Hello, i'm
Dominion.

I build backend systems and AI-integrated products. Chemical Engineering student by day, systems builder by night, Lagos, Nigeria.

Name:Dominion Balogun

Email:kenzycodex@gmail.com

Age:20

From:Lagos, Nigeria

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Dominion K. BalogunCreator Kenzy · Systems & AI

Lagos, NG

✦BACKEND ARCHITECT✦AI SYSTEMS✦GO & FASTAPI✦DISTRIBUTED DATA✦DOCKER & CLOUD✦5X HACKATHON WINNER✦LAGOS, NIGERIA✦CHEMICAL ENGINEERING✦CREATOR KENZY✦BACKEND ARCHITECT✦AI SYSTEMS✦GO & FASTAPI✦DISTRIBUTED DATA✦DOCKER & CLOUD✦5X HACKATHON WINNER✦LAGOS, NIGERIA✦CHEMICAL ENGINEERING✦CREATOR KENZY✦BACKEND ARCHITECT✦AI SYSTEMS✦GO & FASTAPI✦DISTRIBUTED DATA✦DOCKER & CLOUD✦5X HACKATHON WINNER✦LAGOS, NIGERIA✦CHEMICAL ENGINEERING✦CREATOR KENZY

Three sides, one approach

How I think & build.

01The Builder

Software Engineer & ArchitectBackend systems, high-throughput APIs, and context-aware AI pipelines woven into production software across Go, Node.js, Python (FastAPI), and TypeScript.

GoNode.jsTypeScriptPythonDockerPostgreSQLRedis

02The Owner

Founder & Product LeadTurning systems into viable ventures. 50+ shipped products, 5x hackathon winner, carrying projects from architectural whiteboard all the way to cloud production.

System DesignAWS EC2DigitalOceanCI/CDArchitecture

03The Voice

Advocate & SpeakerDemystifying deep engineering through keynote conference speaking, viral Substack essays, and mentoring the next generation across the African tech ecosystem.

Keynote SpeakerSubstack WriterMentorshipCreator Kenzy

The full story

Resume

The road so far.

Education

B.Sc. (Honours) Chemical Engineering

University of Lagos (UNILAG) / 200 Level, In Progress

Applying process engineering systems thinking, inputs, constraints, and fluid models to large-scale distributed software architectures.

Systems DesignProcess OptimizationMathematical Modeling

Software Engineering

Plural Code Academy / Sept 2024 - Feb 2025

Advanced software engineering curriculum focusing on scalable backend architectures, high-throughput microservices, and distributed systems.

Backend SystemsMicroservicesData Structures

Software Development

Tech4Dev Digital For All Challenge / June 2024 - Sept 2024

Intensive hands-on software development program covering production application engineering, clean code patterns, and agile workflows.

Full-StackClean CodeAgile

Web Development (National Diploma)

Odi-Olowo & Ojuwoye LGA ICT Institute / Sept 2023 - Dec 2023

Foundational computer science, web architecture, database design, REST APIs, and modern responsive frontend interfaces.

Web ArchitectureDatabasesAPIs

Experience

Lead Backend Engineer

TybitX Academy (LMS) / Feb 2026

Architected a multi-tenant enterprise LMS with 207+ Eloquent models and 220+ controllers on Laravel 9/PHP 8.3; migrated production to a dedicated DigitalOcean VPS with zero downtime.

Laravel 9PHP 8.3MySQLDigitalOceanRedis

Founder & Lead Engineer

FileFlow Technologies / April 2025

Founded and lead engineering for a cloud SaaS file-sharing platform in Java Spring Boot with Docker and MinIO object storage supporting enterprise-grade encrypted storage.

Java Spring BootDockerMinIOSaaS Architecture

Backend Engineer

Workforce Compliance Platform (Oil & Gas, Canada) / Feb 2025

Built backend services with Node.js, TypeScript, and Docker deployed to AWS EC2; optimized BullMQ queues, cutting job failures under heavy traffic.

Node.jsTypeScriptAWS EC2BullMQDocker

Tech Team Lead

TechCraft Co. / June 2024 - Dec 2024

Led a team of 4 engineers shipping QuickTopUp VTU platform for 5,000+ users. Reduced transaction processing latency by 20% across 6 production releases.

Team LeadershipRESTful APIsNode.jsReact