About
I build software products and reliable backend systems.
Senior backend engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and operating scalable backend platforms, distributed systems and cloud infrastructure across fintech, payments, SaaS and developer platforms.
Backend · Cloud · Distributed Systems · AI
Experience
MyTreep
May 2026 — Present
Technical Co-Founder
Founder-level decisions on user experience, monetisation strategy, and system design for an AI-assisted travel platform.
- Architected and built the backend of an AI-powered travel planning platform with Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and Prisma.
- Built authentication, AI-powered trip generation, itinerary workflows, wallet and pricing systems with usage tracking and rate limiting.
- Developed internal admin, analytics, monitoring, and configuration tools supporting platform operations.
Tribe IRL (Acquired by Zoop)
Apr 2025 — Apr 2026
Software Engineer
Backend capabilities for a community events platform serving 50,000+ users, with release discipline and operational resilience.
- Delivered backend capabilities across bookings, memberships, check-ins, authentication, and Stripe Connect payouts.
- Owned refund and cancellation architecture with idempotency, asynchronous workers, reconciliation, retries, and manual-review workflows.
- Modernized deployments with GitHub Actions, Terraform, AWS OIDC, and Docker.
- Built resilient transactional notifications with AWS SNS and SendGrid.
MortgageBloc / TaxBloc
Jan 2023 — Present
Software Engineer
Backend architecture and production operations for a secure financial-data platform.
- Architected a secure financial-data platform spanning authentication, RBAC, Stripe billing, Plaid connectivity, and financial reporting.
- Designed distributed asynchronous exports using BullMQ, Redis, and AWS Lambda with circuit breakers, DLQs, and audit logging.
- Automated cloud infrastructure and deployments across AWS ECS, ECR, Terraform, and GitHub Actions.
InstaLOD GmbH
Nov 2021 — Dec 2022
Software Developer
Backend microservices for a cloud-based 3D optimization platform.
- Developed backend microservices including authentication, authorization, licensing, and high-availability services.
- Built services processing 1,000+ requests per day and automated license-management workflows, reducing manual effort by ~80%.
Vezeti
Oct 2020 — Nov 2021
Software Development Lead
Architectural direction and engineering leadership across customer-facing and internal products.
- Led backend and mobile engineering, providing architectural direction and engineering best practices.
- Redesigned backend services, optimized database access, and built scalable REST APIs with NestJS and Spring Boot.
Technology areas
TypeScript · JavaScript · Java · Node.js · NestJS · Express.js · REST APIs · Prisma · AWS (ECS, Lambda, ECR, ALB, CloudWatch, SNS, SSM) · Terraform · Docker · GitHub Actions · OIDC · PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · Redis · Firebase · Firestore · Stripe · Stripe Connect · Plaid · SendGrid · React · Next.js · React Native · Expo
Open source
- react-native-woocommerce-apiWooCommerce REST API client for React Native/JavaScript.★ 49JavaScript→
- Ecommerce-mobile-templateE-commerce starter with TensorFlow visual search, built with React Native and Expo.★ 31TypeScript→
- blurry-checkBrowser-side upload quality validation for images and PDFs — files never leave the device.★ 4TypeScript→
- react-session-timeoutSession-based timeout handling for React applications.★ 7JavaScript→
- cf7-paystack-addonIntegrates Paystack payments with Contact Form 7 (donations and general payments).★ 2PHP→
- integrate-caldera-forms-paystackCaldera Forms Paystack integration for WordPress payment flows.PHP→
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