Hey, I’m Oghale
Principal-level Engineer & Product Thinker.
With 9+ years across fintech, banking, energy, and SaaS, I design and ship backend systems, AI products, and cloud-native architectures that handle millions of users and transactions daily. I mentor engineers, define technical standards, shape product roadmaps, and build things that outlast any single sprint.
If you're solving hard infrastructure or AI product problems at scale — and want an engineer who thinks about the product, not just the code — let's talk.
9+
Years Experience
5+
Products Shipped
12M+
Users Served
4
Industries
Designing solutions customized
to meet your requirements
Fullstack Web & App Development
Architecting and building enterprise-grade web applications with 9+ years of experience using React, Next.js, Node.js, and TypeScript. Specializing in scalable architectures that deliver exceptional user experiences and robust backend solutions. I bring product thinking into every build — from roadmap input to architecture decisions to shipped features.
DevOps, CI/CD & Cloud Infrastructure
Implementing robust DevOps practices with expertise in containerization using Docker, orchestration with Kubernetes, and cloud platforms like AWS and Azure. Migrated a critical risk processing platform from a stored procedure-based architecture to event-driven Azure Container Apps — enabling horizontal scale across 250 containers and eliminating failure modes that previously had no recovery path.
API Design, Integration & Microservices
Designing and developing production-ready RESTful APIs and GraphQL services with experience in payment gateway integrations and enterprise systems — including a conversational banking platform serving up to 500K users via Microsoft Bot Framework and Azure Cognitive Services. Expert in microservices architecture that powers multi-million user platforms.
Data Architecture & Analytics
Building scalable data solutions and analytics platforms using SQL, NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis. Expertise in optimizing database performance for high-traffic applications.
Performance Optimization & Quality Assurance
Delivering high-performance applications with comprehensive testing strategies using Jest, Cypress, and modern testing frameworks. Proven ability to improve application performance by up to 60% through optimization and security best practices.
Technical Consulting, Mentorship & Team Leadership
Leading development teams and providing strategic technical guidance with experience mentoring developers and conducting comprehensive code reviews. Proven ability to scale development capabilities and implement best practices across organizations for sustainable growth.
Excited to take on new projects and collaborate.
Let's chat about your ideas. Let's Talk!
8+ years of passion for
programming techniques
Senior Software Engineer
JANA Corporation • Ontario, Canada
- Led initiative with team members to develop digital solutions using Agile methodologies, estimating, architecting, designing software solutions.
- Leverage expertise in backend technologies and JavaScript frameworks to design and implement end-to-end solutions.
- Led architectural transformation of a risk processing platform — migrating from stored procedure-based MSSQL to event-driven Azure Container Apps workers, enabling horizontal scale across 100–250 containers to process 10M+ energy assets per run.
- Led strategic planning, requirements gathering and implementation of new features with focus on algorithms optimization, data science using agile scrum development methodologies.
Education
2011 - 2013:
University of SunderlandBachelor of Science in Network Computing
Certifications
2024:
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)Scrum Alliance
2020:
Diploma Computer ScienceBritish Computer Society
2020:
IBM Enterprise Design Thinking PractitionerIBM
My Recent Works
RoadppleFounder & Technical Lead
A social travel platform connecting travelers, dreamers, and everyday people to share trips, meet safely, and build real experiences together. Designed and built end-to-end — product strategy, architecture, and full-stack development. This is what engineering and product thinking looks like in practice.
- Project Info
Role
Founder & Technical Lead
Technologies
Next.js, React, TypeScript
Type
Full Stack / Solo Founder / Product
Tarama — Conversational Banking Platform
A customer-facing and internal banking AI handling account opening, fund transfers, payday loans, and customer support through natural conversation. Built on Microsoft Bot Framework and Azure Cognitive Services — serving up to 500K users across two deployment channels for one of Africa's largest banks. The hardest part wasn't the AI — it was trust. Every response had to be accurate and contextually aware. One wrong answer on a fund transfer ends the relationship permanently. We shipped it. It worked.
- Project Info
Role
Technical Lead
Technologies
.NET, Microsoft Bot Framework, LUIS, QnA Maker, Speech-to-Text, Text Analytics, Azure
Type
Full Stack / AI Product / Fintech
USSD Payment Channel
High-concurrency, low-latency USSD APIs powering mobile wallet services for 12 million customers — enabling balance enquiries, fund transfers, and financial inclusion at scale across Nigeria. Built with Redis caching for optimal throughput under peak load, achieving a 10% increase in transaction success rate.
- Project Info
Role
Lead Engineer
Technologies
.NET, MSSQL, TypeScript, Angular, Azure, Redis
Type
Backend / Fintech
Risk Analysis Platform — Energy Sector
Led the architectural transformation of a risk processing platform for North America's top energy companies. The previous system relied on MSSQL stored procedures that required maximum Azure SQL configuration — and still failed with no recovery path under full load. Migrated core processing to event-driven Azure Container Apps workers — enabling horizontal scale across 100–250 containers, processing 10M+ energy assets per run with built-in fault recovery.
- Project Info
Role
Lead Architect
Technologies
.NET, C#, Azure Container Apps, MSSQL, Event-driven architecture
Type
Backend Architecture / Cloud Infrastructure
Payment Settlement Engine
An engine to facilitate, process, and settle financial transactions between parties — individuals, businesses, and financial institutions — across various timezones. Improves customer experience through dynamic settlement scheduling and reliable transaction processing at scale.
- Project Info
Role
Lead Engineer
Technologies
.NET, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Stripe, TypeScript
Type
Backend / Fintech
Omni Commerce Product
Core API layer for a unified Commerce Switch powering the African fintech ecosystem — enabling payment processing, settlements, and merchant integrations across multiple channels. Built for high throughput using Redis distributed caching and RabbitMQ as the event bus, with Elasticsearch for distributed logging and observability.
- Project Info
Role
Lead Engineer
Technologies
.NET, C#, RabbitMQ, Redis, Elasticsearch, Vue.js, TypeScript
Type
Backend / Fintech
GitOps Implementation
Directed the migration of the organization's infrastructure and deployment processes to a fully GitOps-enabled environment. Employed Terraform for infrastructure as code, GitHub Actions for continuous integration and continuous deployment CI/CD, and Argo CD for application deployment and synchronization.
- Project Info
Role
Lead Engineer
Technologies
GitHub Actions, Biceps, Terraform, Argo CD, Azure
Type
DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure
My Skills
Frontend:
React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue.js, HTML5, CSS3, BootstrapBackend:
.NET / C#, Node.js, Express.js, Event-driven architecture, MicroservicesDatabase:
PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQCloud & DevOps:
Azure, Azure Container Apps, Azure Cognitive Services, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, TerraformProduct & Strategy:
Technical Roadmap, Product Strategy, System Architecture, Git, Linux
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