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Joseph Goksu

Senior Platform Engineer

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Joseph Goksu

Platform Engineer, open-source advocate, AWS Community Builder...

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Joseph Goksu is a Senior Platform Engineer in the UK who designs platforms, architectures, and software systems. He was one of the founding engineers on Tazama, a Gates Foundation-funded transaction monitoring platform for financial inclusion in emerging markets, now hosted by the Linux Foundation and designed for 3,000 TPS. He later led the LexTego enterprise cloud version at 300 TPS. At Obrizum he builds AWS-native platforms for 250,000+ users, across 15+ AWS accounts. He founded opensource.finance, an Apache 2.0 fintech infrastructure project, and writes on GitOps, IAM, and LLMOps at josephgoksu.com. AWS Community Builder in Security and Identity since 2022.

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Joseph Goksu is a Senior Platform Engineer in the UK who designs platforms, architectures, and software systems. Founding engineer on Tazama (Gates Foundation, Linux Foundation). Builds AWS-native platforms at Obrizum for 250,000+ users. Founded opensource.finance. AWS Community Builder in Security and Identity since 2022.

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Joseph Goksu is a Senior Platform Engineer in the UK who designs platforms, architectures, and software systems.

He was one of the founding engineers on Tazama, a Gates Foundation-funded transaction monitoring platform for financial inclusion in emerging markets, now hosted by the Linux Foundation and designed for 3,000 TPS. He later led the LexTego enterprise cloud version at 300 TPS.

At Obrizum he builds AWS-native platforms for 250,000+ users, across 15+ AWS accounts. He founded opensource.finance, an Apache 2.0 fintech infrastructure project, and writes on GitOps, IAM, and LLMOps at josephgoksu.com. AWS Community Builder in Security and Identity since 2022.

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Talk topics

Platform Engineering

AWS-native platforms, GitOps, and infrastructure as code.

DevOps

CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and delivery velocity.

DevSecOps

Shifting security left, supply chain integrity, and automated compliance.

Product Development

From zero to one. Roadmapping, user feedback loops, and shipping fast.

Indie Hacking

Building profitable software products as a solo developer.

Solo Founding

Running a one-person company, wearing every hat, staying sane.

Golang Performance

Concurrency patterns, memory optimization, and high-throughput services.

Amazon Web Services

AWS-native platforms, FinOps, Bedrock, and production LLM inference.

Past talks

Building an AI Agent That Detects Financial Crime on AWS

AWS Community Day Turkiye 2026 · Istanbul, Turkiye

May 2026

The AI SecOps Agent That Finds Cloud Misconfigs in Minutes

Dagger Show & Tell · Remote livestream

Apr 2025

The challenges of addressing modern Financial Crime

OpenUK State of Open Con 25 · London, UK

Feb 2025

Independent Product Development

Indie Talks 1 · London, UK (hybrid)

Jan 2021

React Native and AWS Amplify: Onboarding and Authentication

Workshops Series · Remote

Jan 2021

Mobile Development

Google DSC MAKU Tech Series · Remote, Turkiye

Nov 2020