I'm a Full Stack Developer with 6+ years of experience specializing in fintech and enterprise SaaS platforms. I've built and shipped corporate card management systems, payment gateways, and cross-border payment infrastructure used by thousands of users across the UK and Africa. I independently build and deploy products end-to-end, from API architecture and database design through to polished, production-ready frontends. My core stack includes React, TypeScript, Next.js, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Node.js, Python, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and AWS. I enjoy leading platform rewrites, owning complex data migrations, and making architectural decisions that improve scalability and delivery speed across distributed teams. I thrive in collaborative environments, take ownership of end-to-end delivery, and am passionate about building scalable architectures, high-performance frontends, and secure backends that scale to thousands of users.

Saheed Ibiikunle

I'm a Full Stack Developer with 6+ years of experience specializing in fintech and enterprise SaaS platforms. I've built and shipped corporate card management systems, payment gateways, and cross-border payment infrastructure used by thousands of users across the UK and Africa. I independently build and deploy products end-to-end, from API architecture and database design through to polished, production-ready frontends. My core stack includes React, TypeScript, Next.js, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Node.js, Python, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and AWS. I enjoy leading platform rewrites, owning complex data migrations, and making architectural decisions that improve scalability and delivery speed across distributed teams. I thrive in collaborative environments, take ownership of end-to-end delivery, and am passionate about building scalable architectures, high-performance frontends, and secure backends that scale to thousands of users.

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I’m a Full Stack Developer with 6+ years of experience specializing in fintech and enterprise SaaS platforms. I’ve built and shipped corporate card management systems, payment gateways, and cross-border payment infrastructure used by thousands of users across the UK and Africa. I independently build and deploy products end-to-end, from API architecture and database design through to polished, production-ready frontends. My core stack includes React, TypeScript, Next.js, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Node.js, Python, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and AWS. I enjoy leading platform rewrites, owning complex data migrations, and making architectural decisions that improve scalability and delivery speed across distributed teams.

I thrive in collaborative environments, take ownership of end-to-end delivery, and am passionate about building scalable architectures, high-performance frontends, and secure backends that scale to thousands of users.

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Work Experience

Full Stack Developer at Lumina Learning
January 1, 2022 - Present
Independently rewrote two core platform services from scratch; a recruitment platform and a psychometrics engine, replacing legacy monolithic code with a modern Next.js and Node.js architecture serving 200+ active users. Designed and built the GraphQL API layer and backend for both services, making architectural decisions on schema design, data modelling, and service boundaries. Diagnosed and fixed synchronisation bottlenecks on an existing service, improving performance and reducing data processing time from hours to seconds. Planned and executed a live data migration, moving all existing user data from the old services to the new platform with no data loss and minimal disruption. Introduced Dockerized deployment pipelines on AWS, reducing release friction and cutting deployment-related downtime by roughly 25%. Built and maintained a shared library of React and TypeScript components used across the frontend team, reducing duplicated work and improving UI consistency across products. S
Full Stack Developer at Zenith Bank PLC
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022
Built the bank’s corporate card management platform from the ground up using React.js and Python; a customer-facing platform for businesses to request, manage, and track custom credit and debit cards, used by 1,000+ corporate clients. Rebuilt the frontend architecture of the payment gateway platform using Nuxt.js, implementing lazy loading and bundle optimization techniques that improved load times and increased user engagement by 30%. Developed features for the bank’s Flutter-based mobile application, improving reliability and contributing to a 15% increase in monthly active users. Delivered across both frontend and backend, handling end-to-end feature development from API design through to UI implementation in the card payments domain.
Frontend Developer at United Bank for Africa
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
Led the frontend rewrite of the bank’s customer-facing omnichannel platform, migrating from a legacy stack to Nuxt.js, reducing page load times by 40% across 1,000+ daily active users. Designed the UI/UX for and built the mobile companion app using React Native, taking it from wireframes through to implementation. Integrated Open Banking APIs into the e-commerce layer of the platform, contributing to a 15% uplift in digital transaction volume. Streamlined team delivery using Trello and Bitbucket workflows, cutting integration issues and shortening sprint cycle times by around 20%. Collaborated with product and engineering stakeholders to improve frontend architecture, usability, and release quality.

Education

MSc Software Engineering at University of Hertfordshire
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2024
BEng Computer Engineering at Bells University of Technology
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018

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Financial Services, Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services