# Iyanu Tomiwa Durotola > Senior Software Engineer | Ex-Andela | Backend Distributed Systems Location: Dallas, Texas, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/iyanu An experienced software engineer with 9+ years of experience with languages and frameworks like Javascript, Java, Spring, Coffeescript, NodeJs, Gin, and GoLang. 
Experienced in developing distributed systems, containerization, Kubernetes pods, microservices, continuous integration, and deployment. Angular and ReactJs, React Native developer with experience using grunt, gulp, webpack, Redux Saga e.t.c. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) focused on Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Control Systems. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Verizon Jan 2021 – Present | Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Responsible for developing industry-standard bug-free features for deploying multi-access edge computing components on cloud solutions. - Responsible for configuring k8s with docker containers using helm for dependency to achieve interservice communication. - Built out AWS local service for running mock AWS services for a non-production environment to simulate AWS service to improve test coverage. - Responsible for Developing and maintaining large-scale distributed Internet of Things systems. - Responsible for Identifying and resolving security and vulnerability issues across 28 plus micro-services and the API, improving security audit results significantly. - Identified non-standard practices and improved them for code maintainability. - Contributed to developing solutions for monitoring usability and health metrics for custom caching systems. - Responsible for developing round-trip ETL features across the microservice architecture. - Participated in the migration of the database from Cassandra to Postgres. - Responsible for supporting the release process across the vertical deployment stack, from development to production. ### Full Stack Developer @ Qwertee Ltd Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Dublin, Ireland ### Senior Software Engineer @ Andela Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 - Working on Andela's Partner team to rebuild a giant monolith into a service-oriented architecture (SOA). - Interfacing with Partner's stakeholders including Product designers to understand user requirements and define technical requirements to be developed. - Writing regression, integration, and unit tests to ensure that shipped features work according to specification. - Technologies and tools used includes GoLang, NodeJs, ReactJs, Redux, AngularJs, Docker ### Technical Team Lead and Software Engineer @ Andela Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 Technical Team Lead building out internal tools with two mentees. My responsibilities include code reviews and driving the team to meet product technical requirements. Also as a member of the team, I did the following: - design service requirements and converted them to technical deliverables for Andela's systems. - pair program with my team to improve deliverables. - migrate a giant monolithic application architecture into SOA (microservices architecure). - designing and implementing Microservices for Andela systems using technologies including Kubernetes and docker for deployment, Kafka for message brokering, gRPC and Protobuf for RPC calls, GoLang and NodeJS for development. ### Full Stack Software Engineer @ Andela Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 At Andela, we build distributed engineering teams with Africa’s most talented software developers. I developed and improved several applications while being exposed to solving technical problems working with really smart engineers across the globe. I worked with several stacks across different teams mostly NodeJs/JavaScript stacks. I have worked with JavaScript and its frameworks (including AngularJS and ReactJS), Ruby on Rails, Python, and GoLang. I am also tasked with solving problems around designing and modeling with both Relational and Non-relational databases. Some of the projects include: - developing a platform that connects filmmakers across the industry for the purpose of consulting across different expertise. (Nodejs, Firebase, Express, AngularJs RethinkDB) - maintaining and developing a data engagement platform for companies Providing premium data on development and investment opportunities (Firebase, AngularJS, and NodeJS). - development of a project management platform that eases project management for filmmakers and connects relevant service providers. This was built using AngularJS, ExpressJS, and NodeJS. ### Software Engineer @ MetaLab Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Victoria, BC We make interfaces. We're the team behind interfaces that millions of people click, tap, pinch, and zoom every day. You may not have known it at the time, but you’ve probably used something that we designed. Since 2006, we’ve helped some of the world’s coolest companies build products and services that are attractive, thoughtful, and enjoyable to use. Slack, Coinbase, TED, Apple, Disney, and Google, to name a few. Are you working on something great? We'd love to help make it happen. Want to help us build exceptional products? We're hiring! metalab.co/careers Specialties Interface Design, iOS Design, Web Development, and Strategy Consulting Headquarters Victoria, BC ### Radio Frequency Planning Engr @ Huawei Technologies Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Abuja NigeriA ## Education ### Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering University of Ilorin, Nigeria Jan 2007 – Jan 2013 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/mrtid --- Source: https://flows.cv/iyanu JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/iyanu/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22