Mujeeb Lawal

Backend-focused Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building, scaling, and modernizing enterprise and national-scale systems using C#, .NET, and ASP.NET Core. Experienced in designing production-ready backend services, RESTful APIs, event-driven systems, and multi-tenant SaaS platforms supporting 500,000+ annual users. Strong background in system design, database optimization, asynchronous processing, security, testing, observability, and performance engineering, with a track record of translating ambiguous product and business requirements into pragmatic technical solutions.

Experienced collaborating with product, engineering, and business stakeholders, mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and maintaining high standards for code quality and system reliability.

Software Engineer at Sidmach Technologies (2023-01 – Present)

Lead backend engineer contributing to enterprise and national-scale platforms, responsible for backend architecture, service design, system implementation, performance optimization, and engineering quality.

• Decomposed ambiguous registration and business requirements into a scalable backend system design supporting 500,000+ annual users, maintaining 99.9% availability during peak traffic.
• Architected event-driven backend components using RabbitMQ for reliable asynchronous processing, service decoupling, and high-volume national data workflows.
• Designed and optimized backend services and SQL queries to reduce latency and maintain responsiveness under heavy concurrent loads.
• Implemented secure authentication and authorization using JWT and OAuth 2.0, protecting sensitive data and backend APIs serving approximately half a million citizens.
• Applied backend engineering best practices focused on scalability, maintainability, reliability, and production stability.

Software Engineer at Sidmach Technologies (2023-01 – Present)

NYSC SAED Portal - Government Empowerment & Management Platform

Software Engineer at Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the FAO of the United Nations (2023-01 – Present)

NIDAP – National Integrated Digital Agricultural Platform

• Led backend architecture and service design for a national agricultural digitization platform, translating ambiguous business requirements into pragmatic technical solutions.
• Established testing strategies, observability standards, and code quality practices while mentoring junior engineers through structured code reviews.
• Designed multi-role RBAC systems and data aggregation services supporting analytics dashboards and policy insights for government stakeholders.
• Built backend advisory and climate integration services consuming the Open-Meteo API to provide real-time, location-based intelligence to farmers and policy makers.
• Collaborated with technical and non-technical stakeholders to clarify requirements, define use cases, and guide implementation decisions.

Software Engineer at Sidmach Technologies (2023-01 – Present)

HCMS – Human Capital Management System

• Designed a multi-tenant SaaS backend architecture with strict tenant data isolation and security controls for enterprise clients.
• Engineered complex payroll processing and configurable approval workflows using SOLID principles, prioritizing correctness, maintainability, and reliable business logic.
• Developed a loan management module implementing amortization logic and payroll-integrated automated repayment processing.
• Applied backend design and data-processing practices to support complex enterprise workflows and financial operations.

Backend Developer Intern at Sidmach Technologies (2021-07 – 2022-01)

• Contributed to legacy modernization initiatives by identifying failure modes and refactoring backend services to improve modularity, maintainability, and performance.
• Developed and optimized RESTful APIs using C# and.NET Core, improving backend responsiveness across the product lifecycle.
• Participated in the full software development lifecycle within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Assisted with database migrations and cloud deployment initiatives using Azure and SQL Server.

IT Consultant at Adlag Hotels (2021-09 – 2023-07)

• Spearheaded modernization of legacy management software, managing production migration risks and stakeholder requirements while improving system stability and feature delivery.
• Implemented caching strategies and database optimizations to improve application performance and operational readiness.
• Worked with stakeholders to identify operational problems and translate them into practical software improvements.

BSc in Computer Science – Summit University, Nigeria