Skip to content
Chinonso.Ani

About

About

With over 10 years building backend systems for healthcare, e-commerce and enterprise SaaS, I specialise in cloud-native architecture, distributed systems and CI/CD automation that cuts release cycles by up to 75%.

Backend systems that hold up under real production load

I'm best known for turning fragile legacy pipelines into resilient, event-driven platforms that scale under real production load — while mentoring engineers and shaping technical direction along the way.

These days I split my time between consulting engagements (directly and via Upwork) and building products at Techamaka, the studio I founded in 2018.

10+
Years building backend and cloud systems across healthcare, e-commerce and SaaS
75%
Reduction in release cycle time through CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code
40%
Improvement in platform throughput and reliability at production scale

Experience

Where I've built

  1. 07/2024 – present

    Backend engineer

    NHS Benchmarking Network — Manchester, UK (healthcare)

    • Architecting Python/FastAPI backend services on a domain-driven, modular design for a platform serving 14,000+ healthcare leaders across 600+ NHS organisations.
    • Cutting release time by 75% by defining CI/CD standards and automating deployment pipelines with Docker, GitLab CI and Azure DevOps.
    • Migrating millions of NHS benchmarking records (MS-SQL → PostgreSQL, Python + dltHub) with zero downtime and 100% data integrity.
    • Python
    • FastAPI
    • Docker
    • GitLab CI
    • Azure DevOps

  2. 09/2023 – 06/2024

    Engineering manager & solution architect

    DRO Health — Cardiff, UK (remote, healthcare)

    • Led architecture and development of a cloud-native healthcare platform (Python/Django, React, GraphQL, AWS) serving 50,000+ patients across 100k+ app downloads, increasing resilience and throughput by 40%.
    • Introduced DORA metrics across the engineering function, cutting production incidents ~27%, and a microservices governance framework that lifted SLA performance ~20%.
    • Established a technical mentoring program and incident-response runbooks, reducing production defects 12% and cutting incident resolution time 30%.
    • Django
    • React
    • GraphQL
    • AWS

  3. 04/2021 – 06/2022

    Lead software engineer & solution architect

    Pavement — Ontario, Canada (remote, e-commerce)

    • Architected e-commerce data integration and observability systems (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana), reducing production incidents by 25% at high-traffic scale.
    • Led full-stack development (Django, Next.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL) of a multi-tenant SaaS platform supporting high-volume transactions.
    • Django
    • Next.js
    • GraphQL
    • PostgreSQL
    • Grafana

  4. 03/2020 – 03/2021

    Lead software engineer

    DRO Health — Lagos, Nigeria (remote, healthcare)

    • Delivered full-stack features (React/Node.js, Python/Django) that improved platform scalability 40% and user engagement 25%.
    • Built a standardised CI/CD automation platform (Jenkins, Ansible, Docker), cutting deployment time 30%.
    • React
    • Node.js
    • Django
    • Jenkins
    • Ansible

  5. 04/2018 – present

    Founder & lead software engineer

    Techamaka — Abuja, Nigeria (remote, professional services)

    • Scaled Techamaka to a 37-person organisation; Peddlesoft SaaS reached 100% customer retention and +129.5% year-on-year revenue growth (2024–25, Paystack-verified).
    • Designed a serverless, event-driven automation platform on AWS (Lambda, Python, DynamoDB), cutting data processing costs 80–90% for call centre clients.
    • Instituted agile delivery practices, DORA metrics and git-flow standards across client engagements, improving release predictability 60%.
    • AWS Lambda
    • Python
    • DynamoDB

Awards & recognition

1st place — Smart Cities Hackathon, Leeds

2026

AWS Breaking Barriers challenge

Led the winning team that turned Stop the Traffik into a proactive AI disruption platform on Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker and Neptune.

View proof

Expertise

Core competencies

Backend engineering, cloud architecture and delivery practices built across healthcare, e-commerce and enterprise SaaS environments.

  • Backend architecture
  • Python (Django, FastAPI, Flask)
  • Cloud-native systems (AWS & Azure)
  • Microservices & distributed systems
  • REST & GraphQL APIs
  • Event-driven architecture
  • CI/CD & infrastructure-as-code
  • Domain-driven design
  • Multi-tenant SaaS architecture
  • System design & TOGAF enterprise architecture
  • Observability & incident response
  • Technical mentorship & leadership

Let's build something reliable together

Open to consulting engagements in backend, cloud and applied AI — directly or through Upwork.

I reply within 24 hours

Start a conversation
Email copied to clipboard