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I’m a backend developer with 6+ years of experience building scalable software across the full development lifecycle. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust architectures, implementing reliable CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with product and design teams to ship value quickly. I’m passionate about building high-performance services, embracing cloud-native patterns, and continuously learning new technologies to solve real-world problems.…I’m a backend developer with 6+ years of experience building scalable software across the full development lifecycle. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust architectures, implementing reliable CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with product and design teams to ship value quickly. I’m passionate about building high-performance services, embracing cloud-native patterns, and continuously learning new technologies to solve real-world problems.

Nathaniel Babalola

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

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I’m a backend developer with 6+ years of experience building scalable software across the full development lifecycle. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust architectures, implementing reliable CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with product and design teams to ship value quickly. I’m passionate about building high-performance services, embracing cloud-native patterns, and continuously learning new technologies to solve real-world problems.…I’m a backend developer with 6+ years of experience building scalable software across the full development lifecycle. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust architectures, implementing reliable CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with product and design teams to ship value quickly. I’m passionate about building high-performance services, embracing cloud-native patterns, and continuously learning new technologies to solve real-world problems.

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I’m a backend developer with 6+ years of experience building scalable software across the full development lifecycle. I enjoy turning complex requirements into robust architectures, implementing reliable CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with product and design teams to ship value quickly.

I’m passionate about building high-performance services, embracing cloud-native patterns, and continuously learning new technologies to solve real-world problems.

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Work Experience

Backend Software Engineer at Amplify AI

April 1, 2025 - Present

Architected and implemented an asynchronous backend in NestJS to manage ad campaigns for Shopify stores across Facebook and Instagram. Leveraged AWS SQS to decouple services and improve API responsiveness while enforcing secure access with fine-grained IAM policies. Designed a multi-queue SQS architecture with Dead Letter Queues for reliability and planned a future-state serverless model with AWS Lambda. Built a subscription-based payment flow with Stripe and a wallet-gating system for tiered ad-spend.

Backend Software Engineer at Bitpowr

September 1, 2024 - November 1, 2025

Architected a provider-agnostic service layer for blockchain RPC interactions (NOWNodes/Blockbook), reducing vendor lock-in. Led a workflow automation engine with cron-based scheduling, natural language parsing, and event-driven triggers. Implemented high-performance balance monitoring with Redis/BullMQ, UTXO caching, and MongoDB, achieving 99.9% uptime and substantial cost savings.

Backend Software Developer at SeamlessHR

February 1, 2023 - August 1, 2024

Built NestJS microservices in a monorepo, wired via Kafka and gRPC. Leveraged Kubernetes and Istio for scalability and resilience. Developed an automated attendance reporting system and a Time Management application with device- and timezone-aware clocking and CSV roster import.

Backend Software Developer at Grupp (Mikro Inc.)

April 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023

Developed analytics for transaction monitoring and implemented internal tooling for POS devices. Built an all-in-one merchant platform, implemented account opening automation, and improved reporting via Elasticsearch Scroll API with Kafka-based streams; integrated third-party services as failover.

Backend Software Developer at MakInsight

June 1, 2021 - March 1, 2022

Led a core codebase refactor to a modular MVC architecture; migrated ORM to Prisma for type-safe data access. Implemented resilient API integration with exponential backoff, automated CI/CD via Bitbucket Pipelines, and moved long-running tasks to Redis/BullMQ for improved reliability; contributed backend to a flight booking system with external GDS integrations.

Backend Software Developer at Scelloo

September 1, 2020 - May 1, 2021

Built partner onboarding ecosystem with RESTful APIs and a real-time notification service using Socket.IO and MongoDB. Implemented a centralized API gateway, a configurable approval workflow engine, and a Helpdesk API with SLA tracking and auto-escalation.

Backend Software Developer at Signal Alliance Limited

October 1, 2019 - August 1, 2020

Implemented the backend for a loan scoring system using Node.js and MongoDB on Azure App Service, delivering scalable scoring and decisioning functionality.

System Analyst at Smooth Way Insurance Brokers Ltd

January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014

GATHERED requirements and implemented CRM solutions using Visual Basic, contributing to streamlined business processes.