I design and build responsive, multi-tenant, saas and cloud-native systems.

Senior software engineer specializing in distributed backend systems, serverless architectures on AWS, and AI-powered platforms.

who I am

About me

Ugochukwu Oguejiofor, Senior Software Engineer

I'm a senior software engineer with a track record of reducing system latency, accelerating deployment cycles, and designing platforms that let non-engineers ship production applications.

My focus areas are serverless and event-driven architectures on AWS, high-performance backends in Go and Node.js, and reliable LLM evaluation pipelines for AI systems.

Serverless & event-driven architectures (AWS)

High-performance backends (Go, Node.js)

LLM evaluation & AI system reliability

featured work

Selected projects

Blazestack

Blazestack Case Management Platform

Secure multi-tenant platform on AWS (commercial + GovCloud)

A modular, Terraform-driven platform on AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and Aurora, with CloudFront + Lambda@Edge path routing and production GenAI features on Amazon Bedrock. Designed with least-privilege IAM, KMS encryption, and FedRAMP-aligned controls.

Dittofi

Dittofi No-Code Platform

Visually build and deploy production React + Go applications

A multi-tenant no-code platform that generates production React frontends and Go backend services from visual configurations, with a code-generation pipeline, tenant isolation, and CI/CD for user-generated apps.

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Rose Digital

New York Lottery Digital Platform

Serverless backend of 100+ Lambdas across SSO, games, and retailers

The serverless backend powering the New York Lottery's mobile and web apps — 100+ Lambda functions spanning SSO, administration, games, retailers, ticket scanning, notifications, and CMS, with multi-tenant Cognito SSO and an RBAC-protected admin console on Aurora Serverless.

where I've worked

Experience

  1. DevOps, MLOps & AI Evaluation Engineer

    2025 — Present

    Blazestack · US · Remote

    Modular AWS platform (commercial + GovCloud) and production GenAI features for fire-investigation workflows.

    • Designed and operated a modular Terraform platform across 6 environments with GitHub Actions CI/CD, OIDC-federated deploys, and a manual prod approval gate.
    • Architected a multi-tenant SaaS backend on Lambda/API Gateway/Aurora with CloudFront + Lambda@Edge path-based routing and zero-trust edge-to-API auth.
    • Cut ECS Fargate spend by ~$450/month via scheduled scale-to-zero and per-environment capacity controls.
    • Delivered a FedRAMP-aligned GovCloud deployment with cross-partition Bedrock (Claude/Nova) integration and cross-region disaster recovery.
    • Shipped production Bedrock GenAI features (image-grounded analysis, NFPA-921 grammar correction, interview summarization) with a defense-in-depth prompt-injection mitigation layer.
    • Go
    • TypeScript
    • AWS Lambda
    • API Gateway
    • ECS
    • Aurora
    • CloudFront
    • Lambda@Edge
    • Bedrock
    • Terraform
    • GitHub Actions
  2. Solutions Architect

    2023 — 2025

    Dittofi · UK · Remote

    Full-stack no-code platform generating React frontends and Go backend services for production apps.

    • Architected a no-code platform that visually builds and deploys production apps, generating React frontends and Go services.
    • Built a code-generation pipeline turning visual configs into deployable code, reducing manual engineering effort.
    • Implemented multi-tenant architecture with isolated customer environments, RBAC, and secure auth flows.
    • Optimized performance with caching, query optimization, and async processing; led CI/CD automation.
    • Go
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • AWS Lambda
    • ECS Fargate
    • Serverless
  3. Senior Full-Stack Developer

    2021 — 2025

    Rose Digital · USA · Remote

    Serverless backend of 100+ Lambdas powering the New York Lottery's mobile and web apps.

    • Designed and operated 100+ Lambdas across SSO, Admin, Games, Retailers, Ticket Scan, Notifications, and CMS.
    • Owned a 3,000+ line Serverless Framework IaC with nested split-stacks, per-function least-privilege IAM, and layered dependencies that cut cold starts.
    • Built multi-tenant Cognito SSO with custom authorizers and JWT verification, replacing legacy auth.
    • Delivered an Admin Console API with RBAC, bulk user lifecycle operations, and audit logging on Aurora Serverless.
    • Node.js
    • AWS Lambda
    • API Gateway
    • Cognito
    • Aurora
    • DynamoDB
    • Redis
    • Serverless Framework
  4. Lead DevOps & Web Developer

    2023 — 2024

    KCB Bank (FLME LMS) · Kenya · Remote

    Enterprise LMS with a Go backend of ~130 REST endpoints and a React 18 SPA of ~35 role-gated pages.

    • Led DevOps and full-stack delivery of an enterprise LMS for KCB Bank across a Go backend and React 18 SPA.
    • Built a Go/PostgreSQL backend with a custom Redis + Postgres pagination engine for courses, quizzes, and analytics.
    • Implemented dual auth (Redis sessions + HS256/RS256 JWTs), CSRF protection, and an enterprise password-policy engine.
    • Shipped via a 4-stage Docker build and Azure DevOps CI/CD to Azure Container Registry and App Service.
    • Go
    • PostgreSQL
    • Redis
    • React 18
    • Redux Toolkit
    • Docker
    • Azure
    • Azure DevOps
  5. Lead Web Developer

    2020 — 2023

    Tissimo · Musitech LLC · Remote

    Turborepo monorepo spanning a Next.js web app, React Native mobile app, and Electron desktop classroom.

    • Led full-stack development across a Turborepo monorepo (Next.js web, React Native mobile, Electron desktop, Firebase Functions).
    • Architected the marketplace and search experience on Typesense with analytics and scroll pagination.
    • Built real-time virtual classrooms with the Vonage Video SDK and PeerJS, resilient to mid-lesson disconnects.
    • Delivered a Python FastAPI MusicXML AI editor with PDF.js rendering and Tone.js audio playback.
    • TypeScript
    • Next.js
    • React Native
    • Electron
    • Node.js
    • Python (FastAPI)
    • Firebase
    • Stripe
  6. Senior Full-Stack Developer

    2019 — 2023

    StartupBuilder · Remote

    Sole developer for an internet sales portal, building event-driven serverless workflows.

    • Sole developer for an internet sales portal generating new revenue streams.
    • Built serverless auth with AWS Cognito, reducing authentication errors by 60%.
    • Designed event-driven workflows with AWS EventBridge for near real-time data sync.
    • Optimized SQL databases to cut query time by 50%.
    • React
    • Node.js
    • Express
    • TypeScript
    • AWS Lambda
    • SQS/SNS
    • EventBridge
  7. Senior Backend Developer

    2020 — 2022

    Davigate LLC · Remote

    Backend services and RESTful APIs providing real-time employer data for international students.

    • Developed and optimized backend services with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.
    • Consumed third-party APIs to provide real-time employer data for international students.
    • Designed RESTful endpoints and improved performance with ES6 promises and async processing.
    • Node.js
    • Express
    • MongoDB
    • JavaScript
    • React

what I use

Skills & tooling

Languages

  • Go
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • SQL

Cloud & Serverless

  • AWS Lambda
  • API Gateway
  • ECS Fargate
  • Aurora / DynamoDB
  • S3
  • CloudFront
  • Lambda@Edge
  • Cognito
  • SES
  • EventBridge
  • SQS / SNS

DevOps & IaC

  • Terraform
  • Serverless Framework
  • GitHub Actions (OIDC)
  • Azure DevOps
  • CircleCI
  • Docker
  • LocalStack

AI / ML

  • AWS Bedrock (Claude, Nova)
  • LLM evaluation pipelines
  • AI security
  • Prompt engineering
  • Prompt-injection mitigation
  • OpenAI

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Redux Toolkit
  • React Native
  • Electron
  • Tailwind CSS

highlights

Achievements

  • Built distributed AWS platforms used by enterprise customers
  • Designed FedRAMP-ready cloud infrastructure
  • Reduced infrastructure costs by $450/month
  • Led architecture for multi-tenant SaaS platforms
  • Built production AI systems on Claude and Bedrock
  • Earned $100,000+ across long-term engineering engagements

background

Education

MSc (Merit)

Newcastle University, United Kingdom

B.Tech (Hons)

Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria

Best Graduating Student

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