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Owden Magnusen

Systems Architect | Backend Engineer | DevOps Engineer

Accra, Ghana / me@owdenmagnusen.com / owdenmagnusen.com

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Professional summary

Systems Architect and Backend Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing and building scalable backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered platforms. Skilled in system architecture, distributed systems, DevOps, and cloud-native application development, with hands-on expertise in AWS, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and modern backend frameworks. Combines a strong engineering foundation with a background in creative technology to deliver systems that are technically robust, secure, and built for scale.

Experience

  1. Founder and Lead Engineer, Aurelo Technologies

    Jul 2025 to Present

    • Architect scalable backend systems and cloud-native applications for startup and enterprise clients.
    • Design distributed systems, REST APIs, authentication services, and platform infrastructure.
    • Build AI-powered products and workflow automation platforms using Python, TypeScript, FastAPI, and Node.js.
    • Deploy and manage production applications on AWS using Docker, reverse proxies, and CI/CD pipelines.
    • Set engineering standards for software architecture, security, deployment, and performance across client projects.

  2. AI Data Specialist, RWS Group (contract)

    Sep 2025 to May 2026

    • Evaluate multimodal datasets spanning text, audio, and images to support AI model training.
    • Improve model performance through structured annotation and quality assurance review.
    • Analyze edge cases to strengthen model accuracy and consistency, maintaining strict quality benchmarks.

  3. Design & Development Associate, iamadinkra (contract)

    Feb 2025 to May 2025

    • Built backend applications with Flask and Django.
    • Integrated Google Workspace APIs (Drive, Docs, Sheets) into internal tools.
    • Developed administrative dashboards with analytics and reporting features.
    • Designed scalable CRUD systems and automated backend workflows.

  4. Technical Volunteer, Software Engineering & Visual Systems, ICGC Christ Temple East (volunteer)

    Aug 2017 to Present

    • Develop internal software tools supporting ministry operations and technical teams.
    • Design automation workflows for technical and media production teams.
    • Maintain audiovisual and production systems for large-scale live events.
    • Provide technical leadership during major productions and live broadcasts.

Technical skills

Architecture
  • Systems Design
  • Software Architecture
  • Distributed Systems
  • API Design
  • Microservices
  • Authentication & Authorization
  • Scalability
  • Performance Optimization
Cloud & Infrastructure
  • AWS
  • Oracle
  • Docker
  • Linux
  • Nginx
  • Caddy
  • GitHub Actions
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Infrastructure Automation
  • RabbitMQ
  • Celery
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
Backend
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Django
  • Flask
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Go
  • Java
Databases
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • SQLite
  • SQLAlchemy
  • Supabase
Frontend
  • React
  • Next.js
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • SCSS
  • Tailwind CSS
AI & Automation
  • AI Workflow Automation
  • Prompt Engineering
  • AI Integration
  • Data Annotation
  • Model Evaluation

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of the People, in progress

Nov 2023 to Nov 2027 (expected)

Associate of Science in Computer Science

University of the People, in progress

Nov 2023 to Nov 2026 (expected)