Michael Efemena
Software Engineer at Yelp
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMichael Efemena is a software engineer with eight years of experience building scalable backend services and fintech platforms, currently based in London and studying Computer Engineering at the University of Benin. He has driven product impact at startups and scale-ups—helping Payday grow to 800k users in six months, integrating scorecard engines and workflows at Indicina to boost loan approvals by 15%, and now contributing at Yelp. Proficient across Node.js, TypeScript, Python, Go, React, GraphQL and Linux, he focuses on reliable APIs, payments, collections, and distributed systems. Michael combines rapid MVP delivery with disciplined engineering practices—introducing tests, reducing bugs, and cutting technical debt to stabilize fast-moving products. He also has hands-on crypto and Web3 experience (secure wallet systems) and a track record of shipping direct-debit and payroll integrations that tangibly improved merchant and payroll operations. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic implementer who balances product velocity with operational robustness.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at University of Benin
Stackoverflow
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244reached
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Github Skills (85)
postgresql7
hugo7
avatar7
javascript7
database7
mysql7
loader7
oracle7
paystack7
react-native7
cordova7
nodejs7
sqlite7
databases6
spinners6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
mikkybang/url-shortener
May 2020 - May 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
mikkybang/neovim-config
Dec 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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