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Software Engineer crafting resilient, human-friendly products.

I design and ship backends, APIs, and cross-platform experiences with Go, TypeScript, and cloud tooling. Pragmatic, metrics-driven, and obsessed with thoughtful developer experience.

Go TypeScript Node.js Docker MongoDB

02+

Years building software

20+

Projects shipped end-to-end

50+

Students mentored

Portrait of Israel Akinola

Selected Projects

A snapshot of products where I led architecture, backend implementation, and experience polish.

Nickname Generator

A playful tool that generates creative and personalized nicknames based on your input, built with a focus on fun UX and real-time generation.

Go JavaScript PostgreSQL Docker

Ops Command

Internal operations suite automating onboarding, access control, and audit trails for distributed teams.

Node.js TypeScript MongoDB Redis

Pulse Health

Patient-facing mobile experience with secure APIs for scheduling, triage flows, and clinician messaging.

Swift Go REST CI/CD

Capabilities

Building reliable platforms end-to-end: design the data model, wire the services, ship the UI, and keep it observable.

Backends & APIs

Designing contracts and scalable data flows with attention to latency and ergonomics.

Go Node.js gRPC REST

Cloud & Ops

Shipping with containers, observability, and CI/CD that teams actually enjoy using.

Docker CI/CD Grafana Redis

Frontend & Mobile

Interfaces that are fast, intentional, and aligned with the system behind them.

TypeScript Swift CSS Design Systems

Data & Storage

Clear schemas, reliable migrations, and fast lookups tuned for the workload.

PostgreSQL MongoDB Caching Queues

Experience

Hands-on roles leading delivery, mentoring teams, and keeping systems reliable.

Compliance Officer (Executive) — HLTS Limited

2025 – Present

Ensuring regulatory compliance, implementing governance frameworks, and maintaining operational integrity across company systems and processes.

Software Engineer — HLTS Limited

2025

Led a team shipping scalable ed-tech solutions with service-oriented architecture and measurable uptime goals.

Coding Instructor — Tech Verge Solutions

2025

Taught primary and secondary students through project-based learning focused on problem solving and product thinking.

Coding Instructor — HLTS Limited

2024

Guided students through fundamentals of software development with hands-on projects.

Education

Academic paths focused on systems, cloud foundations, and pragmatic software delivery.

B.Sc. Computer Science — Miva Open University

Sept 2025 – Present

Diving into computer science fundamentals, algorithms, and applied software engineering starting September 2025.

Diploma — Cloud Engineering, AltSchool Africa

2025 – Present

Building a foundation in distributed systems, deployment pipelines, and cloud-native tooling.

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Open to backend-heavy roles, platform teams, and collaborations where reliability and clarity matter.

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Location

Remote-first, Lagos time.