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oladayo akinola

@oladayoakinola

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Senior backend engineer specializing in scalable microservices, cloud-native deployments, and observability.

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What I'm looking for

I seek backend/cloud roles where I can lead scalable microservices, improve reliability, and implement observability and CI/CD in collaborative, product-focused teams.

I am a backend engineer with five years' experience designing, scaling, and deploying high-performance distributed systems across fintech, SaaS, and enterprise environments. I specialize in microservices, event-driven architectures, CI/CD automation, and cloud-native deployments, with hands-on experience in GCP, Node.js, Laravel, and observability tooling.

I have a proven record of improving system reliability, reducing operational costs, and launching production systems from zero to one, including building scalable APIs, Redis-based streams, real-time features, ETL pipelines into BigQuery, and robust CI/CD pipelines. I bring a strong ownership mindset, systems thinking, and clear communication of complex technical decisions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Backend Developer

Current

Voyatek Group

Aug 2024 - Present (1 year 10 months)

Built and maintained scalable microservices with Laravel and Node.js, increasing system throughput by 35% and reducing average response time by 28% via Redis caching; implemented JWT RBAC and real-time WebSocket features that raised engagement 40% and cut unauthorized access events 95%.

Laravel Node Redis WebSockets JWT Microservices Paystack Agora

Backend Developer

Tezza Solutions

Sep 2023 - Apr 2024 (7 months)

Designed and deployed Node.js/Express REST APIs and ETL pipelines on GCP, improving MongoDB retrieval speed 22% and reducing manual processes 60%; optimized BigQuery and dbt models to cut query costs and improve performance by 30%.

Node Express MongoDB GCP BigQuery DBT Airflow ETL CI CD

Backend Engineer

Decode Analytical

May 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year 4 months)

Contributed to API architecture and server-side logic using Laravel and PostgreSQL, configured Redis caching to decrease load times, and managed GitLab CI/CD pipelines to reduce deployment errors by 30%.

Laravel PostgreSQL Redis API Design Gitlab CI Docker Performance Optimization CI CD

Backend Engineer

AEY Group

Sep 2020 - Mar 2022 (1 year 6 months)

Implemented automated test suites and data pipelines that reduced processing time from 5 minutes to 1 minute and increased test reliability by 40%; led system health checks and incident response reporting.

Testing Automation Data Pipelines Redis Incident Response Backend Development Monitoring Performance Tuning

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Ibadan

Bachelor of Engineering, Wood Products Engineering

2014 - 2019

Completed a Bachelor of Engineering in Wood Products Engineering from 2014 to 2019, focusing on engineering principles and applied materials processing.