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Mukhtar Akere

@sirrobot01

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I build high-performance Go and Python payment systems, APIs, and self-hosted infrastructure.

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What I'm looking for

Backend work with real ownership, ideally in Go or Python on systems where performance and correctness actually matter, streaming, distributed services, infra, not CRUD behind a framework. And I'd like to keep learning into adjacent areas, so a role that stretches me technically instead of repeating what I already know.

I've built production payment services, storefront workflows, and REST APIs across Crowdmade, Bitnob, Missinglettr, Jallows, and Khuddam.ng. At Crowdmade, I build Go microservices and internal tools for Shopify-integrated storefront and order workflows.

At Bitnob, I built a cross-country airtime and data subscription service in Django and Go, while improving platform stability and adding Prometheus and Grafana observability. I've also architected financial and reporting APIs with Django and Flask, and improved reliability with Redis, RabbitMQ, Docker, and Linux deployments.

I author and maintain decypharr, a high-throughput open-source file-streaming server written in Go, where I've reduced lock contention, fixed goroutine leaks using pprof, and added sparse-file caching with LRU eviction. I also build self-hosted developer infrastructure, including writ and protodex.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Engineer

Current

Crowdmade Inc.

Mar 2023 - Present (3 years 5 months)

Built internal tools and Go microservices for Shopify-integrated storefronts, integrating the Shopify GraphQL Admin API to sync orders and products. Deployed payment and store-management systems on AWS using Docker.

Go Microservices AWS Docker REST APIs

Software Engineer

Bitnob

Feb 2022 - Mar 2023 (1 year 1 month)

Built a cross-country airtime and data subscription service in Django and Go, processing payments across multiple countries. Fixed critical platform bugs and added observability with Prometheus and Grafana.

Django Go Payments Prometheus Grafana Observability

Software Developer

Missinglettr

Nov 2020 - Feb 2022 (1 year 3 months)

Architected and developed RESTful APIs for financial and reporting services using Django and Flask. Integrated LLM providers with prompt versioning and caching, and optimized API integrations to improve client-side render speed.

Django Flask REST APIs LLM Integrations Prompt Caching

Software Engineer

Jallows

Jun 2019 - Apr 2020 (10 months)

Built and maintained REST APIs with Django REST Framework backed by PostgreSQL and MySQL. Improved performance with Redis caching and RabbitMQ messaging, and containerized services using Docker and Supervisord on Linux.

Django REST Framework PostgreSQL MySQL Redis RabbitMQ Docker Supervisor Linux

Backend Developer

Khuddam.ng

Jul 2018 - Jan 2019 (6 months)

Designed and built a financial reporting system with Django REST Framework serving several thousand MAUs. Automated deployments with Git, Docker, and Supervisord, reducing deploy time from hours to minutes.

Django REST Framework Financial Reporting Git Docker Supervisor