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Backend & Systems Engineer

Engineer with 5+ years building backend systems across fintech, e-commerce, and AI. I design the things that handle the traffic, process the data, and stay up at 3 AM so I don't have to.

Currently building

ValunaAI-powered e-commerce content engineDashlink

Projects

Valuna Content Engine

product

Built the NLP pipeline and queue architecture powering AI-generated product descriptions for e-commerce stores. Handles 500 generations/day across multiple languages with rate-limited OpenAI integration and async job processing.

500 generations/day
PythonNode.jsNLPRedisOpenAI

Dashlink

product

Co-building a smart link management platform with real-time analytics, custom domains, and deep-link routing. Designed the API layer, PostgreSQL schema, and event tracking pipeline from scratch.

Next.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLVercel

AFEX SSO Platform

enterprise

Architected a centralized authentication system serving 6+ internal products and 50K+ users. Implemented OAuth 2.0 and SAML flows, session management with Redis, and role-based access control across the organization.

600+ users across 6 products
OAuth 2.0SAMLNode.jsRedisNestJS

Commodity AI

enterprise

Developed an ML-powered commodity grading system that reduced manual inspection time by 40%. Built the computer vision pipeline, model serving API, and feedback loop for continuous accuracy improvement.

40% reduction in inspection time
PythonComputer VisionFastAPITensorFlow

Africa Exchange Bot

enterprise

Built a real-time market intelligence bot processing live commodity prices via WebSocket feeds. Delivers trading signals and price alerts to internal traders, reducing reaction time to market shifts.

Real-time price feeds
PythonWebSocketData PipelineKafka

FastAPI LangChain Starter

open-source

Open-source starter template for building AI-powered APIs. Includes structured prompt chaining, streaming responses, vector store integration, and production-ready error handling.

FastAPILangChainPythonOpenAI

Experience

Backend Engineer · Valuna

Contract · Remote (Netherlands)

2025 — Present

Backend Engineer · AFEX

Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria

2023 — 2025

Backend Engineer · Smitiv Technologies

Full-time · Remote

2022 — 2023

Software Engineer · Talos Africa

Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria

2021 — 2022

Stack

Languages

  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Go
  • SQL

Backend

  • NestJS
  • FastAPI
  • Django
  • Express

Data & AI

  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Kafka
  • LangChain

Infra

  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform