I'm a hands-on tech lead with 10+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems across industries, from scale-ups to startups. I excel at backend architecture, API design, and DevOps automation, delivering performant, scalable, and resilient software. I thrive in cross-functional teams, build internal high-performance engineering cultures, and guide products from idea to production. I'm passionate about cloud-native architectures, fintech and government service platforms, and turning complex requirements into reliable, measurable outcomes.

Olivier Nsabimana

I'm a hands-on tech lead with 10+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems across industries, from scale-ups to startups. I excel at backend architecture, API design, and DevOps automation, delivering performant, scalable, and resilient software. I thrive in cross-functional teams, build internal high-performance engineering cultures, and guide products from idea to production. I'm passionate about cloud-native architectures, fintech and government service platforms, and turning complex requirements into reliable, measurable outcomes.

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I’m a hands-on tech lead with 10+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems across industries, from scale-ups to startups. I excel at backend architecture, API design, and DevOps automation, delivering performant, scalable, and resilient software. I thrive in cross-functional teams, build internal high-performance engineering cultures, and guide products from idea to production. I’m passionate about cloud-native architectures, fintech and government service platforms, and turning complex requirements into reliable, measurable outcomes.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

Aragonese
Advanced

Work Experience

Engineering Lead at Irembo Ltd
February 1, 2020 - August 1, 2022
Led engineering across the organization, built and delivered an API‑first policy management system, migrated servers to a co-location data center, established an internal high‑performance software development team of 5, and introduced cloud migration readiness and engineering best practices (CI/CD, quality gates, monitoring and alerting). Drove government service integrations with banks and unlocked a new revenue channel for life-insurance related products.
Embedded Software Engineer at Cochlear
March 1, 2015 - December 1, 2017
Developed firmware and RF testing tools for Cochlear implants; maintained and enhanced CI pipelines for firmware; acted as a Step‑in CTO, contributing to hardware-software integration.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering at University of New South Wales
January 26, 2009 - January 26, 2013

Qualifications

AWS Solutions Architect
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Digital Strategies for Business
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017
B.E. Electrical Engineering
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2013

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Government, Healthcare, Professional Services