Alex Idowu
Founder & CTO (Techstars 23) at PipeOps
Lagos, Lagos State, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlex Idowu is a founder and CTO with a decade-plus background in software engineering and DevOps, currently leading PipeOps (Techstars ’23) to simplify cloud deployments across AWS, GCP, and Azure. He blends hands-on cloud infrastructure and security expertise with product leadership, having built and scaled engineering teams across fintech and SaaS startups in Africa and the UK. Alex is passionate about cloud governance, automation and secure CI/CD, and holds multiple Google Developer certifications alongside a degree in mathematics and computer science. Known for turning legacy stacks into modern, maintainable platforms, he often acts as the de facto DevOps engineer for teams that lack dedicated ops resources. Based in Lagos, his career combines developer-first craftsmanship with strategic technical vision that accelerates product delivery.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of the People
English, French
Stackoverflow
99reputation
14kreached
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Github Skills (42)
filesystem10
google10
pipe10
s3-bucket10
aws9
sdk9
aws-s39
google-cloud-storage9
cli9
namespaces9
rust8
docker8
cross-platform8
twilio-api8
twilio8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
9trocode/9trocode.github.io
Apr 2020 - Feb 2026
Contributions:53 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 11 months
9trocode/node_triple_des
Mar 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:17 commits, 1 PR, 15 pushes in 2 years 4 months
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