Akingbule Ayodele is a Senior Software Engineer based in Berlin with a decade of experience delivering scalable, production-grade systems across fintech, retail, and investment platforms. He combines hands-on backend expertise—demonstrated by contributions improving code quality in the widely used EMQX MQTT broker—with leadership roles building and unifying APIs, payment flows, and mobile banking backends for major enterprises. Comfortable across full-stack, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure, he has led feature discovery and delivery at Auto1 and Moonfare and modernized platforms at Andela and Interswitch. Known for clean code, TDD practices, and mentoring teams, he repeatedly turns complex domain requirements into maintainable architectures used by millions. An unusual detail: he started in chemical engineering, which contributes to his analytical approach to system design and problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Chemical Engineering., Bachelor of Science (BSc) Chemical Engineering. at Obafemi Awolowo University
The most scalable open-source MQTT broker for IoT, IIoT, and connected vehicles
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:3 reviews, 30 commits, 16 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Akingbule primarily focused on fixing Dialyzer warnings within the EMQX project, addressing code quality issues across various modules. Their work involved modifying code in several areas, including authentication, bridging, rule engine, and management, which suggests a broad understanding of the system's core functionalities. The commits demonstrate a focus on improving code stability and adherence to best practices through rigorous error checking and type analysis. These changes contributed to enhanced system reliability and maintainability.
EMQ X Broker - Scalable Distributed MQTT Message Broker for IoT in 5G Era
Contributions:1 review, 28 PRs, 170 pushes in 4 months
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