Lawal Akanbi

Senior Full-Stack Developer | Symfony & Laravel

Salary / Daily rate

Munich, Germany

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Skills

Fullstack DevelopmentTypescriptNodeReactSAP CloudLaravelSymfonyKafka

Languages

English

About me

Intro

FullStack Developer with 8+ years building scalable microservices and APIs across fintech and mobility sectors. Expert in Symfony, Laravel, React, and AWS with proven success in legacy refactoring, cross-team coordination, and zero-downtime deployments. Ready to deliver robust solutions that enhance performance and drive business growth.

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Work experience

Software Engineer

Flix

Aug 2022 - Mar 2025

2 years 8 months

Munich, Germany

- Worked with a remote software engineering team on internal products and client solutions - Coordinated and aligned features with other teams and stakeholders within a large microservice architecture - Added new APIs to existing systems for internal use and partner integrations - Managed changes across multiple services, ensuring proper planning to avoid downtime during deployments - Created new microservices for messaging services, success pages, and Apple Wallet integration - Technologies used: Symfony, React.js, TypeScript, Node.js, Kafka, SQS, SNS, AWS, Datadog, ConfigCat, Conduktor

Fullstack Software Engineer

PayJoy

Jan 2020 - Jul 2022

2 years 7 months

California, MD, USA

- Refactored legacy codebase, extracting authentication layer to a separate service to enhance identity verification - Rolled out authentication features to new markets including South Africa and Mexico - Optimized internal products used by admins and merchants, introducing and enhancing features - Technologies used: PHP, Laravel, AWS, Cognito, SQS

Software Engineer

GitStart Community (YC S19)

Jan 2019 - Jan 2020

1 year 1 month

San Francisco, CA, USA

Working with a remote software engineering team on internal products as well as client solutions using React, NodeJs, Laravel, and associated technologies.

Software Engineer

Reliance HMO

Feb 2017 - Jan 2019

2 years

Lagos, Nigeria

- Independently maintaining the HMO Telemedicine service API infrastructure, while also advocating for the reliance telemedicine solutions. - Led a team of 2 engineers to build an Independent Inventory system for tracking pharmaceutical drugs across the supply chain. - Increased code efficiency on the infra by 33%, and decreased lead times by about 5% in three months, while boosting customer retention in three months.


Education

Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos

Higher National Diploma

2012 - 2015

4 years

Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos

National Diploma

2009 - 2011

3 years

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