Muyiwa Alashi

Hi,

I'm MUYIWA ALASHI

Software
Engineer

Software
Engineer

I build production Python and Django services: REST APIs, multi-cloud infrastructure, and database reliability.

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About

About

Software engineer with 5+ years of experience building production Python and Django services. I focus on REST APIs, multi-cloud (AWS and GCP) infrastructure, database reliability, and CI/CD. I've delivered zero-downtime database migrations, payment integrations, and LLM features end to end.

BSc Systems Engineering, University of Lagos (2026).

Python Django DRF FastAPI Celery PostgreSQL Redis GraphQL AWS GCP Terraform Docker GitLab CI

Experience

Experience

  1. Backend Engineer, Meto Remote (New York, USA)

    • Built and maintained Django REST Framework APIs serving over 1,000 users for the core product.
    • Migrated a 200 MB production database from AWS RDS to GCP Cloud SQL with zero downtime across a multi-cloud environment.
    • Managed AWS and GCP infrastructure with Terraform, maintaining 99.9% availability and saving $2K per month.

  2. Lead Developer, FroNet Lagos, Nigeria

    • Architected and launched fronet.com.ng end to end with Next.js and Django, owning frontend, backend, and production deployment.
    • Operate 3 services serving over 100 users on GCP, covering deployment, databases, and reliability.
    • Led a team of 2 engineers.

  3. Django Developer, Zavod-IT Remote (San Francisco, USA)

    • Built the codebase's first production LLM workflow by integrating the OpenAI API into a client product.
    • Built and documented Django REST APIs for five partner integrations, using Postman collections as living docs.
    • Designed a partner-facing admin dashboard and containerized dev and deployment workflows with Docker.

  4. Summer Analyst, Goldman Sachs International Birmingham, England

    • Built automated AWS RDS monitoring and alerting to detect and mitigate SQL performance bottlenecks.
    • Developed a unified Python/Bash infrastructure CLI integrated with GitLab CI/CD. Collaborated across 7 teams.

  5. Software Engineer, V Model Remote (London, England)

    • Designed Django and Python backend infrastructure and shipped documented GraphQL and REST APIs. Collaborated directly with the CEO on product direction.

  6. Full-stack Engineer, FT9ja Lagos, Nigeria

    • Refactored legacy services and optimized PostgreSQL queries, cutting API latency by 30%.

  7. Software Engineer, Propfunds Lagos, Nigeria

    • Built production Django services and PostgreSQL schemas for reliable transactions, including secure payment integrations.

Works

Works

01

Django microservice

Dockerised Django service with PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery and Gunicorn. Deployed on AWS EC2, with Terraform and CloudWatch logging.

  • Django
  • Docker
  • AWS
  • Terraform
  • Celery

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02

Payment-link app

FastAPI site with Google sign-in, shareable payment-link pages, and Postgres in production.

  • FastAPI
  • SQLModel
  • OAuth
  • Docker

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03

EduTrack

Course management for teachers and students: enrolment, assignments, submissions, grading, and role-based permissions.

  • Django
  • DRF
  • PostgreSQL

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04

Omada Wi-Fi exporter

Prometheus exporter for connected Wi-Fi station metrics from an Omada controller.

  • Go
  • Prometheus

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05

UNILAG traffic backend

Flask backend for a traffic monitoring project: event ingestion, plate-image handling, and ticket creation.

  • Flask
  • Python

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Currently building

PowerPulse

A Wi-Fi device that shows when public power (NEPA) is back at your home, and lets you ask for a fresh reading from your phone.

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Contact

Let's talk

Email: alashimuyiwa@gmail.com

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