Open to software engineering opportunities

Backend, cloud, and platform engineer.

Building reliable systems across fintech, enterprise, and Web3.

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Timothy Omotayo | software engineer

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Python | Node.js | TypeScript | AWS

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backend systems | cloud infrastructure | observability

8+

Years shipping software

Canada

Based in Canada

Skills and tools.

Application engineering, cloud infrastructure, and observability.

Build systems that are maintainable for engineers, useful for the business, and reliable in production.

Application engineering

Backend and application delivery across APIs, services, and product features.

PythonTypeScriptNode.jsDjangoReactGraphQLREST APIs

Cloud and platform

Infrastructure, delivery tooling, and cloud services used in production environments.

AWSCDKCloudFormationDockerCI/CD pipelines

Observability and data

Monitoring, tracing, alerting, and data systems used to support live services.

DatadogGrafanaCloudWatchElasticsearchRedisPostgreSQL

Engineering notes and technical deep dives.

I use the blog to document technical decisions, share lessons from production, and explore emerging patterns in platform engineering and backend architecture.

March 24, 2026 / 4 min read

An Observability Baseline for a Node.js Service Before the First Incident

A concrete baseline for metrics, structured logs, traces, and alerting in a Node.js backend running on AWS before production pressure forces the issue.

Node.jsObservabilityAWSBackend

Open to software engineering roles involving backend systems, cloud, and platform work.

If you are hiring for software engineering, backend development, platform engineering, or infrastructure-heavy product teams, I would be glad to talk.

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