# 👋🏾 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