Michael Okoye
Senior Software Engineer at Bitso
Nigeria
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Okoye is a senior software engineer with 11 years' experience building reliable finance systems across Africa, currently shaping backend services at Bitso. He combines a first-class Computer Science degree with practical experience at fintechs like Nomba and Seamfix, focusing on accessible, affordable financial products. Known for "writing the rules that govern the behaviour of automatons," he brings a systems-oriented mindset to automation, orchestration, and resilient service design. Comfortable across the stack, Michael has a proven track record of turning complex regulatory and payments requirements into production-ready software. Based in Nigeria, he blends deep domain knowledge in finance with pragmatic engineering to drive measurable product and operational improvements.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, First class, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, First class at Bowen University Iwo
English
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Github Skills (12)
api4
bank3
api-documentation3
dm3
openapi2
blueprint2
exchange2
markdown2
php1
rust1
orderbook1
modular1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mykeoye/Flagz
Aug 2017 - Sep 2019
Contributions:1 push, 2 branches, 1 issue in 2 years 1 month
mykeoye/kouza-core
Mar 2020 - Sep 2020
Kouza Digital Bank Core Engine
Contributions:12 PRs, 8 pushes, 8 branches in 6 months
blueprintdigital-bankphpmodulardm
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