Senior Backend Engineer specializing in fintech and payments infrastructure, with 8+ years building production systems in payroll disbursement, payment integrations, and high-throughput microservices. Currently at Deel.
- 🔧 Core stack: TypeScript · Node.js · NestJS · PostgreSQL · Kafka · RabbitMQ · Kubernetes
- 💳 Focus: salary disbursement platforms, payment provider integrations, and scalable backend architecture
- 📊 Speciality: PostgreSQL performance tuning — query optimization and indexing work in production
- 🎤 Conference speaker: recent talks at API Conf Lagos 2026, DevFest Kano 2025, and Tech Conference Calabar 2025
- 🌍 Based in Lagos, Nigeria — working remotely
- 🗣️ Professional working proficiency in Arabic
Merged contributor to the official Model Context Protocol SDKs, maintained in collaboration with The PHP Foundation and Google:
Built and scaled backend systems across Deel, SeamlessHR, Zeek, Webbee GmbH, CSPath, and earlier roles — including leading a Rails-to-NestJS migration, engineering payroll microservices for fintech salary disbursement, and integrating payment providers for bulk employee payments.
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