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Mike Attara

Cloud & Platform Engineer

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Accra, Ghana (GMT) · Remote

Professional Summary

Cloud & Platform Engineer building secure, resilient infrastructure — deployment pipelines, observability systems, and the developer platforms teams ship on. AWS Community Builder (Security). 6+ years across fintech transaction systems, event-driven architectures, and DevOps automation; systems trusted with $2M+ monthly volume. Deep expertise: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ruby on Rails, Go. Open source: Ditto (PII-safe ephemeral databases), JetStream Bridge, NatsPubsub.

Core Competencies

Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, SQS), Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker
Security: IAM least-privilege, OIDC, PII-safe data handling, supply-chain auditing, secure CI/CD
Backend Development: Ruby on Rails, NestJS, Node.js, TypeScript, Go, Python
Data & Messaging: PostgreSQL, Redis, NATS JetStream, Event Sourcing, Transactional Outbox
DevOps & Reliability: CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Observability (Grafana, Prometheus), SLO-based alerting

Professional Experience

Platform Engineer

November 2025 – Present

Purple Wave Auction · Remote

  • -Owning platform reliability and developer experience for auction infrastructure
  • -Building infrastructure automation and deployment pipelines that reduce release friction
  • -Implementing observability stack with metrics, logging, and alerting for production systems
  • -Driving least-privilege access patterns and PII-safe data workflows across environments

Technologies: Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, CI/CD, Observability, Go, TypeScript, Node.js

Backend Engineer

September 2024 – November 2025

Purple Wave Auction (via DevOps Africa) · Remote

  • -Designed event-driven media ingestion pipeline for equipment appraisal workflows
  • -Implemented service health monitoring with custom probes and alerting
  • -Built data synchronization layer for offline-capable mobile applications

Technologies: Ruby on Rails, NestJS, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, TypeScript, NATS JetStream

Full Stack Software Engineer

December 2022 – August 2024

Wewire Africa · Remote

  • -Architected transaction processing microservices handling $2M+ monthly volume with 99.9% uptime
  • -Led squad of 4 engineers delivering KYC verification, virtual card issuance, and digital wallet features
  • -Designed reconciliation pipeline that reduced manual intervention from 15 hours/week to 3 hours/week

Technologies: NestJS, Next.js, React, PostgreSQL, AWS, Event-Driven Architecture, TypeScript

Software Engineer

August 2021 – February 2023 · Contract

Vodafone · Accra, Ghana

  • -Maintained microservices powering TOBi, Vodafone's AI-powered digital assistant
  • -Implemented SLO-driven monitoring and alerting, improving service reliability
  • -Designed REST APIs integrating CRM, analytics, and NLP services

Technologies: Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, Microservices, REST APIs

Software Developer

September 2019 – December 2022

Self-Employed (Freelance) · Remote

  • -Delivered 10+ projects across fintech, logistics, and education sectors
  • -Architected and deployed containerized applications on AWS for multiple clients

Technologies: React, Node.js, AWS, GraphQL, TypeScript, Docker

Technical Team Lead

March 2020 – August 2020

BloomTech · Remote

  • -Mentored cohort of 11 students through full-stack curriculum
  • -Facilitated code reviews, agile rituals, and after-hour learning sessions

Technologies: Team Leadership, Mentoring, Code Review, Agile

Open Source

Ditto · JetStream Bridge · NatsPubsub

— Creator & Maintainer

Platform and security tooling shipped to Homebrew, RubyGems, and npm — plus upstream contributions to cloud-infrastructure OSS (floci)

  • -Ditto (Go): ephemeral database copies with PII scrubbing and OIDC auth — keeps production data out of laptops and CI
  • -JetStream Bridge (Ruby): exactly-once outbox/inbox pipelines with a least-privilege NATS permissions guide
  • -NatsPubsub (Ruby + TypeScript): cross-language pub/sub with DLQs, retries, and automatic stream topology

Documentation: github.com/attaradev

Technical Writing

Regular author at blog.attara.dev covering:

  • -Event-driven architecture patterns and implementation
  • -DevOps practices and observability strategies
  • -Technical leadership and engineering team effectiveness

Certifications

✓AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
✓AWS Certified Developer – Associate
✓AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
✓GitHub Copilot Certified
✓Cybersecurity – ALX
✓AWS Community Builder – Security (current)

Education

Bachelor of Education in Information Technology

University of Cape Coast · Ghana

Community & Speaking

  • -Facilitator: DjangoGirls, RailsGirls, university outreach programs
  • -Speaker: GDG Accra, FOSUniverse on architecture, DevOps, and engineering enablement
  • -Mentor: Supporting underrepresented groups entering technology careers