mohammed firdous

experience

Cloud Computing and DevOps Instructor

Awake · Remote
Oct 2025Dec 2025

Taught cloud computing and DevOps fundamentals to learners in the Awake program.

  • Taught learners cloud and DevOps basics by running structured classes on AWS/GCP, networking, storage, CI/CD, containers, and infrastructure as code, so they could build strong practical foundations.
  • Improved learner progress by combining live teaching with self-paced materials, so participants could keep learning outside class hours.
  • Increased learner confidence by answering questions, reviewing hands-on work, and giving direct feedback, so students could fix mistakes early and improve faster.

Back End Developer

Swype · Internship · Lagos State, Nigeria · Remote
Jul 2025Nov 2025

Built and optimized backend APIs for payments, wallet operations, and campaign incentives.

  • Improved transaction throughput by ~5% by building and optimizing APIs for payments, wallet operations, campaign incentives, bulk airtime, and unified bill payments.
  • Reduced integration delays by writing clear Postman docs and aligning backend data models with other teams, so features shipped with fewer blockers.
  • Improved service reliability by refactoring core backend logic and fixing integration issues through pair programming during agile sprints.

DevOps Engineer

Nithub · Internship · Lagos State, Nigeria · Hybrid
May 2025Oct 2025

Automated CI/CD with GitHub Actions and maintained code quality across backend services.

  • Reduced manual QA and improved deployment stability by setting up GitHub Actions pipelines that ran linting, builds, and 150+ Jest tests on every PR.
  • Supported product delivery by building 40+ API endpoints (Node.js, TypeScript, Express) for authentication, booking flow, and space tracking.
  • Improved security and performance by adding JWT auth and rate limiting on login routes, and by using DB indexes and Redis caching to speed up queries.