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David Okonkwo

Data and Backend Mentor for Scalable Applications

Backend Architect at DataForge Labs • Lagos

Backend EngineeringData ModelingAnalyticsPythonSQL

David works with learners who need stronger backend reasoning and data fluency. Mentoring sessions cover schema design, service boundaries, analytics pipelines, and how to make data-heavy features understandable to both engineers and product teams. 10 years of experience.

Published courses: 3
Learners mentored: 0

Languages

English

Education

{'id': 'edu_david_1', 'institution': 'University of Lagos', 'degree': 'Bachelor of Science', 'field': 'Computer Science', 'startDate': '2013', 'endDate': '2017', 'description': 'Second-class honors (Upper Division)'}
{'id': 'edu_david_2', 'institution': 'DataCamp', 'degree': 'Professional Specialization', 'field': 'Data Engineering', 'startDate': '2019', 'endDate': '2020', 'description': '5-course specialization'}

Certifications

{'id': 'cert_david_1', 'title': 'Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer', 'issuer': 'Google Cloud', 'issueDate': '2021-12', 'expiryDate': '2024-12', 'credentialId': 'GOOGLE-DATA-ENGINEER-2021', 'credentialUrl': 'https://cloud.google.com/certification/data-engineer'}
{'id': 'cert_david_2', 'title': 'AWS Certified Database Specialty', 'issuer': 'Amazon Web Services', 'issueDate': '2022-07', 'expiryDate': '2025-07', 'credentialId': 'AWS-DB-SPECIALTY-2022', 'credentialUrl': 'https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-database-specialty/'}
{'id': 'cert_david_3', 'title': 'Databricks Generative AI Engineer Associate', 'issuer': 'Databricks', 'issueDate': '2023-11', 'expiryDate': '2026-11', 'credentialId': 'DATABRICKS-AI-2023', 'credentialUrl': 'https://www.databricks.com/learn/certification'}

Projects

Real-time Analytics Engine

Designed and implemented real-time analytics engine processing 100M+ events daily. Built with Python, PostgreSQL, and Kafka. Reduced query latency from 30s to <1s.

PythonPostgreSQLKafkaAnalyticsBig Data
Data Warehouse Modernization

Data Warehouse Modernization

Led migration of legacy data warehouse to cloud-native architecture. Improved query performance by 80% and reduced storage costs by 60%.

Data WarehouseETLBigQueryCloud Migration

Published Courses

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Master AWS and earn your architect certification. Deploy scalable cloud solutions.

$0.00

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Docker & Kubernetes Mastery

Master containerization and orchestration. Deploy applications at scale.

$0.00

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Linux System Administration

Manage Linux servers like a sysadmin pro.

$0.00

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