William Mensah
ABOUT ME
Senior Software Engineer
Since 2019
Senior Software Engineer with over 5 years of experience designing, developing, and deploying scalable cloud-based systems and distributed applications.
Passionate about building high-performance APIs, event-driven architectures, and secure microservices. Strong background in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and system design.
Focus: Distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, security, and system observability
EXPERIENCE
Complete Farmer (Agritech Startup)
Mar 2024 โ Present | Senior Full-Stack Developer | Accra, Ghana
- โบ Designed and deployed cloud-native microservices supporting 60,000+ small-scale farmers
- โบ Implemented scalable, secure systems using ASP.NET Core, AWS services, and MongoDB
- โบ Led key architectural decisions to optimize system performance and maintainability
Fastyr (AI Sales Platform)
Nov 2024 โ Dec 2024 | Senior Software Engineer | San Francisco, USA
- โบ Built the Fastyr AI Pipeline integrating Speech-to-Text and LLM models using Python and GCP Kubernetes
- โบ Designed event-driven GraphQL APIs and automated CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
- โบ Migrated to GCP Kubernetes, enhancing database connectivity and scalability
Upwork (Freelance Marketplace)
Dec 2022 โ Present | Senior Software Engineer | Remote
- โบ Architected and deployed microservices-based systems using NestJS, MongoDB, and AWS
- โบ Built scalable microservices architectures with automated CI/CD pipelines
scaleMorph (SaaS Development)
Dec 2022 โ Dec 2023 | Software Engineer | Dallas, Texas
- โบ Developed secure e-commerce platform using Python and NestJS with optimized transaction processing
- โบ Integrated Elastic Stack for real-time logging and monitoring
EDUCATION
All Nations University
2016 โ 2020 | Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
DataCamp Python Nanodegree
2023 | Python, Data Mining, Cloud Computing
PROJECTS
Fastyr AI Pipeline โ
2024 | Python, GCP Kubernetes, Speech-to-Text, LLM, TTS
A flexible and extensible Python library for building AI-powered conversational pipelines. Seamlessly integrates Speech-to-Text, Language Model, and Text-to-Speech services with modular, provider-agnostic architecture.
HTML to PDF Translator โ
2023 | Python, Tkinter, LibreTranslate API
A versatile tool that converts HTML content to PDF documents with language translation capabilities using the LibreTranslate API.
SMTP Bulk Messaging System
2023 | Python, MongoDB, SMTP, HTML
Developed scalable APIs for mass email delivery with advanced scheduling, monitoring, and analytics capabilities.
SKILLS
Languages & Frameworks
Core Technologies
- Python
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- React
- NestJS
- FastAPI
- ASP.NET Core
- C#
- Go
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Terraform
- RunPod
- Fly.io
DevOps & Databases
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- CI/CD
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- MySQL
- DynamoDB
- Kubernetes
- EKS
- Sentry
- Datadog
- OpenTelemetry
CONTACT
- Portfolio โ
- LinkedIn โ
- GitHub โ
- Upwork โ
- Accra, Ghana
- mensahjefferson69@gmail.com
- (+233) 20 253 48 96