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Allen Obayagbona

Engineering Leader @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Ex-Instacart

Canada
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Updated 8 months ago

16+

Years Experience

9

Roles

32

Skills

4

Education

About

I am a technology leader with experience designing, developing, and delivering large-scale software products and technology solutions. With a strong foundation in software engineering, distributed systems, and platform infrastructure, I enjoy tackling complex challenges to build scalable, resilient, and high-performance architectures. I am also passionate about leading high-performing engineering teams, driving engineering excellence, and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement—one that empowers engineers to reach their full potential and deliver impactful solutions while enjoying their work. At AWS, we continually innovate to enhance our customers’ experience at scale. AWS IAM Identity Center is a critical service that helps customers securely manage and unify workforce identities across AWS accounts and applications. Our platform handles millions of sign-ins daily, ensuring seamless, secure access for organizations of all sizes. If you’re interested in distributed systems, identity and access management, and solving exciting software engineering challenges, come and join AWS Identity Center: https://amazon.jobs/en/teams/aws-software-development-engineer

Experience (9 roles)

5 yrs

Engineering Leader, AWS Identity

Current

5 yrs

Dec 2024 - Present · 7 mos

Leading the engineering team in Vancouver behind the core platform that enables customers to provision and manage  IAM  Identity Center environments, delivering millions of secure sign‑ins every day across AWS accounts and applications. AWS IAM Identity Center is the recommended service for managin...

ZFresume.ai

Co-Founder/CTO

Current

ZFresume.ai

2017 - Present · 8 yrs 6 mos

ZFResume helps engineers and tech professionals get the job they want by crafting tailored resumes, getting personalized AI feedback, and tracking applications. Skills: Software Development · Cloud Computing

Durham College

Professor - Computer Programming

Durham College

2022 - 2023 · 1 yr

Teaching Programming with Python course to students in multiple programs including: Computer Programming and Analysis, Computer Systems Technology etc

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Education (4)

Harvard University

Harvard University

2025 - 2027

Coursework focused on Data & AI Systems. Courses include: Algorithms & Limitations, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and AI Systems, Compilers, Systems Programming etc Skills: Distributed Systems · Artificial Intelligence (AI) · Data Engineering · Transformers · Deep Neural Networks (DNN) Computer Science - Harvard University

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Topics include: Determining Product Strategy, Discovery and Requirements Definition, Product Development, Managing Product Evolution and Growth.

University of Lagos

University of Lagos

Activities and societies: Public Relations Officer for Association of Systems Engineering Students (ASES) Topics included: Computer and Software Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Automated Reasoning, Robotics, Operation Research, Statistics, and Reliability.

Skills (32)

Tech LeadershipLarge Language Models (LLM)Deep Neural Networks (DNN)Systems DesignArtificial Intelligence (AI)Product ManagementEngineering ManagementTransformersPlatformCybersecurityBusiness StrategyCryptographyBig Data ArchitectureInnovation ManagementMachine LearningCritical ThinkingDeep LearningData IntegrityCloudPythonHTML5CSS3JavaScriptWordPressApache IcebergAWSIAMTransformersAWSIAMMLOpsData Infrastructure
Certifications (12)

Data Security & Privacy

EVERFI

Data Analytics for Business Professionals

LinkedIn

Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Associate

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Cisco Certified Network Associate

Cisco

Software Design: From Requirements to Release

LinkedIn

MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development

Microsoft

Amazon Web Services Developer - Associate

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

PCI DSS: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

EVERFI

Project Management Professional, PMP

Project Management Institute

Cloud Architecture: Advanced Concepts

LinkedIn

Project Management Graduate Certificate

Centennial College

Languages (1)
English(Native or bilingual proficiency)
Honors & Awards (3)

Centennial College Honour Roll

Dec 2015

Centennial College recognizes outstanding scholastic achievement by issuing Honours designations to eligible graduates of all programs.

Above & Beyond Achievement Award

Issued by Mi9 Retail · Jan 2018

Associated with Mi9 Retail Awarded for going above and beyond on consulting projects.

Carrot of the month

Issued by Instacart · Jun 2019

Associated with Instacart Exceptional in launching a strategic client on the Instacart enterprise platform.

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Allen Obayagbona is currently working as Engineering Leader, AWS Identity at 5 yrs.
Where did Allen Obayagbona study?
Allen Obayagbona studied Master's degree, Computer Science at Harvard University. They have 4 education entries on their profile.
What skills does Allen Obayagbona have?
Allen Obayagbona's top skills include Tech Leadership, Large Language Models (LLM), Deep Neural Networks (DNN), Systems Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI). They have 32 skills listed on their profile.
Where is Allen Obayagbona based?
Allen Obayagbona is based in Canada.

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