I'm an Mobile Engineer with 4+ years of experience leading the design, development, and deployment of high-performance native Android applications in fintech, payments, and IoT domains. I specialize in Kotlin and flutter,integrating and optimizing payment SDKs, Camera2 API, and Google ML Kit to enable real-time features like card scanning, NFC payments, wallets, and BNPL flows. I also enjoy building hardware-facing features for wearables and smart devices, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable Android solutions.

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I'm an Mobile Engineer with 4+ years of experience leading the design, development, and deployment of high-performance native Android applications in fintech, payments, and IoT domains. I specialize in Kotlin and flutter,integrating and optimizing payment SDKs, Camera2 API, and Google ML Kit to enable real-time features like card scanning, NFC payments, wallets, and BNPL flows. I also enjoy building hardware-facing features for wearables and smart devices, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable Android solutions.

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I’m an Mobile Engineer with 4+ years of experience leading the design, development, and deployment of high-performance native Android applications in fintech, payments, and IoT domains.

I specialize in Kotlin and flutter,integrating and optimizing payment SDKs, Camera2 API, and Google ML Kit to enable real-time features like card scanning, NFC payments, wallets, and BNPL flows. I also enjoy building hardware-facing features for wearables and smart devices, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable Android solutions.

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Work Experience

Mobile Engineer at Mintyn Bank
August 1, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Designed and implemented payment SDK integrations, including contactless payments (NFC), scheduled transfers, and recurring payments using Kotlin on native Android. Re-engineered the marketplace module to support BNPL and installment-based payment flows; maintained 99.9% uptime and improved production reliability. Developed a card parser and reader feature by integrating Google ML Kit with Camera2 API for real-time debit card scanning and secure onboarding; collaborated with cross-functional teams to scale payment infrastructure.
Remote Software Engineer at WebW8er
July 1, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Developed a Wear OS application focusing on seamless user experience; established reliable MQTT connections for real-time smartwatch-backend communication and built a robust data-synchronization workflow with WorkManager. Led codebase refactoring to modernize a legacy system and implemented IoT features including device-to-device communication and cloud messaging for real-time detections.
Android Engineer at Scholarly Education
December 1, 2023 - September 17, 2025
Built reusable Kotlin views to improve UI performance; implemented MVVM architecture, Dagger Hilt for DI, and Clean Architecture principles; modularized the codebase to increase maintainability and performance on lower-end devices.
Mobile Developer (Contract) at Kanaga Technologies
April 1, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Built a cross-platform EdTech application using Flutter and Dart with clean architecture and Riverpod for state management; implemented wallet and subscription features with real-time payment reflections and improved platform retention.
Android Engineer Intern at Flexip Group Technologies
July 1, 2022 - September 17, 2025
Led the Civis Mobile App development; built native Android components, integrated Firebase Firestore as a mid-point cache, and improved app architecture with Providers for cleaner data modeling and state management.
Mobile Engineer at Mintyn Bank
August 1, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Designed and implemented payment SDK integrations, including contactless payments (NFC), scheduled transfers, and recurring payments using Kotlin on native Android. Enhanced and stabilized money transfer features, reducing downtime and improving transaction reliability in production apps used by thousands of daily users. Re-engineered the marketplace module to support BNPL and installment-based payment flows, aligning with fintech industry standards. Developed a card parser and reader feature by integrating Google ML Kit with Camera2 API, enabling real-time debit card scanning and secure onboarding within the mobile app. Maintained production payment systems with 99.9% uptime, implementing crash prevention and security bug fixes as per financial technology compliance standards. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable payment infrastructure supporting both native Android and cross-platform applications.
Remote Software Engineer (Contract) at WebW8er
July 1, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Developed a comprehensive Wear OS application, focusing on seamless user experience and device optimization. Implemented and maintained reliable MQTT connections to enable real-time communication between smartwatch devices and backend servers. Built robust data sync architecture using WorkManager to ensure consistent data flow between smartwatch devices and server infrastructure. Modified and re-engineered an incoming call queueing system and wave detection architecture for smartwatches, allowing waiters to stay connected directly from their wrist. Led major codebase refactoring initiative to modernize a large legacy system and align it with current software engineering best practices. Integrated advanced IoT features including broadcast capabilities to enable device-to-device communication and Cloud messaging to establish quick real-time detections.
Android Engineer at Scholarly Education
December 1, 2023 - September 17, 2025
Built reusable custom views in Kotlin to improve UI performance. Implemented computer-based test practice features using MVVM architecture in the Production App. Fixed memory leaks using Dagger Hilt and refactored the app architecture toward Clean Architecture. Worked across a modular codebase to improve performance and threading practices with coroutines, reducing crashes and ANRs on lower-end devices.
Mobile Developer (Contract) at Kanaga Technologies
April 1, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Built a cross-platform EdTech application from scratch using Flutter and Dart. Implemented features using Clean Architecture, DRY and KISS principles. Integrated state management with Riverpod. Developed wallet and subscription features with recurring payments and top-ups. Resolved real-time wallet reflection issue by redesigning the payment gateway integration with backend engineers.
Android Engineer Intern at Flexip Group Technologies
July 1, 2022 - September 17, 2025
Led the Civis Mobile App development, enabling patients to connect with hospitals remotely and book appointments. Worked with an agile team to build maintainable infrastructure using Dart/Flutter and native Kotlin components. Integrated Firebase Firestore as a mid-point caching system to improve response time and user experience. Improved state management using Providers for cleaner architecture and data modeling.
Mobile Engineer at Mintyn Bank
August 1, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Designed and implemented payment SDK integrations (including contactless NFC payments), scheduled transfers, and recurring payments; Enhanced and stabilized money transfer features used by thousands daily; Re-engineered the marketplace module to support BNPL and installment-based payment flows; Developed a card parser and reader by integrating Google ML Kit with Camera2 API for real-time debit card scanning and secure onboarding; Maintained production payment systems with 99.9% uptime and fixed crashes and security issues per fintech standards; Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable payment infrastructure across native Android and cross-platform apps.
Remote Software Engineer (Contract) at WebW8er
July 1, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Developed a comprehensive Wear OS app focused on seamless user experience and device optimization; Implemented MQTT-based real-time communication between smartwatches and backend; Built reliable data sync using WorkManager; Re-engineered an incoming call queueing and wave-detection system for smartwatches; Led major codebase refactoring to modernize a large legacy system; Integrated IoT features including device-to-device broadcast and Cloud messaging for real-time detections.
Android Engineer at Scholarly Education
December 1, 2023 - September 17, 2025
Built reusable custom views in Kotlin to improve UI performance; Implemented computer-based test practice features using MVVM; Fixed memory leaks with Dagger Hilt; Refactored app architecture toward Clean Architecture; Worked across modularized codebase to improve performance and threading; Released updates to thousands of users on the Play Store; Reduced crashes and ANRs on lower-end devices using coroutine-based optimizations.
Mobile Developer (Contract) at Kanaga Technologies
April 1, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Built a cross-platform EdTech app from scratch using Flutter and Dart; Implemented Clean Architecture, DRY, and KISS; Used Riverpod for state management; Developed wallet and subscription features supporting recurring payments and top-ups, increasing retention and engagement; Resolved real-time wallet reflection issues by redesigning payment gateway integration.
Android Engineer Intern at Flexip Group Technologies
July 1, 2022 - September 17, 2025
Led the Civis Mobile App development enabling remote hospital access for patients; Collaborated in an agile team to build scalable infrastructure using Dart/Flutter and native Kotlin components; Integrated Firebase Firestore as a caching layer to improve response times; Improved state management with Providers for cleaner architecture and data modeling.

Education

Bachelor of Technology at Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria
December 1, 2017 - December 1, 2023
Master of Science at University of Jyväskylä, Finland
August 1, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence at University of Jyväskylä
August 1, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science at Federal University of Technology Owerri
December 1, 2017 - December 1, 2023
Master of Science at University of Jyväskylä
August 1, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Bachelor of Technology at Federal University of Technology Owerri
December 1, 2017 - December 1, 2023

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet