Summary
Kehinde Odetola is an Engineering Manager and full-stack engineer with 9 years of experience building high-throughput, production-grade systems across FinTech, Crypto, Banking, IT and FMCG. He specializes in Golang backends (REST, GraphQL, gRPC), Node.js microservices, and front-end work with React/Vue, and has repeatedly improved system performance and developer velocity—e.g., rewriting microservices for dramatic throughput and memory gains. At Oval Finance he drove CI/CD adoption, raised unit test coverage from 12% to 64% in a month, and helped deliver APIs that processed millions in volume shortly after launch. He has led end-to-end projects that automated workflows for millions of customers and integrated 30+ third-party services, showing a knack for bridging product requirements with robust technical design. Comfortable in both hands-on coding and people leadership, he pairs an engineering mindset with a commitment to mentoring and continuous learning. Based in Lagos, he brings an unusual background in petroleum engineering and HSE training that informs his systematic approach to operational reliability.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Android, Android at Udacity
Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum Engineering at University of Ibadan
HSE 12 & 3 Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician, HSE 12 & 3 Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician at Depremex consulting
Full Stack Development, Full Stack Development at Udemy Academy
VueJS, VueJS at Udemy Alumni
German