Backend & API development
Robust, well-tested REST and GraphQL APIs in Python (Django, DRF, FastAPI, Flask) that scale with your business.
Available for freelance & consulting
Hi, I'm Oluwole.
Hi, I'm Oluwole.
I build reliable software end‑to‑end.
Software Engineer · Backend & APIs · Engineering Leadership
6+ years architecting, building, and shipping backends, APIs, and full products for startups and growing businesses.
🎙️ Inside the Stack
About
Backend engineer building production‑ready software.
I'm a software engineer who enjoys taking ideas from "rough concept" to "production-ready." I lean heavily into backend engineering across the Python ecosystem — Django / DRF, FastAPI, and Flask — but I care just as much about the frontend, building reactive UIs with Vue.js and shipping native Android apps in Kotlin.
I design scalable REST & GraphQL APIs, model efficient databases, and ship complete features that make complex systems feel simple and predictable. My focus: clean architecture, readable code, and systems built to scale.
Focus
Clean architecture, readable code, and systems built to maintain and scale over time.
Exploring
Cloud infrastructure on AWS & Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering leadership.
Open to work
Freelance, remote & relocation · Based in Nigeria
Mindset
Learn fast, build with an ownership mindset, ship often, and relentlessly improve the quality of everything I build.
What I do
Services I offer
From a single API to a full product and the team to maintain it — here's how I can help.
Web development
End-to-end web products — from data model to deployment — with clean, maintainable codebases and CI/CD.
Mobile applications
Native Android apps in Kotlin, shipped to the Play Store and integrated with the backends that power them.
Cloud & infrastructure
Infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, containerised with Docker, deployed on AWS or DigitalOcean.
Engineering leadership
Leading delivery teams with Scrum, owning roadmaps, and translating product goals into shipped software.
Technical consulting
Architecture reviews, code audits, and ongoing support to keep your product reliable as you grow.
Toolbox
Skills & technology
The tools I reach for to design, build, and ship software.
Languages
Frameworks
Infrastructure & cloud
Practices & domains
Track record
Experience & education
Experience
2020 — Present
Software Engineer (Contract)
Monitaur AI · Boston, Massachusetts
2020 — 2021
Engineering / Project Manager
First Pavilion Technologies · Abeokuta, Ogun State
2019 — 2020
Senior Software Engineer
First Pavilion Technologies · Abeokuta, Ogun State
2018 — 2019
Software Engineer
BriteCore · Springfield, Missouri
Education
2023 — 2025
BSc, Computer Science
Crescent University
2017 — 2018
Higher National Diploma, Computer Science
Moshood Abiola Polytechnic
Writing & speaking
Sharing what I learn
I write and talk about building software — the patterns, the trade-offs, and the lessons learned shipping real products.
In-depth technical articles on Python, testing, and building production-ready backends and APIs.
My podcast — candid conversations on software engineering, careers, and life as a developer. Listen on your platform of choice:
Talks & speaking
I speak at developer conferences and communities across Nigeria and beyond. A couple of recent talks:
Portfolio
Selected work
A few projects I've architected, built, or led — from open-source frameworks to production SaaS.
Built a studio booking platform for Pavilion Sounds — letting artists browse availability, reserve sessions, and manage their bookings online.
Designed and built the official website for First Pavilion Technologies, the software company where I led the engineering team.
Architected, built, and deployed an intuitive inventory management system for SMEs — warehouse support, invoicing, and live stock updates.
Led a team to build a school management system for educational institutions and corporate bodies, shipped via GitLab CI and DigitalOcean.
Built the Android app for ProdigyLMS, an education-management platform for schools and corporate bodies, published to the Play Store.
An open-source asynchronous Python MVC framework built on Tornado and the Orator ORM.
A Python error logger published on PyPI with a Flask server, using RediSearch for fast indexing and search.
Get in touch
Let's build something together.
Have a project in mind, or just want to talk shop? I'm currently available for freelance and consulting work.
oluwole.majiyagbe@gmail.com