Ama Owusu

Senior Software Engineer at Equity Bank | ex-Safaricom

Equity Bank

Accra, Ghana · GMT (UTC+0)

5+ years experience

University of Lagos

English, Twi

Open to work

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Overview

I've spent 5 years on distributed databases - first at Safaricom, now at Equity Bank. Grew the storage team from 5 to 23 engineers. Moved 67% of storage traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident. I coach a junior basketball team.

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Roles in distributed databases
Second opinions on Raft decisions
Working sessions on Rust

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Crypto token projects
Offshore staffing offers

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consensusRaftRustRocksDB

Open to workLooking for a role

closes in 3 months

Lead Software Engineer roles in insurance - Accra or remote

Target roles: Lead Software Engineer
Level: Senior
Industries: Healthtech, E-commerce
Work mode: Hybrid
Available: 90 days notice
Work authorization: Authorized to work in Ghana
What I'm looking for: A team that ships weekly and owns storage end to end.
Not interested in: Crypto

5 years in distributed databases. Strongest at consensus and Rust. Available immediately.

Accra, Ghanaconsensusrustrocksdb

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Experience

Senior Software Engineer
Nov 2023 - Present
Equity Bank · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Accra, Ghana
- Grew the storage team from 5 to 33 engineers.
- Led the migration of 59 services to Raft.
- Built the experimentation framework 10 product teams use to ship changes safely.
Software Engineer
Jul 2021 - Aug 2023
Safaricom · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Accra, Ghana
- Wrote the Rust service that now handles 42 million requests a day.

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Education

University of Lagos
BSc, Electrical Engineering
2016 - 2020

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