Paragraph 1: I'm Emmanuel Adeleke, a Senior Backend Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling cloud-native systems using Go, Node.js, and Java. I specialize in delivering high-performance backend services on AWS, with hands-on experience in Terraform, Kubernetes, and automating cloud deployments. Paragraph 2: I've successfully migrated monolithic platforms to microservices, delivering 45% faster deployment velocity and 65% lower API latency. I focus on robust CI/CD, observability, and cost optimization (reducing cloud spend by 72%) through automation and data-driven decisions.

Emmanuel Adeleke

Paragraph 1: I'm Emmanuel Adeleke, a Senior Backend Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling cloud-native systems using Go, Node.js, and Java. I specialize in delivering high-performance backend services on AWS, with hands-on experience in Terraform, Kubernetes, and automating cloud deployments. Paragraph 2: I've successfully migrated monolithic platforms to microservices, delivering 45% faster deployment velocity and 65% lower API latency. I focus on robust CI/CD, observability, and cost optimization (reducing cloud spend by 72%) through automation and data-driven decisions.

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Paragraph 1: I’m Emmanuel Adeleke, a Senior Backend Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling cloud-native systems using Go, Node.js, and Java. I specialize in delivering high-performance backend services on AWS, with hands-on experience in Terraform, Kubernetes, and automating cloud deployments.

Paragraph 2: I’ve successfully migrated monolithic platforms to microservices, delivering 45% faster deployment velocity and 65% lower API latency. I focus on robust CI/CD, observability, and cost optimization (reducing cloud spend by 72%) through automation and data-driven decisions.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer / LLM Engineer at Turing
October 1, 2024 - September 1, 2025
Designed and implemented large-scale, high-throughput evaluation data pipelines for AI model benchmarking, leveraging microservices architecture and optimizing data processing routines to improve workflow efficiency by 25%. Led backend development and system integration for AI-powered coding tools, architecting Node.js services that automated developer QA processes and reduced manual validation time by 30%.
Senior Software Engineer and Technical Team Lead at MTN MOMO
August 1, 2019 - Present
Led the migration of a monolithic financial platform to cloud-native microservices, implementing core transaction services in Go and Node.js to handle a 500% increase in daily transactions (7M to 40M) with sub-second latency. Designed and deployed Go-based backend services for payment processing and wallet management, optimized with Redis caching and efficient database query patterns. Built and maintained infrastructure as code using Terraform, automating AWS resource provisioning and reducing deployment time by 60%. Orchestrated Kubernetes and Docker environments across six markets and implemented Kafka-based event-driven communication for real-time processing.
Senior Software Engineer & Solution Architect at Comviva Technologies
August 1, 2019 - Present
Developed internal cloud tooling and automation scripts in Go to manage Kubernetes clusters and streamline deployment processes across multi-tenant fintech services. Configured production Kubernetes environments on Azure AKS, implementing ingress rules and API gateway policies that reduced API response times by 35%. Pioneered infrastructure as code practices using Terraform for reproducible cloud resource management, and standardized global CI/CD workflows and monitoring practices to reduce production incidents.
Founder & Lead Developer at GTC Trading
July 1, 2016 - November 1, 2023
Founded and scaled an educational SaaS platform, designing the backend with FastAPI and PostgreSQL and the frontend with React to serve 10,000+ users with secure APIs for content delivery, analytics, and user management. Managed cloud infrastructure on GCP, using Docker containers and GitHub Actions to create robust CI/CD pipelines, enabling regional expansion and reliable deployment. Implemented real-time features and monitoring to ensure platform reliability and performance.
Software Engineer – Backend Support at Chevron Corporation
November 1, 2015 - November 1, 2016
Enhanced and maintained internal Android applications using Java and Firebase, improving crash stability and data synchronization speed. Integrated real-time communication modules with Socket.IO and MongoDB to enable instant field-team updates and status tracking.

Education

Computer Engineering at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
January 11, 2030 - December 25, 2025

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Software & Internet, Telecommunications