Enoobong Ibanga

Engineering Lead

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Salary / Daily rate

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59300 Valenciennes, France

Mobility: Barcelona, Brussels, ...

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Remote only

Skills

Spring BootJavaDockerKubernetesTypescriptSolidityNode

Languages

English (Native)FrenchYoruba

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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.

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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

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