Live2026
IMMOTIC
A property platform where every listing lives on a map, not just a list.
- Django
- Django REST Framework
- Next.js
- TypeScript
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Software Engineer · Full Stack & DevOps
Daniel TIOMELA
Software Engineer
I build modern web applications, scalable APIs and reliable software infrastructure from the data model through to the deployment pipeline.
UTC+1 - overlaps most of the working day with Europe, mornings with the Americas. I reply within a day.
- Python
- Django
- PostgreSQL / PostGIS
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Kubernetes
- Python
- Django
- PostgreSQL / PostGIS
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- React
- GeoServer
Act I
The system
The journey of a request
01
The interface
A request starts here: a browser rendering React and Next.js, built on data models rather than routes.
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
02
The edge
Before it reaches any application code, it crosses a network and a pipeline that already tested and shipped whatever it's about to run.
- CI/CD
- GitLab CI
- Caching
03
The API
A Django REST Framework core resolves it: authentication, business logic, a contract that existed before the endpoint did.
- Django
- Django REST Framework
04
Located data
Most of what I build has a location at its center. PostGIS turns coordinates into queries; GeoServer turns queries into a map someone can actually read.
- PostgreSQL
- PostGIS
- GeoServer
05
Orchestration
Zoom out, and the whole journey ran inside containers, replicated and scheduled the part that decides whether any of this survives real traffic.
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- GitLab CI/CD
Act II
The world
I'm based in Yaoundé, Cameroon (UTC+1). That's not a constraint to plan around it's a timezone that overlaps the entire European working day and the American morning.
Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Paris / Berlin
- +0h
- London
- -1h
- New York
- -6h
European and US offsets shift by up to an hour with daylight saving; Yaoundé itself never observes it, so the numbers below are the winter/standard-time figures.
Benin
On-site infrastructure deployment at a national datacenter, for GIZ's digital-observatory programme
Douala
Architecture and technical leadership for a regional urban-planning authority (anonymised)
Act III
The path
Real systems, real dates from developer to lead to architect.
5+
Years shipping production software
6
Government & institutional programmes delivered
2
Countries with on-site delivery
40+
Tools and technologies across the stack
IMMOTIC
2026Full Stack Developer
A property platform where every listing lives on a map, not just a list.
Real-Estate Platform : Infrastructure & Architecture
2025Junior Solutions Architect · DevOps
The architecture and the infrastructure behind a national real-estate platform, not just the app.
Government Digital Observatory : Phase 2
2026Lead Developer
Taking a national observatory from running software to a production system with a datacenter behind it.
GIS & Geographic Data Infrastructure
2025Technical Lead
Two systems, one shared question: where does this data actually live, geographically.
Municipal Revenue Tracking System
2025Technical Lead
Centralising how a city collects and tracks what it's owed.
Regional Digital Observatory
2024Developer
Turning raw regional statistics into something a visitor can actually read.
Passage Canada
2026Creator & Solo Developer
The immigration math, done once, correctly, in the open.
Where to next
That's the path so far. See every project in detail, or start a conversation.
Ready now
Where I can help immediately
Six areas I can own end to end, starting now.
01
Backend systems at scale
Django and DRF APIs designed as contracts before the endpoints exist: authentication, business logic and data modelling, built to be maintained by someone who isn't me.
02
Geospatial data platforms
PostGIS, GeoServer, Elasticsearch and mapping APIs - turning location data into search, mapping and reporting people actually use, across five production systems.
03
Deployment & infrastructure
Docker, Kubernetes and GitLab CI/CD from preproduction through production, including standing up infrastructure on-site in a national datacenter, not just a managed cloud.
04
Web applications
Production-ready applications in React and Next.js: polished interfaces, authentication, dashboards and forms, built on real data models and wired to solid APIs.
05
Website development
Fast, responsive, search-friendly websites in Next.js or WordPress: from design hand-off to going live, with the documentation that keeps the client self-sufficient.
06
Mobile applications
Cross-platform apps in Flutter or React Native, connected to your API: one codebase for iOS and Android, when the product genuinely needs to live in a pocket.
What I build
Systems, not just screens
Five kinds of work, all of which end in production.
- Web applications
- Modern interfaces and production-ready applications, built with React and Next.js on top of real data models.
- APIs & backend systems
- REST APIs, authentication, business logic and data services designed as contracts, not as endpoints that happen to exist.
- Software architecture
- Modular systems, integrations and application structure that a new engineer can read without a guided tour.
- DevOps & infrastructure
- Containerised deployments, CI/CD pipelines, reverse proxies and cloud environments that make releasing a non-event.
- Mobile applications
- Cross-platform applications with Flutter or React Native, when the product genuinely needs to be in a pocket.
System thinking
How I think about systems
A generic shape, not a specific project the layers I reason in before writing any code.
- Userspeople
- Web / Mobileinterface
- APIcontract
- Authentication
- Business logic
- Integrations
- Datastate
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Storage
- Infrastructuredelivery
- Docker
- CI/CD
- Cloud
Each layer names what it does, never which framework does it. The framework is the part most likely to change.
Work
Selected projects
Real systems delivered for real clients: from a public map-based marketplace to a government datacenter deployment.
In development2026
Passage Canada
The immigration math, done once, correctly, in the open.
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Vercel
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Live2026
Government Digital Observatory : Phase 2
Taking a national observatory from running software to a production system with a datacenter behind it.
- Django
- Django REST Framework
- Next.js
- Docker
Read the case study
Live2025
Real-Estate Platform : Infrastructure & Architecture
The architecture and the infrastructure behind a national real-estate platform, not just the app.
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- GitLab CI
- Bash
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Tools
Engineering stack
Not everything I have touched what I actually reach for, in the order I reach for it.
- Python
- Django
- Django REST Framework
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- PostGIS
- GeoServer
- Elasticsearch
- Kibana
- QGIS
- ArcGIS
- Google Maps API
- Linux
- Nginx
- CI/CD
- Containers
- Cloud
- Deployment
- Flutter
- React Native
- Node.js
- MongoDB
- Redis
- GraphQL
- Firebase
- Core
- Geospatial
- Infrastructure
- Also work with
How I work
Engineering principles
Five rules that decide the arguments before they start.
01
Build with purpose
Solve the real problem before adding complexity. Most features are a symptom of a question nobody asked properly.
02
Keep it maintainable
Clear architecture and readable code outlive clever code. The next person to open the file is the actual user.
03
Automate what matters
Repetitive work belongs in tooling, not in someone's day. If it happens twice, it gets a script.
04
Design for reliability
Systems should be observable, testable and boring in production. Excitement at 2 a.m. is a design failure.
05
Ship and iterate
Software gets good through feedback, not through planning. A deployed guess beats a perfect document.
Credentials
Certifications
Recent and verifiable.
DevOps & Cloud
HELM MasterClass: Kubernetes Packaging Manager
Udemy
Aug 2025
DevOps & Cloud
Introduction to DevOps Tools
SkillUp / Simplilearn
May 2026
DevOps & Cloud
Getting Started with Docker
SkillUp / Simplilearn
May 2026
DevOps & Cloud
AI for Cloud Infrastructure: Automating AWS with StationOps
Udemy
Aug 2025
Web & Software Development
Master Django Web Development: Hands-On Projects
Alison
Feb 2025
Web & Software Development
Django Essentials: Build and Deploy Real-World Apps
Udemy
Apr 2025
Web & Software Development
Node.js: Modern RESTful API Fundamentals
Udemy
Mar 2025
Web & Software Development
The Complete JavaScript Course: From Zero to Expert
Udemy
Apr 2025
Web & Software Development
Intro to JavaScript for React Developers
CodeSignal
Feb 2025
Web & Software Development
Python Development and Programming Fundamentals
Udemy
Apr 2025
Web & Software Development
Software Architecture & Clean Code Design in OOP
Learn IT University
2025
Methodology & Management
Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)
SCRUMstudy
Sept 2025
Methodology & Management
Marketing Strategy Fundamentals (SCMS-F)
SMstudy
Sept 2025
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Let's build something
I'm interested in engineering problems worth solving, products that need building properly, and teams where an engineer is trusted to own a feature end to end.
I answer within a day.