Summary
Brian Akumah is a pragmatic software engineer with 8 years of experience designing and delivering backend systems that replace fragile legacy services and improve operational reliability. At Liberty University he led multiple rewrites into microservices, built robust APIs for admissions workflows, and engineered fault-tolerant mitigations (RabbitMQ, caching, locking) to keep high-throughput systems running during downtime. He mentors developers on best practices and brings hands-on expertise in scaling distributed systems, refactoring PL/SQL, and integrating third-party processors and analytics. Now at Arch Insurance Group, he continues to focus on backend architecture and measurable impact, combining attention to detail with a knack for turning operational pain points into maintainable, test-covered solutions. An understated strength is his consistent track record of replacing third-party dependencies with in-house services that improve conversion and reliability.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Liberty University
English, twi, Spanish