Ridwan Balogun
Senior Software Engineer Backend Lead (FinTech) at Pandar Resources
Lagos State, Nigeria
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Top SchoolRidwan Balogun is a Senior Software Engineer and Backend Lead with eight years of experience building fintech systems from idea to production, currently architecting e-wallets and crypto trading platforms at Pandar Resources. He is a full-stack engineer comfortable across Node.js, TypeScript, Express, MySQL and Redis, who champions microservices, CI/CD, testing and reliable high-performance APIs. Ridwan blends hands-on engineering with product strategy—translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions and mentoring teams on best practices. His background spans enterprise banking at ALAT, earlier CTO and lead roles for digital products, and a steady progression from web development and digital marketing into fintech leadership. Based in Lagos, he pairs a B.Eng. in Metallurgical Engineering with ongoing graduate studies in IT, reflecting a curious, cross-disciplinary approach to solving complex systems problems. An active open-source-minded developer, he also works with smart contract tooling and Solidity alongside traditional backend stacks.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Information Technology (MIT), Information Technology, Master of Information Technology (MIT), Information Technology at University of LagosBachelor of Engineering - BE, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Federal University of Technology AkureSSCE, Science, SSCE, Science at Ibadan Grammar School
Arabic, Yoruba, English
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Github Skills (87)
javascript10
nodejs10
css10
open-source10
react10
npm-scripts9
linux9
math9
bcrypt9
nodemon9
js8
perfect8
windows8
codebase8
macos8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ridbay/Banka-React
Nov 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:33 PRs, 172 pushes, 5 branches in 9 months
ridbay/MyProfile
Dec 2019 - Jul 2024
Contributions:23 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 7 months
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