Mubarak Aminu
Co-Founder at Reala
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
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Top SchoolMubarak Aminu is a backend software engineer and co-founder with 9 years of engineering experience and 5+ years focused on building scalable, production-ready payment systems. Based in Abuja, he designs and implements Bitcoin-powered financial flows, integrating LND and external payment APIs to enable Lightning invoice payments, fiat payouts, and buy/sell Bitcoin features. He’s led backend architecture for high-throughput services using Node.js/TypeScript, Postgres, Redis queues and has improved performance and reliability in fintech products through pragmatic caching and requery strategies. Beyond product engineering, he co-leads BitDevs Kaduna and contributes to blockchain open source projects, blending community leadership with hands-on protocol work. His background in cloud development and a computer engineering degree underpin a systems-first approach to resilient payment infrastructure. Notably, he pairs startup-building responsibilities—stakeholder engagement and social growth—with deep technical ownership of core payment rails.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Cloud Developer, Cloud Computing, Cloud Developer, Cloud Computing at UdacityB.eng, Computer Engineering, 2.1, B.eng, Computer Engineering, 2.1 at Bayero University, Kanonational diploma, Computer Engineering, national diploma, Computer Engineering at kaduna polytechnic
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Github Skills (117)
http-client10
javascript10
starknet10
bitcoin10
cairo10
nodejs10
podcast10
lightning-network9
blockchain9
react9
lightning9
full-stack9
nostr-protocol9
nostr9
selinux9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
mubarak23/art-peace
Apr 2024 - Jun 2024
Collaborative art canvas on Starknet
Contributions:75 pushes, 7 branches in 1 month
mubarak23/chainevents-contracts
Sep 2024 - Jul 2025
cairo contract implementation for chainevents
Contributions:45 reviews, 105 PRs, 97 pushes in 10 months
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