Lawal Olayinka Awal
Python & Backend Developer · Ayinkx
Available for backend / Python roles and freelance work.
Summary
Self-taught Python and backend developer who builds and ships real products. I design and ship production services with FastAPI, PostgreSQL and OAuth, care about tests and reliability, and contribute to open source. Creator and musician behind Ayinkx.
Highlights
- Shipped a live, production SaaS (Social Autopilot) serving 7 social networks with 360+ automated tests.
- Comfortable owning a feature end-to-end: data model, API, UI, deployment and operations.
- Open-source contributor to Python and Stellar/Soroban developer tooling.
Recognition
- Praised by open-source maintainers for thorough test coverage and clean, well-documented pull requests — e.g. “solid work”, “clean fix”, “nice work”. Verified reviews on GitHub.
Experience
Designed and shipped a production social-media publishing SaaS from scratch — FastAPI + PostgreSQL on Vercel, multi-account OAuth publishing to 7 networks, scheduling and recurring posts, team workspaces, 2FA and 360+ automated tests.
Contributing to open-source Python and Stellar/Soroban projects — bug fixes, features, docs and tests.
Building backend systems, REST APIs and developer tooling with a focus on clean, reliable code.
Selected Projects
- Social Autopilot — multi-platform publishing SaaS (FastAPI, PostgreSQL, OAuth, Vercel). Case study.
- AI Code Assistant — open-source AI coding assistant with Stellar/Soroban tooling.
- Soroban Security Scanner — security analysis for Stellar Soroban contracts (Rust).
- Stellar DevKit — developer tooling for Stellar and Soroban (RPC, XDR, CLI).
Skills
- Languages
- Python, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, SQL, Bash
- Frameworks
- FastAPI, Flask, REST APIs, APScheduler, Jinja2
- Data & Infra
- PostgreSQL, SQLite, Docker, Linux, Git, GitHub Actions
- Cloud
- Vercel, Supabase, object storage (S3), CI/CD
- Practices
- OAuth, testing (pytest), migrations (Alembic), security, code review
- Beyond code
- Music production, content creation, community building