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👋🏾 Hi, I'm Patrick Walukagga

Backend Engineer | Cloud & Data Engineering | AI/ML Tooling | 2× AWS Certified

(Kampala, Uganda)

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🚀 About Me

Back-End Software Engineer with 4+ years building scalable backend systems, cloud-native services, and ML-powered applications. Strong in Python, Django, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS, and modern data pipelines. Passionate about turning complex technical challenges into clean, maintainable systems.

Core strengths:
💡 Backend systems • ⚙️ Distributed systems • ☁️ Cloud Engineering • 📊 Data Pipelines • 🤖 ML/AI Integration

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🛠️ Tech Stack & Tools

Languages

🐍 Python • 💾 SQL • 🖥️ Bash

Backend & APIs

⚡ Django • FastAPI • Flask • GraphQL
🔌 REST APIs • Microservices • Systems Integration

Cloud & DevOps

☁️ AWS (2× Certified) • GCP
🐳 Docker • CI/CD • GitHub Actions • Nginx • Gunicorn

Databases

🟦 PostgreSQL • 🟧 MySQL

Data & ML

📈 Pandas • NumPy
🤖 ML tooling • LLM integration • ASR/TTS backends

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🎓 Certifications

• 🟧 AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
• 🟧 AWS Cloud Practitioner
• 🟦 PCEP – Certified Python Programmer
• 🎓 Applied Data Science Lab – WQU
• 💡 GitHub Copilot Fundamentals

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✨ Fun Facts

• I love building AI-enabled backend systems
• I'm passionate about cloud-native automation
• I enjoy solving real-world problems with technology
• Always learning, always exploring

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📫 Connect With Me

Email: p.walukagga@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/patrick-walukagga-53261382
GitHub: https://github.com/PatrickCmd
Portfolio: https://patrickcmd.dev