Senior / Lead Backend Engineer · Fintech & Distributed Systems
London, UK
Senior/Lead Backend Engineer with 8+ years of experience building enterprise-grade financial systems across Africa, LATAM, and global fintech markets. Deep expertise in Java/Spring, high-throughput distributed systems, event-driven microservices, and secure payment processing. Track record of leading engineering teams, driving architectural decisions, and delivering mission-critical platforms at scale.
Salary
GBP 80,000 – 150,000
Anchor (YC'22)
Sept 2024 — Present
Lead backend engineering for a global financial payment infrastructure platform, defining system architecture using enterprise design and integration patterns. Manage and mentor multiple distributed engineering teams, driving engineering excellence and delivery velocity. Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver iterative improvements to payment flows, scalability, and reliability in an Agile environment.
Bitso SAPI de CV
Dec 2023 — Sept 2024
Built high-availability financial transaction systems using Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka, improving transaction reliability by 45%. Designed and implemented event-driven reconciliation systems ensuring financial correctness across LATAM markets. Provided architectural leadership across distributed teams; strengthened TDD adoption and CI/CD pipeline maturity.
Bitso SAPI de CV
Jul 2021 — Dec 2023
Designed enterprise integration solutions with global payment providers and migrated monolithic systems to microservices using Kafka and gRPC. Delivered scalable APIs consumed across multiple regions; authored High-Level and Low-Level Design documents aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
Nestcoin
Jul 2021 — Jul 2023
Led development of onboarding and identity systems integrating IAM concepts (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, secure flows). Managed team delivery, mentored engineers, and enforced engineering best practices in a fast-paced Agile environment.
Moniepoint Inc
Jul 2020 — Jul 2021
Designed high-performance reconciliation and settlement systems handling large-scale financial transactions. Improved reporting latency by 80% through performance optimisation and parallel processing techniques.
Moniepoint Inc
Mar 2019 — Jul 2020
Developed secure financial APIs and payment processing systems, integrating multiple external financial providers via REST and messaging platforms. Enhanced CI/CD pipelines with Kubernetes and Jenkins, improving release reliability and deployment speed.
Interswitch Group
Jul 2018 — Mar 2019
Rebuilt API Gateway using Spring Cloud Gateway, significantly improving system scalability and standardising microservices architecture across teams.
Interswitch Group
Nov 2015 — Jul 2018
Developed secure financial integrations including HSM-based cryptographic systems for card payment security. Built data pipelines for real-time transaction analytics using Hadoop and Apache Spark.
BSc · Computer Science
? – 2014
National Diploma
? – 2009