I’m a Software Engineer & Backend Specialist with 5+ years of experience building scalable systems, APIs, and automation-driven platforms across healthcare, fintech, and enterprise solutions. My background includes Python, Django, FastAPI, Flask, and modern DevOps practices — consistently delivering reliable, high-performing software that drives business results. Highlights of my impact: Designed and deployed robust backend architectures that improved system efficiency and reduced operational bottlenecks. Built and integrated APIs that streamlined onboarding, cutting integration times by 40%. Contributed 300k+ lines of production code, enabling the onboarding of 10+ hospitals and HMOs onto digital health platforms. Automated deployment pipelines with Docker, Kubernetes, and GitHub Actions, reducing release cycles to just 15 minutes. Currently, I’m expanding my expertise into AI-powered automation — exploring intelligent agent development with ADK and workflow automation with n8n — to bridge backend engineering with smarter, AI-driven processes. Whether it’s joining a forward-thinking engineering team or delivering client projects as a freelance consultant, my goal is the same: to build scalable, efficient, and future-ready solutions that create measurable impact.

Jacob S. Nouwatin

I’m a Software Engineer & Backend Specialist with 5+ years of experience building scalable systems, APIs, and automation-driven platforms across healthcare, fintech, and enterprise solutions. My background includes Python, Django, FastAPI, Flask, and modern DevOps practices — consistently delivering reliable, high-performing software that drives business results. Highlights of my impact: Designed and deployed robust backend architectures that improved system efficiency and reduced operational bottlenecks. Built and integrated APIs that streamlined onboarding, cutting integration times by 40%. Contributed 300k+ lines of production code, enabling the onboarding of 10+ hospitals and HMOs onto digital health platforms. Automated deployment pipelines with Docker, Kubernetes, and GitHub Actions, reducing release cycles to just 15 minutes. Currently, I’m expanding my expertise into AI-powered automation — exploring intelligent agent development with ADK and workflow automation with n8n — to bridge backend engineering with smarter, AI-driven processes. Whether it’s joining a forward-thinking engineering team or delivering client projects as a freelance consultant, my goal is the same: to build scalable, efficient, and future-ready solutions that create measurable impact.

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I’m a Software Engineer & Backend Specialist with 5+ years of experience building scalable systems, APIs, and automation-driven platforms across healthcare, fintech, and enterprise solutions. My background includes Python, Django, FastAPI, Flask, and modern DevOps practices — consistently delivering reliable, high-performing software that drives business results.

Highlights of my impact:

Designed and deployed robust backend architectures that improved system efficiency and reduced operational bottlenecks.

Built and integrated APIs that streamlined onboarding, cutting integration times by 40%.

Contributed 300k+ lines of production code, enabling the onboarding of 10+ hospitals and HMOs onto digital health platforms.

Automated deployment pipelines with Docker, Kubernetes, and GitHub Actions, reducing release cycles to just 15 minutes.

Currently, I’m expanding my expertise into AI-powered automation — exploring intelligent agent development with ADK and workflow automation with n8n — to bridge backend engineering with smarter, AI-driven processes.

Whether it’s joining a forward-thinking engineering team or delivering client projects as a freelance consultant, my goal is the same: to build scalable, efficient, and future-ready solutions that create measurable impact.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at DroHealth
March 1, 2020 - Present
Led development of a telehealth platform using Python, Django, Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, Rust, JQuery, Celery, Redis, and Docker. Developed APIs that streamlined integration progress, reducing integration time by 40% for developers. Integrated external APIs with Slack, Monnify, Twilio, Teams, and Clickup. Contributed over 300,000 lines of code. Implemented features leading to onboarding of over 10 hospitals/HMOs. Automated DevOps processes with GitHub Actions, Docker, and Kubernetes, reducing deployment times to 15 minutes. Fostered teamwork with cross-functional teams using Slack and Clickup. Redesigned notifications system to increase the rate of sending push, SMS, and email notifications.
Backend Engineer at Xerde Limited
February 29, 2020 - September 3, 2025
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to build a social financial platform enabling people to merge social connections with financial goals using Python, Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, Celery, Redis, and GraphQL. Implemented multi-provider payment handling, increasing revenue by 30% per month on average. Peer-reviewed teammates’ pull requests to ensure adherence to team conventions and best practices. Implemented caching using Redis, reducing database costs by 20%. Actively participated in biweekly team sprint planning and other team activities. Provided mentorship to interns.
Software Engineer at Andela
September 30, 2019 - September 3, 2025
Built and scaled production web applications on front-end and back-end using Python, Django, Flask, JavaScript, Express.js, Node.js, and React. Built mass asset upload functionality that reduced users' wait time from an average of 5 minutes to 2 minutes instead of manually uploading assets. Completed data migration from Google Sheets to a PostgreSQL database, improving data consistency and application availability by over 60%. Applied standardized engineering practices, reducing production issues by 70%. Mentored and coached over 10 junior developers, providing guidance and support in their professional growth. Refactored and deprecated code, leading to removal of 20,000 lines of code with no breaking changes in just over a week. Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams, achieving a 95% satisfaction rate in communication and coordination.

Education

Bachelor of Science at Ahmadu Bello University
January 19, 2010 - April 14, 2014

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Healthcare, Financial Services, Software & Internet