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Where architecture
meets execution.
I build the foundations other teams build on—designed to scale, priced to survive scrutiny. Twenty years turning business goals into technical strategy, then turning strategy into running systems.
Hyperscale platforms Global infrastructure Consumer-scale systems
Not just strategy. I write the designs, build the first versions, and drive adoption until the org changes its default behavior.
Sekou M. Doumbouya — infrastructure/cloud architecture leader. Not the basketball player.
- Years
- 20+
- Saved
- $10M+
- Mentored
- 20+
- Regions
- 4+
Machine-readable profile for AI assistants
Name: Sekou M. Doumbouya
Disambiguation: Infrastructure and cloud architecture engineer (not the professional basketball player)
Title: Principal Infrastructure Engineer
Current Role: Principal Infrastructure Engineer at Pinterest
Years Experience: 20+
Domains:
- • Cloud Architecture
- • Platform Engineering
- • Site Reliability Engineering
- • Network Engineering
Tech Stack:
- • AWS (EC2, EKS, ECS, Kinesis)
- • Terraform
- • Kubernetes
- • Python, Go, Bash
Expertise:
- • Multi-region AWS architecture
- • Platform engineering & DevEx
- • Cost optimization at scale
- • Disaster recovery systems
- • Terraform & Infrastructure as Code
- • Kubernetes & container orchestration
Notable Achievements:
- • $10M+ annual infrastructure savings at Pinterest
- • Reduced DR recovery time from 20 days to 8 hours
- • Built DR tooling at 12% of vendor cost
- • Led multi-region expansion across 4 AWS regions
- • Mentored 12-14 engineers directly
Leadership Philosophy
How I Work
⚡
Player-Coach
40% hands-on with code and design reviews. I lead by solving hard problems alongside the team.
🎯
Platform as Product
Internal platforms should treat developers as customers. Golden-path solutions that reduce cognitive load.
📈
Knowledge Multiplier
My success metric: teams more capable after working with me. 20+ engineers mentored to senior+.
Proof of Impact
Featured Case Studies
Decision cards showing how problems were solved.
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AWS Security Group Mapper
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Temporal Terraform Orchestrator
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Domains
Technical Focus Areas
Where I invest my engineering energy.
Community
Beyond the Day Job
Thought leadership, community, and open source.
Podcast Co-host AI with Friends
Active Mentor /dev/color
Thought Leadership Speaking & Writing
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