Obinna Nnenanya

Obinna Nnenanya

ABOUT ME
Experienced full stack Python developer/Data Engineer.
Experienced full stack Python developer/Data Engineer.

I'm a platform and backend engineer who gets excited about the infrastructure and tooling that makes teams more effective - observability, CI/CD, developer experience, AI integration/Automation. I work mostly in Node.js, TypeScript, and Python, and I spend a lot of time thinking about how systems should be structured so they're secure, easy to reason about, and not a nightmare to operate.

I've also done AI-adjacent work, generating and evaluating training data, which sharpened my eye for data quality and what "good enough" really means in practice.

Outside the technical side, I care deeply about mentorship. The best senior engineers make the people around them better, not just the codebase.

I hold an M.Sc. in Information Security & Data Forensics and work fully remote from Lagos, Nigeria.

English
West Central Africa (+01:00)
Joined March 2020
EXPERTISE
9 years experience
I have built a lot of cool stuff with python. from automating processes on linux servers to building microservices with Flask and buildin...
I have built a lot of cool stuff with python. from automating processes on linux servers to building microservices with Flask and building apis and full featured distributed applications with Django and Django Rest Framework. I currently work remotely for one of the largest Auto insurance aggregators in the united states where we are building and maintaining a distibuted app using Django, Django Rest Framework, tornado,etc.
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9 years experience
From jquery to node.js I've done server side and client side javascript.
From jquery to node.js I've done server side and client side javascript.
6 years experience
5 years experience
9 years experience
2 years experience
9 years experience
EMPLOYMENTS
Senior Software Engineer (Platform & Backend)
Gozem
2024-11-01-Present

- Architect and develop Gozem Money, a multi-country fintech platform with 79 Node.js/TypeScript microservices handling onboarding, KY...

- Architect and develop Gozem Money, a multi-country fintech platform with 79 Node.js/TypeScript microservices handling onboarding, KYC/KYB, payments, and settlement services across MongoDB, Kafka, and Fastify.

- Build and maintain admin web applications using modern frontend frameworks, ensuring responsive design and excellent user experience for internal operations teams.

- Design and implement RESTful APIs consumed by mobile and web applications, ensuring high performance, security, and scalability.

- Establish observability and monitoring standards using Sentry for error tracking and structured logging systems, reducing incident detection time by 60%.

- Lead code reviews, establish development best practices, and mentor engineers on full-stack development, testing strategies, and microservices patterns.

SQL
Node.js
TypeScript
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SQL
Node.js
TypeScript
React
JavaScript
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AI Trainer (Contractor: Advisory Role)
Turing Inc
2024-11-01-2026-01-01

Contributed to machine learning model training as a domain expert, generating and curating training data, evaluating model outputs, an...

Contributed to machine learning model training as a domain expert, generating and curating training data, evaluating model outputs, and providing structured feedback to improve response quality and accuracy.

Python
SQL
Node.js
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Python
SQL
Node.js
TypeScript
JavaScript
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Technical Lead
ARK - storeatark.com
2023-06-01-2024-11-01

Led the engineering team to design, develop and deliver software applications.

Led the team in the design and development of the...

Led the engineering team to design, develop and deliver software applications.

Led the team in the design and development of the company's retail and internal apps.

Wrote Technical Design Documents (TDD); Draft quarterly goals (OKRs) and milestones; review codes, and lead team meetings and planning sessions.

Node.js
MongoDB
Linux
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Node.js
MongoDB
Linux
Database
API
CSS3
NoSQL
React
Scrum
Tutoring
Manual testing
Test Automation
HTML5 Games
Technical documentation
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PROJECTS
Looker Dashboard
Namely
2018
Part of the team that built the data visualisation dashboard in Namely.
Part of the team that built the data visualisation dashboard in Namely.
Microsoft SQL Server
Looker
Airflow
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Microsoft SQL Server
Looker
Airflow
Databricks
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National Research Repository/RDM
Eko-Konnect
2020
Team lead overseeing the design and development of a national repository and research data management system for Nigeria.
Team lead overseeing the design and development of a national repository and research data management system for Nigeria.
Python
Docker
SAML
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Python
Docker
SAML
Kubernetes
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