Hammid Olagunju
hammid@aholagunju.com:~$

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.

KubernetesTerraformDockerGitLab CI/CDGitHub ActionsPrometheusGrafanaOpenTelemetryGCPAWSAzurePythonSQLAirflowdbtBigQueryKafkaSparkSnowflakeDatabricksPostgreSQLNode.jsTypeScript

// 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.
FastifyKubernetesIstioPostgreSQLDynatraceOpenTelemetryPrometheus/GrafanaTerraformGCP

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.
TemporalNestJSAzureTerraformOpenTelemetryAirflowdbtRancher

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.
GitHub ActionsTerraformKubernetesOpenTelemetryAWSGCPDigitalOcean

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.
GraphQLTigerGraphAWS

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.

// connect