David Nikel-shepherd
Principal Software Engineer at Wave Mobile Money (www.wave.com)
United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarDavid Nikel-shepherd is a Principal Software Engineer with 15 years of experience, currently focused on building radically affordable financial infrastructure for Africa as part of Wave mobile money. Based in the United Kingdom, he blends senior engineering leadership with hands-on product delivery in high-impact fintech environments. Known for driving scalable, resilient systems, he emphasizes pragmatic solutions that lower cost and increase accessibility for underserved markets. Though primarily operating behind the scenes, his work directly supports millions of users across the continent, reflecting a commitment to measurable social and economic impact.
15 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
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Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
davidshepherd7/llg-matlab-experiments
May 2011 - Oct 2014
Contributions:23 commits in 3 years 5 months
davidshepherd7/dotfiles
Jan 2013 - Nov 2022
Contributions:1197 commits, 126 pushes in 9 years 11 months
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