I’m a Software Engineer and Master’s student at the University of New Haven focused on Distributed Systems and Applied AI. I’ve grown from User Support Engineer to Junior and then Mid-Level Software Development Engineer at KNUST, building and scaling production systems used by 20,000+ users. I enjoy shipping reliable, user-centered software—ranging from backend services and cloud infrastructure to intelligent, AI-assisted systems. I’m actively seeking roles where I can build at scale, collaborate across teams, and deliver impactful user-facing products.
Raymond Frimpong Amoateng
Building Scalable Intelligence.
Software Engineer | AI & Distributed Systems
About Me
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Microservices
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AWS / Cloud Native
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Distributed Systems
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DevOps & CI/CD
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AI Agents (PyTorch)
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System Design
My Projects
Edge Persona Simulator
Cloudflare Agents / Workers AI
Built a real-time AI agent system that simulates how edge components (WAF, CDN Cache, Load Balancer, Bot Mgmt, Workers Runtime, Zero Trust) respond to user prompts and incident scenarios.
Highlights: Persona-driven responses, stateful sessions, replay/postmortem flows, and a clean chat UI designed for fast recruiter skims.
TypeScript, Cloudflare Workers, Agents SDK (Durable Objects), Workers AI
→Tower Defense AI Agent (RL)
Advanced AI Research
Developed autonomous agents using Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) and Approximate Q-Learning to defend Winterfell in a custom Pygame environment. Modeled a 24-dimensional feature space for enemy tracking.
Metrics: Achieved 11.5% victory rate with PPO (outperforming Q-Learning at 10.2%) in a high-difficulty stochastic environment. Optimized reward functions using Generalized Advantage Estimation (GAE) to stabilize training.
Python, PyTorch (PPO), TensorBoard, Pygame, A* Pathfinding
→Indoor AI Navigation
Engineering Project
Engineered an intelligent indoor navigation system connecting a Unity visualization client to a Python inference backend. Implemented A* and Reinforcement Learning pathfinding.
Key Engineering: Optimized node search to process 10,000+ graph nodes in under 50ms. Deployed inference model as a containerized microservice on AWS ECS.
Python (PyTorch), Unity (C#), AWS ECS, Docker, Graph Algorithms
→Scalable ML Microservice
Completed
Operationalized a Machine Learning API for housing price prediction. Focused on "ML Ops" by wrapping the model in a Flask API and containerizing it for high-availability deployment.
Deployed via Kubernetes cluster for automated orchestration and scaling. Integrated CircleCI pipeline to ensure 99.9% build reliability before deployment.
Kubernetes, Docker, Python (Flask), CircleCI, AWS, Scikit-learn
→CertEasy (SaaS Platform)
Completed
Architected a certification prep SaaS platform. Integrated Stripe for subscription management and Google OAuth for secure identity management.
Designed a PostgreSQL schema to handle complex many-to-many relationships between users, quizzes, and study plans, ensuring data integrity under load.
Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, Stripe API, Docker, Tailwind
→Enterprise Ticketing System
Completed
Developed an internal help desk solution for university technical support. Features role-based access control (RBAC) and automated email dispatching via SMTP.
Django, SMTP, Celery (Async Tasks), PostgreSQL
→Samaritan: Real-Time Chat
Completed
Built a real-time messaging platform using Firebase Firestore for instant data syncing (WebSocket-like behavior). Handled state management for concurrent user sessions.
React, Firebase NoSQL, UUID, State Management
→Technical Stack
Focused on high-performance backend systems, cloud orchestration, and applied machine learning pipelines.
Python (System Design/AI)Advanced
C++ (Algorithms)High
AWS / Kubernetes / DockerHigh
SQL & Database DesignHigh
React / TypeScriptProficient
Work Experience
Jan 2023 – Dec 2024
Software Development Engineer (Mid-Level)
UITS – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Kumasi, Ghana
- System Ownership: Led backend delivery for student-facing and internal platforms using Django/REST + PostgreSQL.
- Scale & Reliability: Supported systems used by 20,000+ users by improving performance, stability, and operational tooling.
- Engineering Velocity: Improved release confidence through better automation, testing discipline, and production triage workflows.
Oct 2021 – Dec 2022
Junior Software Development Engineer
UITS – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Kumasi, Ghana
- Full-stack Delivery: Built and maintained Django + React features across internal services and portals.
- Workflow Automation: Implemented API endpoints and dashboards that reduced manual processing for support/admin teams.
- Data & Queries: Optimized PostgreSQL queries and improved reliability through better validation and error handling.
Oct 2020 – Sep 2021
User Support Engineer
UITS – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Kumasi, Ghana
- Incident Response: Resolved end-user issues and escalated recurring failures into engineering fixes.
- Knowledge Base: Documented troubleshooting playbooks to improve resolution speed and consistency.
Aug 2023 – Nov 2023
Software Developer Intern
EXRX.NET (Remote — Olathe, KS)
Remote
- Feature Delivery: Implemented Flutter and Laravel features for a production fitness application.
- Quality: Fixed bugs and contributed tests to reduce regressions and improve stability.
