mohammed firdous
blogprojectsopen sourcediagramsexperiencecertifications

experience

Cloud Computing and DevOps Instructor

Awake · Remote
Oct 2025Dec 2025

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

  • Delivered structured lessons on cloud computing (e.g. AWS/GCP concepts, networking, storage) and DevOps practices (CI/CD, containers, infrastructure as code) to program participants.
  • Ran live sessions and provided asynchronous materials so learners could progress at their own pace.
  • Answered questions, reviewed work, and gave feedback to support understanding and hands-on practice.

Back End Developer

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

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

  • Built and maintained backend APIs for payments, wallet operations, and campaign incentives; implemented bulk airtime processing and a unified bill-payment flow, improving transaction throughput by ~5%.
  • Wrote Postman documentation and aligned data models with the rest of the engineering team to speed up integration and cross-team development.
  • Took part in agile sprints: refactored core logic for clarity, fixed integration bugs via pair programming, and improved stability across services.

DevOps Engineer

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

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

  • Set up CI/CD with GitHub Actions to run linting, builds, and 150+ Jest tests on every pull request, cutting down manual QA and keeping deployments stable.
  • Introduced branch naming standards and peer code review; all production merges went through automated checks and review, reducing deployment issues.
  • Built 40+ API endpoints for a coworking space booking platform (Node.js, TypeScript, Express): auth, booking lifecycle, and space tracking.
  • Added rate limiting and JWT auth on login endpoints and improved DB performance with indexes and Redis caching.