Augustine Igwe
Senior Software Engineer at Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAugustine Igwe is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years’ experience building scalable full‑stack systems using TypeScript, Node/NestJS, React/NextJS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and AWS. He combines strong test-driven discipline (Jest, Puppeteer, Cypress) with CI/CD and containerization expertise (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes) to deliver reliable production services. Augustine has driven backend optimizations and search performance at Buynomics and contributed to the open-source observability platform OneUptime by improving authentication/authorization and push notifications. Comfortable in both startup and large-agency environments, he frequently leads CI/CD and testing initiatives while mentoring engineers through code reviews. Currently based in Swansea and pursuing an MSc in Artificial Intelligence, he brings a practical curiosity—“building some random stuffs somewhere in localhost”—that fuels hands‑on experimentation alongside disciplined engineering.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Msc Artificial Intelligence, Msc Artificial Intelligence at Swansea UniversityBachelor of Engineering - B.Eng Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - B.Eng Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Federal University of Technology Owerri Nigeria
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Github Skills (13)
authentication10
user-authentication10
javascript10
back-end-development10
apidoc9
api9
nodejs9
rest-api8
api-rest8
mongodb-database8
restful-api8
api-design8
mongodb8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
OneUptime/oneuptime
Mar 2020 - Feb 2021
OneUptime is the complete open-source observability platform.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:236 commits, 40 pushes, 2 branches in 10 months
Contributions summary:Augustine contributed to the back-end functionality of the observability platform, specifically by modifying user authentication and authorization logic. They implemented features like setting and verifying user verification status for master admins. Additionally, the user made changes to incorporate push notifications into the system. The changes show focus on user management and notification systems.
incident-managementdevopsincident-responsestatuspagedocker
augustinebest/BACKEND
Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
Contributions:28 pushes, 2 branches in 18 days
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