Ashiru Ali
Software Engineering Lead @Cirium
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WORK HISTORY
Software Engineering Lead @Cirium
Southampton, GB
Lead and mentor a team of software engineers within RIS‑Cirium Technology, combining technical leadership, people management, and hands‑on engineering- Set technical direction and architectural standards for backend and platform services supporting data‑intensive aviation products- Remain hands‑on in system design, code reviews, and complex problem‑solving while owning delivery and quality outcomes- Partner closely with product, data, and stakeholder teams to translate business needs into scalable, reliable technical solutions- Champion engineering best practices across testing, CI/CD, observability, and operational excellenceAct as an escalation point for production issues, technical risk, and long‑term maintainabilityTechnologies Languages & Frameworks: TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Java, Springboot, Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, EKS, SQS, SES, MSK), Docker, Infrastructure as CodeArchitecture: REST APIs, microservices, event‑driven systems, Kafka, RabbitMQ, RedisEngineering Practices: CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability & monitoringSome Achievements- Led technical and delivery improvements that reduced production incidents by almost ~70% and improved overall system stability- Drove architectural and code quality initiatives that cut mean time to recovery (MTTR) by ~70%- Improved delivery predictability by reducing cycle time through better engineering practices and team alignment- Mentored engineers, contributing to Hedgehog\'s team members progressing in seniority and/or scope of responsibility- Supported scaling of backend services to handle an increase in traffic or data volume without degradation in performance- Balanced leadership and hands‑on contribution, delivering several high‑impact features/services while maintaining team velocity
EDUCATION
University of Southampton
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Software Engineering
University of Benin
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering
University of the People
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT ASHIRU ALI
I am a competent computer and software engineer, with relevant work experience in the IT industry and a proven team player in study, work and sports activities; looking for opportunities to take responsibility in software development, software management or research.Associate Degree in Computer Science, Bachelor in Computer Engineering and Masters in Software Engineering.12+ years of IT Experience; worked as Software Developer and a freelance Web/Mobile Application Developer.Knowledge of Administrating Relational Databases (SQL Server 2008, 2014, and 2016, MySQL) and NoSQL Databases such as MongoDB, SQLite and LiteDB.I currently develop, support, and maintain enterprise microservices applications and pipelines built in Java, AWS, and Kubernetes.I have previously developed, maintained and supported enterprise applications built in Visual C++, C#/.NET, and PHP as well as web/mobile applications and APIs with CMS/Frameworks/Libraries such as Drupal, Angular, Vue, CodeIgniter, NativeScript, Ionic, and Xamarin.Strong understanding of OOP concepts.Worked on several Web/Intranet, Client/Server and Microservices Architecture, to produce very scalable and fault-tolerant Windows applications (and services).Experienced with version controls and collaborations using Subversion, Mercurial, GIT, JIRA and ActiveCollab.Experienced in the development of distributed systems with a microservices architecture using container systems like docker, and container orchestration systems like Kubernetes.Some projects I have been involved in, include; device drivers development, certificates, digital signatures, document security/encryption, VOIP technology, serial port programming using Visual C++ and insight into COM threading issues, HTTP/HTTPS-based protocol communication, socket/internet programming for developing client-server applications in C++/C#/PHP/Javascript, Drupal 7, 8 and 9, site building, and custom module development
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