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Hi, I’m Chukwudi Ubah. I’m a software engineer specializing in building scalable backend systems, DevOps practices, and cloud infrastructure. I’ve designed and scaled distributed architectures for 7+ years, delivering robust APIs and reliable services in fast-moving teams. I’m passionate about turning complex requirements into resilient, high-performance solutions—from microservices on Kubernetes to event-driven workflows and comprehensive observability. I enjoy mentoring engineers, improving deployment reliability, and driving product outcomes with a focus on latency, reliability, and developer productivity.…Hi, I’m Chukwudi Ubah. I’m a software engineer specializing in building scalable backend systems, DevOps practices, and cloud infrastructure. I’ve designed and scaled distributed architectures for 7+ years, delivering robust APIs and reliable services in fast-moving teams. I’m passionate about turning complex requirements into resilient, high-performance solutions—from microservices on Kubernetes to event-driven workflows and comprehensive observability. I enjoy mentoring engineers, improving deployment reliability, and driving product outcomes with a focus on latency, reliability, and developer productivity.

Chukwudi Ubah

Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, DevOps Developer, +2

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Hi, I’m Chukwudi Ubah. I’m a software engineer specializing in building scalable backend systems, DevOps practices, and cloud infrastructure. I’ve designed and scaled distributed architectures for 7+ years, delivering robust APIs and reliable services in fast-moving teams. I’m passionate about turning complex requirements into resilient, high-performance solutions—from microservices on Kubernetes to event-driven workflows and comprehensive observability. I enjoy mentoring engineers, improving deployment reliability, and driving product outcomes with a focus on latency, reliability, and developer productivity.…Hi, I’m Chukwudi Ubah. I’m a software engineer specializing in building scalable backend systems, DevOps practices, and cloud infrastructure. I’ve designed and scaled distributed architectures for 7+ years, delivering robust APIs and reliable services in fast-moving teams. I’m passionate about turning complex requirements into resilient, high-performance solutions—from microservices on Kubernetes to event-driven workflows and comprehensive observability. I enjoy mentoring engineers, improving deployment reliability, and driving product outcomes with a focus on latency, reliability, and developer productivity.

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Hi, I’m Chukwudi Ubah. I’m a software engineer specializing in building scalable backend systems, DevOps practices, and cloud infrastructure. I’ve designed and scaled distributed architectures for 7+ years, delivering robust APIs and reliable services in fast-moving teams.

I’m passionate about turning complex requirements into resilient, high-performance solutions—from microservices on Kubernetes to event-driven workflows and comprehensive observability. I enjoy mentoring engineers, improving deployment reliability, and driving product outcomes with a focus on latency, reliability, and developer productivity.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Paenote

December 1, 2024 - Present

Led the architecture and implementation of core payment and banking services using Node.js (TypeScript) and Go; established service boundaries, coding standards, and API contracts for a microservice ecosystem. Designed and evolved a microservice architecture running on Docker and Kubernetes, including rollout strategies, service discovery, resource tuning, and improved reliability and latency. Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, built Docker images, pushed to AWS ECR, and automated updates via Ansible playbooks to Kubernetes deployments. Defined infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible, provisioning environments, hardening configurations, and reducing manual operational overhead. Implemented event-driven workflows using RabbitMQ with routing, dead-letter queues, and idempotent consumers to decouple services and boost resilience. Built end-to-end observability with Grafana and Loki, including dashboards, alerts, and telemetry-driven performance reviews. Mentored engineer

Senior Backend Engineer at Plumter

June 1, 2022 - September 1, 2024

Led backend development using Node.js and Go to design and implement core product workflows; defined service boundaries, API contracts, and improved overall system architecture. Architected and maintained microservices on Docker and Kubernetes, with service discovery, rollout strategies, and performance tuning to improve reliability and scalability. Optimized MongoDB data models and queries for high-throughput workloads, including indexing strategies and query optimization. Built CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments to AWS, and automated tests and release processes to increase cadence. Implemented a robust Postgres data layer for transactional workloads, ensured data integrity, and established WAL-based replication and failover strategies. Implemented observability and alerting with Grafana/Loki; collaborated with front-end and product teams to deliver features with reliable performance.

Backend Engineer at Luca Plus (Contract)

September 1, 2021 - August 1, 2022

Refactored Node.js microservices and React integrations; modernized the codebase, improved performance, maintainability, and developer productivity.

Backend Engineer at Pocket by PiggyVest (Fka A Beg) Remote

March 1, 2021 - February 1, 2022

Migrated legacy PHP monolith to a microservice architecture using Node.js and Go; improved system scalability, fault tolerance, and deployment flexibility. Rebuilt core backend workloads from PHP to Node.js on GCP App Engine with auto-scaling and managed services to cut infrastructure costs by 25% while handling traffic spikes reliably. Designed and implemented a robust MySQL database architecture for high-traffic workloads and established API gateway patterns and secure service communications. Led the migration to microservices and ensured smooth rollout with minimal downtime.

Software Engineer at Minimax Nigeria

January 1, 2019 - October 1, 2019

Developed permission-based capabilities for internal dashboards, improving security and access control. Wrote clean, well-tested code and technical documentation to support onboarding and knowledge sharing.