Summary
Awelemdy Orakwue is a Senior Software Engineering Manager with 13 years of experience building and scaling engineering organizations, currently leading Sniffies’ expansion into a 22-person, specialized structure and driving CI/CD, security, and mobile launches. He combines deep full-stack engineering roots—Java, JavaScript, CSS, and CI/CD—with a strong focus on AI/ML for trust & safety, platform resilience, and compliance (SOC 2, GDPR). Previously he led cross-team growth and quality initiatives at Acrisure, improving metrics and customer satisfaction while growing teams and shipping complex insurance platforms. Awelemdy pairs an MBA with a Computer Science degree, giving him a rare mix of technical depth and product/organizational strategy. Notably, he has hands-on experience architecting backend infrastructure and document extraction systems, and has shepherded features from prototyping to iOS/Android production launches.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management General, Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management General at Rochester Institute of Technology
English, Igbo, French