Summary
Christian Ngabi is an Assistant Vice President and Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years of full-stack Java experience, now leading secure authentication and fintech initiatives at Bank of America while running AboveBytes, his boutique tech firm. He specializes in POS and smart-card systems (ISO 7816/14443, EMV), FIDO2/WebAuthn passwordless solutions, and building scalable Spring/J2EE architectures for large financial and government programs. Christian has a proven track record delivering high-impact features—QR/push auth, FIDO2 POCs, audit APIs, and token management—across complex enterprise environments and tight SLAs. He combines embedded payment expertise (Verifone terminals, ISO8583) with cloud-native practices and automation (Ansible, AWS Fargate) to reduce time-to-production and operational costs. A tech YouTuber and serial entrepreneur, he brings hands-on product instincts from mobile and POS systems to enterprise security, and holds advanced computer science credentials with EMV certification.
7 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
FIME EMV certified Informatique, FIME EMV certified Informatique at FIME
Android Professional Developper Programmation informatique, Android Professional Developper Programmation informatique at KOENIG
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at Universite de Kinshasa
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Maharishi International University
High School Diploma Mathematics and Physics, High School Diploma Mathematics and Physics at Collège BONSOMI
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Université de Kinshasa
Graduate Certificate Project Management, Graduate Certificate Project Management at DeVry University
French, English, Lingala