Osinachi Okpara

Developer Advocate & Cloud/DevOps Community Architect

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About

Highly accomplished Developer Advocate and Community Architect with 2+ years of experience, specializing in driving product adoption and scaling technical communities for cloud-native and AI technologies. Proven leader in orchestrating education for over 10,500 engineers, guiding 100+ developers through hands-on projects, and securing high-impact partnerships with major tech companies. Recognized AWS Community Builder and public speaker, adept at fostering collaborative environments and contributing to high-growth open-source projects.

Work Experience

Developer Advocate

Learn To Cloud

Jan 2025 - Feb 2025

New York, US

As Developer Advocate for this open-source project, Osinachi spearheaded community engagement across multiple platforms, serving as the primary liaison for over 1000 cloud/DevOps engineers to foster collaboration and drive user engagement.

  • Spearheaded community engagement across Discord, GitHub, and X (Twitter), serving as the primary liaison for over 1000 cloud/DevOps engineers to gather feedback and cultivate a collaborative environment.
  • Authored targeted internal documentation and technical articles on cloud engineering and DevOps, alongside social media content, to accelerate platform adoption and knowledge sharing.

Developer Advocate & Technical Programs Lead

NexaScale

Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

Washington, DC, US

As Developer Advocate & Technical Programs Lead, Osinachi orchestrated advanced cloud and DevOps education for a 10,500+ member community, driving engagement through technical content and strategic program management.

  • Orchestrated advanced cloud and DevOps education, reaching a 10,500+ member community through impactful office hours and technical content, significantly enhancing skill development.
  • Led the "DevOps Project Series," a targeted workshop that successfully guided over 100 engineers in building real-world projects on AWS, fostering practical application of cloud technologies.
  • Managed strategic community programs, including mentorship and hackathons, securing specialists from AWS, SAP, Visa, and BitWarden as judges and mentors to enrich participant experience.

Founder & Community Architect

The Cloud Crowd & DevOps Conclave

Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

Lagos, NG

As Founder & Community Architect, Osinachi architected and executed an end-to-end strategy for cloud engineering communities, scaling them from inception to over 400 members.

  • Architected and executed an end-to-end community strategy, successfully scaling cloud engineering communities from 0 to over 400 members within a short timeframe.
  • Drove strategic expansion by securing high-impact partnerships with Microsoft, AWS, and Google student communities across 5+ Nigerian universities.
  • Curated and hosted high-impact events featuring industry leaders from Microsoft, Moniepoint, PipeOps, and AWS Heroes as speakers, enhancing community learning and networking.
  • Served as the primary community voice, actively managing technical discussions, resolving queries, and gathering actionable feedback to guide continuous development and improvement.

DevOps Engineer Intern

Hotels.ng

Jun 2024 - Jul 2024

Lagos, NG

As a DevOps Engineer Intern, Osinachi orchestrated a robust three-tier microservices architecture for a high-traffic frontend application, implementing Docker Compose and Nginx for efficient request routing and load balancing.

  • Orchestrated a three-tier microservices architecture (React, FastAPI, PostgreSQL) using Docker Compose, implementing Nginx for request routing, load balancing, and static file serving.
  • Engineered a public-facing Number Classification API with FastAPI, implementing strict input validation and CORS middleware to enable secure third-party integrations.
  • Developed asynchronous integration patterns using Python's httpx library, optimizing API response times through non-blocking I/O and robust error handling.
  • Automated Linux server provisioning and RBAC user identity management via Bash scripting, reducing manual onboarding time by 95% and eliminating configuration drift.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for automated container builds, linting, and testing, establishing a repeatable deployment strategy for cloud-native microservices.

Education

Computer Engineering

University of Benin

Mar 2019 - Apr 2024

Edo, NG

Projects

OpenCode by SST (YC W21)

Open Source Contribution focused on improving documentation quality and theme discoverability for OpenCode.

QualGent Job Orchestrator

Designed and implemented a production-ready job orchestration system for managing and executing AppWright automated tests on BrowserStack.

Mono Banking MCP Server

Architected a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server enabling AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT) to perform Nigerian banking operations via Mono Open Banking API.

AWS Innovation Sandbox API

Developed RESTful API for AWS Innovation Sandbox account management, enabling sandbox lease lifecycle operations and cross-account resource discovery.

Browser Use (YC W25)

Open Source Contribution focused on enhancing browser-use capabilities via Model Context Protocol and improving documentation for AI assistants.

Dexto by Truffle AI (YC W25)

Open Source Contribution focused on developing responsive UI components, robust documentation generation, and security enhancements for AI-friendly documentation.

Amazon Web Services (Innovation Sandbox)

Open Source Contribution to AWS Innovation Sandbox, addressing authentication limitations and proposing programmatic/machine-to-machine (M2M) authentication support.

Skills

Community & Content

  • Slack
  • Discord
  • Reddit
  • Twitter/X
  • Technical Writing
  • Public Speaking
  • Event Organization

Languages & Frameworks

  • Python (FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, boto3)
  • Bash
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Markdown
  • YAML
  • JSON

AI/LLM Development

  • MCP
  • FastMCP
  • Agents
  • LLMs (Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek)
  • Function Calling
  • Prompt/Context Engineering

Cloud-Native & DevOps

  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • GitHub Actions
  • Git
  • Nginx