Software Engineering Lives On!
Since the public release of GPT-3, LLMs have been integrated into many kinds of knowledge work, including software engineering. With the current pace of …
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.
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.
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.
Impact: Active OSS project with growing community adoption
WitOps
Cloud operations platform helping teams optimize their cloud infrastructure costs and performance.
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.
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.
Impact: Linux Foundation contributor, improving cloud-native tools
Technical Writing
"I hack the internals of Software Engineering, Cloud/DevOps, Microprocessors, and Artificial Intelligence. I remove the magic from technologies by showing how they work from the inside."
Mar 3, 2026
Sep 23, 2025
Rust - Hello World
The basic Rust program that can ever exist
Sep 19, 2025
Two Pointers & Prefix Sum
Two pointers and Prefix sum are two algorithm solving techniques. In this post, I dissect their differences from their similarities.
Sep 16, 2025
Rust Installation
Install Rust and Cargo package manager on a system
Let's Build Something
Open to international opportunities, consulting, speaking engagements, and interesting technical collaborations. Currently based in Lagos, Nigeria.