
Hammid Olagunju
Senior Software Engineer | DevOps • Cloud • Data Engineering
I build platforms that ship safely and run calmly: Kubernetes + Terraform, CI/CD automation, and data pipelines (ingestion/ETL) with strong observability.
// about
I’m a senior engineer with hands-on experience across DevOps, cloud platform engineering, and data engineering.
I build and operate Kubernetes workloads, automate infrastructure with Terraform, and create delivery pipelines (GitLab + GitHub) that make releases predictable.
On the data side, I’ve worked on ingestion/ETL and analytics workflows (including catalogue data at scale), and I care a lot about observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, and production monitoring.
I’m comfortable with frequent on-call / incident response and building systems that recover cleanly.
// experience
Virgin Media O2
Senior Software EngineerJul 2024 – Present- Led design and implementation of a production data ingestion system for large-scale SQL datasets: batching, concurrency controls, rate limiting, retries, progress tracking, and data-integrity-first processing.
- Architected ETL pipeline patterns with transaction management, fault tolerance, and operational visibility (structured logging and monitoring) to support large imports safely.
- Built high-performance APIs with Fastify and deployed services on Kubernetes/Docker; used Istio for service-to-service communication.
- Automated delivery with GitLab CI/CD and built comprehensive pipelines; strengthened observability with Dynatrace and OpenTelemetry-style instrumentation.
- Frequent on-call/incident response: improved runbooks, logging, and failure handling to reduce time-to-recovery.
- First engineer on the team: set up infrastructure documentation, onboarding guides, and delivery practices to help the team scale.
Element
Senior Software Engineer (Backend/DevOps)Jan 2024 – Jul 2024- Built and operated microservices on Kubernetes with Istio, delivering secure and reliable internal service communication.
- Implemented fault-tolerant long-running workflows using Temporal (retries, idempotency patterns, operational resilience).
- Built Backend-for-Frontend services with NestJS + TS-Rest to deliver client-optimized APIs.
- Worked with Azure and CI/CD workflows in a regulated, correctness-first domain.
SameDayCustom
Software Engineer → Senior Software EngineerNov 2020 – Dec 2024- Set up CI/CD for multiple services using GitHub Actions (builds, tests, and release management), increasing developer confidence and moving releases from a few times a week to multiple times a day.
- Managed cloud resources using Terraform across AWS, GCP, and DigitalOcean, making environments easy to spin up via well-defined templates.
- Used Kubernetes for resource management and autoscaling to keep services reliable under variable load.
- Implemented OpenTelemetry instrumentation to centralize traces/logs across frontend + backend services, improving debugging speed, monitoring, and customer experience.
- Also contributed to core product delivery: whitelabel partner platform, internal services, and platform improvements across a fast-moving e-commerce environment.
Noon
Senior Product EngineerJan 2022 – Mar 2023- Built backend systems supporting content discovery, engagement, and scalable feeds using TigerGraph and GraphQL.
- Co-developed notification systems and onboarding improvements that supported engagement and conversion.
Jobinnit
Software DeveloperSep 2019 – Jul 2020- Spearheaded development and launch of a mobile app for a Canadian government initiative delivering accurate COVID-19 information.
- Delivered end-to-end features across app + services with a strong focus on reliability and clear UX.
// education
M.Sc. Computer Science — University of Saskatchewan
// building
Dimmah
Full-service software agency. Web, mobile, cloud, AI.
Relo (coming soon)
WhatsApp bot for diaspora to pay family bills back home (electricity, TV, airtime) — directly from chat.
// writing
Thoughts on cloud, data systems, and building things fast.