Gabriel Isuekebho
Backend & Systems Engineer · Lagos, Nigeria
Summary
Software engineer with 5+ years building scalable backend systems, AI-integrated platforms, and production APIs across fintech, SaaS, and real estate. Deep expertise in Python and C#, shipping backend services, microservices architectures, and live LLM/NLP integrations, across the full lifecycle from architecture to deployment with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
Core Expertise
- AI-Integrated PlatformsLLM orchestration (OpenAI, Claude) · prompt engineering · Real-time AI over WebSockets · STT / TTS · vision models
- Backend & Distributed SystemsPython (FastAPI, Django) · C# (ASP.NET Core) · REST · GraphQL · WebSockets · microservices
- Fintech & SaaSMulti-tenant SaaS · RBAC · SSO · audit logging · Stripe billing: subscriptions & webhooks
- Bitcoin & Lightning (exploring)Finite fields · ECC · Script · SegWit · Lightning routing · onion building · coin selection
Selected Projects
- ClipNAI · Media Pipeline · 2026
AI that turns long videos into ready-to-post short clips
Python · faster-whisper · Claude · MediaPipe · FFmpeg · SSE
- AlgomeFintech · Backtesting Engine · 2026
Algorithmic trading SaaS: custom strategy execution & backtesting
FastAPI · PostgreSQL · TimescaleDB · Redis · SQLAlchemy · Docker · React 18 · Recharts
- PG-TailorAI · Career Platform · 2026
AI career platform: résumé tailoring, job-matching & a career assistant
Next.js · TypeScript · React · Gemini · SerpAPI · Prisma · SSE · Docker
- B2B SaaS PlatformBackend · Multi-tenant SaaS · 2025
Production-ready multi-tenant backend architecture
FastAPI · PostgreSQL · Docker
- GraphQL APIBackend · API · 2025
Typed GraphQL schema design with FastAPI + Strawberry
Python · FastAPI · Strawberry · GraphQL
Experience
- Full Stack Engineer · Lustrew DynamicsDec 2025 – Present
- ›Architected and own the full backend of a production SaaS platform (Python, FastAPI): server-side logic, data models, and service integrations from the ground up.
- ›Lead all AI integration: deploying and orchestrating LLM, STT, TTS, and vision models on GPU servers, with prompt engineering, context-window strategy, and multi-model coordination for a live user base.
- ›Built a real-time AI conversation system over WebSockets (vision models + parallel STT pipelines), Stripe billing, and an enterprise access layer with RBAC, SSO, and audit logging.
- ›Stood up CI/CD and the release workflow from scratch for a 5-person team: zero-downtime deploys in minutes; Docker + Kubernetes across all environments.
- Software Engineer · CodewareFeb 2025 – Dec 2025
- ›Built and maintained C#/ASP.NET Core backends, redesigning architecture for multi-industry SaaS (retail, restaurant, pharmacy): cut integration time 35%.
- ›Optimised database schemas and query logic, reducing response times 30%; clean architecture (repositories, interfaces, DTOs, mappers) reduced bugs 25%.
- ›Containerised services with Docker, cutting deployment cycles 50% and standardising releases.
- Backend Engineer · CarbonnoteDec 2024 – Apr 2025
- ›Led a microservices architecture for an AI research platform: 40% less downtime, 75% faster deploys.
- ›Embedded ML and conversational-AI models with the ML team (+35% performance); built database, security, and monitoring solutions plus full API docs (Swagger/Redoc).
- Backend Engineer · Ajay TechDec 2023 – Jun 2024
- ›Built and deployed an AI-powered fintech chatbot (Python) that automated payment-record management.
- ›Integrated NLP and fine-tuned ML models on financial-domain data (+25% accuracy); built API endpoints for payment processing and transaction management.
- Technical Writer · ChimoneyOct 2022 – Oct 2023
- ›Authored technical documentation and step-by-step integration guides for a financial-services API, reducing developer onboarding friction.
- Full Stack Developer · Zuri TeamMar 2021 – Mar 2022
- ›Led a team building an image-resizing embed application end-to-end: architecture, coordination, and on-time delivery.
- Backend Engineer · HNG InternshipOct 2022 – Dec 2022
- ›Developed predictive stock algorithms (Python) and secure financial-data pipelines with Stripe payments, collaborating across the full SDLC.
Education
- BSc, BiochemistryUniversity of Benin · 2021 – 2024
Certifications
- · Kubernetes & Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) · CNCF
- · Google Project Management Certificate · Coursera
- · Google Cybersecurity Certificate · Coursera
- · AI-Augmented Professional Development · Harmony Naija DAO
Technical Skills
- languages
- Python · C# · TypeScript · JavaScript · SQL
- backend
- FastAPI · Django · ASP.NET Core · REST · GraphQL · WebSockets · Microservices
- ai / llm
- OpenAI · Claude · LLM integration · Prompt engineering · NLP · STT / TTS · Vision · AI agents
- data
- PostgreSQL · MySQL · Redis · TimescaleDB · SQLAlchemy · AWS S3
- infra
- Docker · Kubernetes · GitHub Actions · CI/CD · AWS · Oracle Cloud · Linux
- frontend
- React · Next.js · TailwindCSS · TanStack Query
- security
- RBAC · SSO · Audit logging · Stripe · Data protection
Selected Writing
- Inside Bitcoin’s Peer-to-Peer Network: How 71,000+ Nodes Keep the Blockchain AliveSep 19, 2025
- Script · Bitcoin Smart Contract Language in Layman’s TermsSep 16, 2025
- Basic Networking Concepts For DevOps · Part TwoMar 8, 2023
- Basic Networking Concepts for DevOpsMar 5, 2023