Kevin Leyow
Senior Software Engineer at Independent Contractor
Kingston, Jamaica
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Leyow is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of full-stack experience, currently contracting from Kingston, Jamaica and building prototypes, cloud automation VMs, and native Android apps. He holds a Computer Science degree from The University of the West Indies, Mona, and has applied his skills across startups and product teams—from a back-office freelancer app for a NYC startup to roles at ModusBox and Flocmedia. Comfortable across front-end, back-end (notably Django APIs), and mobile development, he focuses on data-driven analytics and pragmatic solutions that evolve with the tech landscape. As an independent contractor since 2015, he pairs team-based delivery with rapid iteration, often owning both user stories and technical implementation. He also brings operational experience from managing university labs and co-founding a product-focused startup, giving him a practical edge in UX and deployment. Colleagues describe him as adaptable and versatile—someone who bridges product needs and engineering execution while continuously learning new frameworks like Flutter.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at The University of the West Indies, Mona
English
Github Skills (166)
transaction10
simulator10
switch10
visa10
payment-service10
testing10
payment-gateway10
core-package10
backend10
google-pay10
client-library10
charts10
ledger10
xrp10
api10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
kleyow/sdk-scheme-adapter
May 2020 - Sep 2022
A scheme adapter implementation that demonstrates use of the Mojaloop SDK Standard Components to interface a DFSP backend system to a Mojaloop API compliant system
Contributions:142 pushes, 97 branches in 2 years 4 months
schemeapischeme-acompliantsdk
mojaloop/mojaloop-simulator
May 2020 - Jan 2023
Mojaloop Simulator that includes SDK components, scheme adapter and an FSP backend that can be used as a Simulator for Payer and/or Payee FSPs
Contributions:6 reviews, 73 commits, 28 PRs in 2 years 7 months
fspschemecore-dockersdkadapter
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