Aleem Isiaka

Backend & Cloud Architect

Building resilient, scalable systems at the intersection of SRE, cloud-native tooling, and distributed infrastructures. ~10 years architecting high-throughput systems that serve millions.

50%+ Response Time Reduction
Millions Users Served
10 Years Experience

Featured Work

Selected projects showcasing systems architecture, cloud infrastructure, and open-source contributions.

Payment Infrastructure at Scale

Architected and built payment processing systems serving millions of users at Kredete. Designed for high-throughput, low-latency transactions with comprehensive observability.

GolangKubernetesPostgreSQLRedisGCP
Impact: Processing millions in daily transactions with 99.9% uptime

Distributed Systems Optimization

Led infrastructure overhaul reducing system response times by 50%+. Implemented comprehensive monitoring, tracing, and automated scaling across multi-cloud environments.

KubernetesPrometheusJaegerTerraformAWS
Impact: 50%+ reduction in response times, improved fault tolerance

ObjectSpread

Building an open-source platform for engineers to adopt smarter operational practices. Focus on observability, automation, and developer experience.

TypeScriptRustDockerKubernetes
Impact: Active OSS project with growing community adoption

WitOps

Cloud operations platform helping teams optimize their cloud infrastructure costs and performance.

GolangReactPostgreSQLCloudflare
Impact: Helping teams reduce cloud costs by 30%+

GopherCon Africa

Co-organizing the largest Go programming conference in Africa. Building community, sharing knowledge, and connecting engineers across the continent.

CommunityGo Ecosystem
Impact: Largest Go conference in Africa, hundreds of attendees

CNCF Contributions

Active contributor to Cloud Native Computing Foundation projects including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Jaeger. Focus on improving observability and reliability.

KubernetesPrometheusJaegerGo
Impact: Linux Foundation contributor, improving cloud-native tools

Let's Build Something

Open to international opportunities, consulting, speaking engagements, and interesting technical collaborations. Currently based in Lagos, Nigeria.