Founder & Senior Python/Django Developer | Platform Engineer | Ecommerce & CMS Specialist

Motolani Olaiya

Experienced in building scalable ecommerce platforms, CMS systems, deployment infrastructure, onboarding automation, search platforms, and reusable software architectures using Python, Django, Wagtail, Django Oscar, Elasticsearch, Jenkins, and SaltStack.

Professional Summary

Founder and senior Python/Django developer with production experience building backend systems, ecommerce platforms, CMS products, search infrastructure, deployment workflows, and shared engineering tooling. Strongest fit is in senior Django, Python, platform engineering, ecommerce engineering, Wagtail, and technical consulting roles that need practical architecture ownership and hands-on delivery.

Built MandelBlog as a reusable multi-project platform rather than a single-codebase product, enabling faster client onboarding, repeatable deployment workflows, reusable plugin composition, multilingual website delivery, search integration, monitoring, and production support with minimal manual intervention.

Technical Skills

Backend
Python, Django 5, Django Oscar, REST APIs
CMS & Ecommerce
Wagtail, Django Oscar, Elasticsearch
DevOps & Platform
Jenkins, SaltStack, Linux, Sentry, CI/CD
Frontend
HTML, CSS, SCSS, Bootstrap 5
Infrastructure & Security
OAuth2, OpenID Connect, Git, Private Gitea

Priority Roles

  • Senior Django Developer
  • Senior Python Developer
  • Platform Engineer
  • Django Oscar Ecommerce Developer
  • Wagtail Developer
  • Technical Consultant
  • Technical Founder
  • Backend Developer
  • Full Stack Developer
  • DevOps / CI-CD Engineer

Work Experience

Founder & Lead Developer

MandelBlog

  • Designed and developed a reusable Django/Wagtail/Django Oscar platform used to accelerate client website and ecommerce delivery through reusable architecture, plugin composition, and automation.
  • Built an automated onboarding system that provisions repositories, Jenkins jobs, staging environments, SSL certificates, and deployment tracking with minimal manual intervention.
  • Designed deployment infrastructure using Jenkins, SaltStack, Linux, and release-based deployment workflows to improve deployment consistency, traceability, rollback capability, and runtime verification.
  • Delivered multilingual Wagtail and Django Oscar implementations with attention to SEO consistency, canonical correctness, cookie compliance, and maintainable admin workflows.
  • Strengthened platform reliability by resolving onboarding, staging, and production blockers across Sentry, template generation, Jenkins handoff, SSL, package compatibility, runtime provisioning, and deployment truthfulness.

Python / Django Developer

Independent Product & Client Delivery Work

  • Built backend and full-stack web solutions focused on ecommerce, CMS delivery, search, admin usability, and reliable deployment into staging and production environments.
  • Worked end to end across application code, infrastructure, monitoring, CI/CD, plugin integration, and live debugging rather than treating backend development and operations as separate silos.
  • Applied OpenAI integrations to product-oriented use cases such as translation, product description workflows, and content enrichment, with emphasis on practical output rather than demo features.

Internship / Developer Experience

Highbiza

  • Gained real-world development experience in Django, Wagtail, Django Oscar, reusable plugins, ecommerce platforms, and production-oriented workflows.
  • Worked within an existing delivery environment where CMS, ecommerce, and plugin-based architecture were applied to real project needs rather than isolated tutorial work.
  • Built practical exposure to platform structure, project implementation standards, and day-to-day engineering execution that later informed the MandelBlog platform approach.

Platform Engineering & Architecture

  • Designed reusable plugin architecture supporting multiple websites and ecommerce projects.
  • Standardized project templates, package baselines, onboarding workflows, and deployment verification logic.
  • Built CI/CD processes and operational tooling around Jenkins, SaltStack, Linux, Gitea, and Sentry.
  • Managed staging and production environments with attention to rollback, health checks, traceability, and deployment safety.
  • Defined technical standards for future projects through reusable platform decisions instead of one-off project fixes.

Selected Projects

MandelBlog Platform

Built a shared delivery platform that reduced repeated project setup work by centralizing Django, Wagtail, Django Oscar, plugin-driven architecture, CI/CD, and deployment automation into a reusable engineering baseline.

Customer Onboarding Platform

Automated the path from project creation to staging readiness by connecting repository provisioning, Jenkins job generation, staging environment setup, SSL issuance, and deployment state tracking while keeping production approval-gated.

Ecommerce Platform

Led Django Oscar-based ecommerce engineering across search, catalogue structure, B2B-friendly workflows, and plugin-driven feature composition for reusable commerce delivery.

AI Product Description System

Built AI-assisted content generation and product enrichment workflows to support ecommerce operations with editable, business-focused output.

Search Platform

Implemented Elasticsearch-powered search infrastructure for products, categories, and content, improving discoverability and search relevance across ecommerce and CMS use cases.

Deployment Platform

Standardized staging and production delivery through Jenkins, SaltStack, Linux, and release-based workflows that improved deployment consistency, traceability, environment provisioning, and rollback capability.

Education

  • Diploma in Computer Engineering — Ukraine

Certifications

  • Diploma in Project Management
  • Diploma in Human Resources
  • Diploma in Business Administration
  • Diploma in Python Programming
  • Diploma in Sales Management
  • Diploma in Fitness Coaching, Gym Workouts & Bodybuilding
  • Diploma in HACCP
  • Diploma in Web Accessibility
  • HubSpot Content Marketing Certification

Languages

  • English — Fluent
  • Russian — Intermediate
  • Dutch — Basic / Working proficiency

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