLM capabilities and built unit/integration tests with pytest, along with automated CI/CT testing pipelines.

Built the backend architecture for a social e-commerce platform from scratch using Django and PostgreSQL. Developed real-time livestreaming, secure escrow wallet transactions, and an event ticketing feature for the mobile app.

Architected and developed the backend for a real estate platform using Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and Docker. Integrated Flutterwave payments, optimized API performance with caching and database indexing, and implemented CI/CD deployments on DigitalOcean.

Developed and integrated an intelligent search engine into a fintech open banking mobile app using FastAPI and OpenAI function calling. Reduced response times via caching, improved secure credential handling, and containerized/deployed the service on Docker and DigitalOcean.

Led a team of three engineers to build a cybersecurity-focused web application and engineered a scalable RESTful API with Django and PostgreSQL. Deployed on AWS Cloud to achieve 99.9% uptime and implemented GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment time by 50%.

Completed a one-year project-based Full-Stack Software Engineering program focused on back-end development, including Python, C, and JavaScript.

Grade: First-Class Honors; Best Graduating Male Student

B.S. in Applied Microbiology and Brewing, graduating with First-Class Honors and awarded Best Graduating Male Student in the department.