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Accra, Greater Accra Region, Gh

Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

As a Senior Backend Engineer, my focus is on elevating the technical foundation of our backend systems to support the company's strategic goals and ensuring our systems are scalable, resilient, and capable of handling increasing user demands. My role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into effective technical solutions while mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of excellence within the team.Key Highlights:Participate in the design of critical backend systems, ensuring they are optimized for scalability and performance, which has been pivotal in supporting the company’s growth.Implemented advanced performance tuning and optimization techniques that resulted in significant improvements in system efficiency and responsiveness.Actively mentor junior engineers, providing guidance on best practices, coding standards, and career growth, which has strengthened the overall engineering capability of the team.Collaborate closely with product and business teams to ensure that the technical roadmap aligns with business priorities, driving innovation and value creation.

Ghana

In my role as Team Lead, I was responsible for guiding a high-performing team of engineers through the delivery of complex backend solutions. I focused on driving technical excellence, fostering collaboration, and ensuring that the team delivered on its commitments within an Agile framework. My leadership style emphasized continuous improvement, both in technical execution and team dynamics, which contributed to the successful completion of numerous critical initiatives.Key Highlights:Improved team efficiency by implementing streamlined processes, leading to faster delivery of high-quality software solutions.Played a Scrum master role and the refinement of Agile practices within the team, which resulted in more predictable delivery cycles and improved team morale.Provided technical insights and guidance, ensuring that all solutions adhered to best practices in software architecture and design.Worked closely with stakeholders across various departments to ensure that technical solutions met the needs of the business, balancing both immediate and long-term objectives.

Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

As a Backend Engineer at Hubtel, I was instrumental in developing and maintaining the backend systems that for some core services. My work involved designing and implementing APIs, optimizing system performance, and ensuring the reliability of services that support thousands of users. I focused on creating and maintaining scalable solutions that could grow with the company’s needs, while also contributing to the continuous improvement of our engineering practices.Key Highlights:Designed and implemented key components of the backend infrastructure, focusing on scalability, performance, and maintainability.Refined processes that improved the efficiency and effectiveness of backend development, leading to quicker turnaround times and higher-quality code.Worked collaboratively with front-end engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver solutions that were both technically sound and aligned with business goals.Contributed to the establishment of rigorous testing and quality assurance practices that significantly reduced the number of defects in production and improved overall system reliability.

Greater Accra, Ghana

- Develop features in .NET applications based on specifications and designs.- Contributes to requirements gathering and analysis activities such as storyboarding, developing use cases and functional requirements design specifications.- Design database models for applications using Postgresql and optimize database structures for performance and maintainability.- Design applications business layer with Stored Procedures.- Implement frontend aspects of applications with React or Svelte together with Typescript, Javascript, html and css

Greater Accra, Ghana

Greater Accra, Ghana

Greater Accra, Ghana

- Advocated for aggressive testing and problem analysis of ATMs.- Key member in upgrading ATMs from Windows 7 solution to Windows 10 solutions.- Particiapted in technical meetings with Electronic transactions processing teams of banks in analysing workflows and proposed policy improvements of their ATMs.- Collaborated with clients from concept through to final delivery of product or service