Personal details

Samuel A. - Remote back-end developer

Samuel A.

Software Engineer
Based in: 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Timezone: West Central Africa (UTC+1)

Summary

I'm a Software Engineer with a B.Sc in Computer Science, with years of experience building distributed, scalable backend services and blockchain applications.

I have led teams and helped design systems that have transformed and improved businesses and helped hundreds of thousands of users.

I have more than 7 years of experience working with different cloud services (AWS and Azure) and different technologies from MongoDB, Ethereum, Tendermint e.t.c, to programming languages like Golang, C++, C#, Solidity, and DevOps with CI/CD, Docker, AWS ECS, and Kubernetes.

Work Experience

Software Engineer
Gaussian HQ | Jan 2021 - Present
Apache Kafka
AWS Lambda
Go (Golang)
AWS (Amazon Web Services)

As a Distributed Systems Engineer, I am responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining a distributed

workflow processing system. My work primarily involves using Golang, AWS Lambda, and Apache Kafka.

Responsibilities:

  1. Design, implement, and manage distributed workflow processing systems using Golang and AWS Lambda.
  2. Manage cloud infrastructure effectively, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
  3. Monitor and maintain system health, identifying and addressing any issues or bottlenecks as they arise.
  4. Maintain comprehensive system documentation for better understanding and future references.
  5. Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications, staying updated on industry trends and technologies.
Technical Consultant
DataInfosec LTD | Jan 2017 - Present
C#
C++
Node.js
MongoDB
React
Couchbase
Go (Golang)

Led the development of a complete end to end biometric solution for attendance monitoring as well as a data analytics pipeline and process automation service that helped reduced labor cost, improved revenue for client companies and government agencies.

Education

University of Benin
B.Sc ・Computer Science
Mar 2011 - Nov 2014

Personal Projects

NativeScript ClientIconOpenNewWindows
2016
NativeScript
Open-source XMPP client library for NativeScript

Certifications & Awards

Bsc Computer Science
University of Benin | Nov 2014