Joseph Amos Ekpe · Backend AI Engineer

Building intelligent systems at the intersection of backend engineering and AI.

I build reliable backend systems with Go and explore practical ways to integrate AI into software products.

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Joseph Amos Ekpe
Backend · AI

About

Backend first. AI forward.

I'm Joseph Amos Ekpe, a backend engineer focused on building reliable backend systems and exploring practical ways to integrate AI into software products.

My primary engineering focus is backend development with Go. I enjoy designing APIs, working with databases and authentication, and building services that are structured to be understandable, maintainable, and reliable.

My AI engineering work has expanded my interest from simply building software to understanding how AI can become part of both the engineering workflow and the products themselves.

I'm continuously learning, building, testing ideas, and documenting what I learn as I work toward becoming a stronger backend engineer capable of building dependable AI-powered systems.

01

Backend

Go, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, authentication, middleware, testing, and service design.

02

AI Engineering

Local LLM integration, AI-assisted development, prompt engineering, and practical AI applications.

03

Foundation

Google IT Support certified with a practical background in technical support, systems operations, and troubleshooting.

Selected Work

Engineering Projects

A selection of backend and AI engineering projects that document how I build, learn, and reason through problems.

01

Task API

Completed

A Go-based CRUD REST API built as part of an AI-assisted engineering experiment. The project explores how progressively engineered prompts can influence the structure and quality of generated backend implementations.

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02

School Management System

Built

A Go and PostgreSQL backend application featuring JWT authentication, middleware, protected API routes, and modules for managing students, results, admissions, classes, and fees.

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03

NezAI

Building

An AI-powered personal engineering platform designed to combine a professional portfolio with a personal AI agent. The project explores practical AI integration alongside backend engineering.

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Writing

Notes from the engineering journey.

Writing about backend engineering, AI-assisted development, lessons learned, and the process behind building real systems.

Engineering

From "Build a CRUD API" to an Engineered Prompt

My Week 2 journey at FlyRank AI, exploring how a vague coding request can be transformed into a structured engineering prompt.

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