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