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Backend engineer and technical lead with 16+ years in payments, from building an ISO 8583 switch to shipping merchant transaction systems at Moniepoint and Flutterwave. Has led teams of up to 6 engineers, architected enterprise platforms in C# and Java, and built two live production products.

Experience5

  1. Senior Software Engineer

    Mar 2026 — Present

    Moniepoint · Lagos, Nigeria

    Built a tax calculation engine applying layered regulatory rules to high-volume merchant transactions, replacing manual reconciliation. Integrated third-party service providers behind a unified internal API, standardising retries, idempotency and error handling across payment flows. Introduced Redis caching across high-traffic read paths, cutting database load and latency on customer-facing services.

    • Built a tax calculation engine replacing manual reconciliation
    • Standardised retries and error handling across payment flows
    • Cut database load and latency on customer-facing services

  2. Senior Software Engineer

    Apr 2020 — Mar 2026

    Thrivemarket

    Designed and shipped Python and Java microservices powering personalisation and recommendations, lifting conversion 15% and average order value 10%. Built real-time Kafka pipelines feeding search, analytics and experimentation, and ran A/B tests lifting engagement 12%. Owned technical direction on core services and drove delivery with a US-based team across an 8-hour time difference through written specs and design review.

    • Lifted conversion 15% and average order value 10%
    • Ran A/B tests lifting engagement 12%

  3. Senior Software Engineer

    Oct 2019 — Mar 2020

    Flutterwave

    Led 4 engineers delivering fraud detection integrations including ClearSale across high-volume merchant flows. Integrated 10+ payment providers into the platform gateway layer, standardising error handling across provider failures. Raised automated test coverage on critical payment flows from 10% to 30%, improving transaction reliability.

    • Delivered fraud detection integrations across high-volume merchant flows
    • Standardised error handling across provider failures
    • Raised automated test coverage from 10% to 30%

  4. Enterprise Architect

    Feb 2017 — May 2019

    Venture Garden Group

    Led 6 engineers scaling a waste management platform, growing revenue 120%. Architected single sign-on and identity federation in C# and .NET Core with OAuth2 and OIDC, serving 100K+ users. Set architecture standards and reviewed designs across 25+ applications and product teams.

    • Grew revenue 120%
    • Served 100K+ users with single sign-on and identity federation

  5. Software Engineer

    Jan 2010 — Jan 2016

    Access Solutions Ltd

    Built a mini payment switch implementing ISO 8583 messaging, clearing transactions across 5 microfinance banks. Removed bottlenecks in end-of-day core banking batch processing, cutting runtime from 4+ hours to under 1 hour.

    • Cleared transactions across 5 microfinance banks
    • Cut runtime from 4+ hours to under 1 hour

Projects2

  • Mempro

    Live subscription platform for fitness centres: plan lifecycle, recurring billing, renewals and member entitlements.

    Open on memproapp.com

  • Mallam FX

    Live currency exchange platform handling multi-currency quoting, order flow and transaction settlement.

    Open on malfx.com

Education1

  • B.Eng.

    2022 — 2009

    University of Ilorin

    Electrical Engineering

Certifications1

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

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