
Enoobong Ibanga
Engineering Lead
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59300 Valenciennes, France
Mobility: Barcelona, Brussels, ...
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Remote only
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About me
Intro
Senior FinTech Engineer with 9+ years building scalable financial systems at leading African fintechs. Former Acting Engineering Lead who doubled team size and architected core banking services including wallets, KYC, and fraud prevention. Specialized in Java/Spring Boot microservices, blockchain integration, and high-performance mobile apps serving 100k+ users.
Work experience
Senior Software Engineer
FreelanceFreelance
Jan 2021 - Present
5 years 10 months
Remote
I work with clients to design, build and maintain software in FinTech, web3 and API Security. Some highlighted projects are include: Tech Lead at Nestcoin Leading a highly functional team of software engineers to build a crypto-native social app for creators and their communities, using Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, TypeScript and Node.js on AWS and GCP. Responsible for developing an automated crypto-fiat payment settling system by integrating with various crypto and payment APIs such as Copper, Tantum, Covalent, Ether/BSC/Polygon/Arbi/Base Scan, CoinGecko, 1Inch, Onramper, Transak, BinancePay, Opensea, Paga, KoraPay, KongaPay. Responsible for developing and communicating high-level designs and architecture, for the application, and ensuring it is delivered timely. Involved in screening, interviewing, and recruiting the best software engineers to join us in our mission. Senior Backend Lead at FSG Exchange FSG Exchange connects buyers and sellers of fiat currency (CAD, NGN) in a secure and trusted environment. I lead backend development as the sole engineer, working together with a frontend engineer, a project/product manager as well as external stakeholders. I developed a configurable secure wallet for various currencies which users can use to fund with their bank apps and withdraw their bank accounts with a focus on data integrity, and availability. Configurable, dynamic 3rd party payment provider integrations to facilitate transactions. KYC integration. Referral and discount code generation and rule-based implementation to prevent fraudulent actors. CI/CD integrations for staging and production environments with different cloud providers.
Acting Engineering Lead
Bundle Africa
Jul 2021 - Dec 2021
6 months
Africa · Remote
Led recruitment of quality Software Engineers doubling the engineering team in 2 months. Streamlined onboarding process to ensure engineers have a good understanding of our systems and are able to make their first PR within a sprint. Responsible for the design of high-level service interactions and explaining the same to engineers to ensure efficient delivery of business value.
Senior Backend Engineer
Bundle Africa
Apr 2020 - Jan 2021
10 months
Africa · Remote
Responsible for the architecture and development of our core backend services such as wallets, referrals, anti-fraud, fiat on-ramp, and off-ramp, user KYC, identity verification, vault. Managed relationships and integration with various third-party service providers and partners.
Software Engineer
TeamApt
Apr 2019 - May 2020
1 year 2 months
Lagos, Nigeria
Responsible for the full-stack development and maintenance of our digital bank and agency banking solutions; A fleet of microservices developed and deployed using Spring Boot, Java, AngularJs, Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, and Digital Ocean, encompassing infrastructure management, web, and API development by following software engineering best practices on availability, testing, documentation, and security of systems and adhering to various governmental regulations. Actively involved in design and architecture decisions of various financial apps and products Coaching junior developers
Software Engineer
Atlas Group Holdings Ltd
Jun 2018 - Mar 2019
10 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
Atlas connects communities around the world through mobile banking. Leveraging the blockchain, our platform provides financial services by hooking into existing social systems, allowing for greater access to security, loans, and other financial products. As a Software Engineer at Atlas Money, I develop and maintain Android applications, Java EE libraries, Spring Boot web services with strong emphasis on Product Management and User Experience, by employing various Software Development best practices and a rigorous approach of testing, code reviews, pair programming and continuous feedback from users, working and communicating closely with Management to ensure products are delivered bug free and on time. Key takeaways - Reduced overall APK size by 13% and configure builds to be faster using Gradle. - Created Several unit Test and UI tests for existing Classes without tests. - Changed HTTP Client Implementations from legacy to recent & more efficient solutions. - Improving performance by identifying memory leaks, reducing memory footprint by 26% in the app. Apps - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.susuapp, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=money.atlas.clientapp&hl=en
Software Engineer
Crown Interactive Limited
May 2017 - Aug 2018
1 year 4 months
Lagos, Nigeria
Crown Interactive is building the future of the Nigerian Power Sector with cutting edge technologies. As a Software Engineer, I am responsible for building and maintaining high-quality web applications written in Java EE using MySQL databases, android mobile applications in Kotlin, setting up CI/CD pipelines for respective environments, testing and ensuring delivery of high-quality code in line with business requirements, tracking and fixing bugs to ensure high availability of systems
Product Manager
QuickCheck
Jul 2016 - May 2017
11 months
Lagos, Nigeria · Hybrid
QuickCheck Nigeria is a fin-tech startup, beginning with micro-lending we are pioneering financial inclusion and easy access to finance for businesses. Loan applications are received via our mobile app, processed in minutes, and paid out in hours. QuickCheck is a Seedstars Portfolio Company As head of product, I prioritized product features to enable us to meet our OKRs and KPIs, collaborated with various business units to grow the company, leading innovations on the product to deliver improved user experience, and meet business goals.
Entrepreneur In Residence
Seedstars Academy
Jul 2016 - Dec 2016
6 months
Lagos, Nigeria · Hybrid
Seedstars Academy is a 6 months program dedicated to empowering digital change makers to build companies tackling critical issues in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Launched in March 2016 in Nigeria, and is currently expanding to other key locations in Africa. As an Entrepreneur in Residence I learnt to model business using The Lean Canvas, Involved in set up KPIs and OKRs for businesses, Learnt the principles of Sell First, Build Later
Lead Android Developer
Deeper Christian Life Ministry HQ
Jul 2015 - Oct 2015
4 months
Lagos, Nigeria
Developed a daily devotional application for Android using SQLite, Google App Engine Involved in software development and purchase negotiations with various companies. Managed the ministry social media pages. Coached and motivated first time Interns Repaired and maintained computer systems and printers.
Android Developer
Deeper Christian Life Ministry HQ
Jan 2014 - Jul 2014
7 months
Lagos, Nigeria
Developed a webcast, on demand video and audio application for Android using YouTube Data, Google Analytics APIs, Vitamio Media Library and Google Cloud Messaging service Managed the Ministry Social Media Pages Set up video streaming equipment and codecs. Diagnosed and repaired computer systems.
Education
Sciences Po
Master of Science - MS
2022 - 2025
3 years
Covenant University
Bachelor of Science - BS
2011 - 2015
4 years 1 month
King's College Lagos
West African Examination Certificate.
2006 - 2011
5 years 1 month