Abiola Akanni

Senior Software & Distributed Systems Engineer building resilient commercial and scientific backend services with Python, AWS, Kafka, and Spark.

Explore My Experience

Snapshot

I deliver mission-ready backend systems for NASA and NOAA, focusing on large-scale data processing, automation, and operational reliability. My work connects distributed sources and builds software that can run securely and dependably in production.

Featured Accomplishments

Mission Data Pipelines

Built ETL workflows that processed over 10M telemetry records, driving automation and improved mission analysis.

Automation & Efficiency

Created Python tools that reduced manual validation by 6 hours weekly, freeing engineers to focus on high-value work.

Reliability Improvements

Introduced code review and DevOps practices that cut post-release defects and downtime by 20%.

Core Strengths

Python

Backend services, automation, systems integration

AWS & DevOps

Cloud deployment, Docker, CI/CD, operational tooling

Distributed Systems

Kafka, Spark, event-driven design, SOA

Data Engineering

SQL, ETL, data validation, large-scale processing

Selected Roles

NASA — Senior Software Engineer

Driving backend architecture and data pipeline development for aerospace software.

NOAA — Backend Systems Engineer

Delivered event-driven processing systems and supported cloud migration planning.

Tulane University — Graduate Teaching Assistant

Mentored students and reviewed engineering work across Python and systems development.

Connect

Ready to collaborate on engineering systems that scale for science and aerospace. Reach out via email or LinkedIn.