Surajudeen Akande
Backend Engineer at Ayunis / Locaboo
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolSurajudeen Akande is a backend engineer with over 10 years of experience designing and operating scalable, cloud-native systems across e-commerce, edtech, health-tech, and venture-focused products. He specializes in backend development, API integrations, automation, and migration of CI/CD pipelines (notably Jenkins to GitLab CI), consistently turning technical improvements into measurable business impact like a $3M uplift from global payment integrations. Known for leading and mentoring teams, he has managed groups of ~10 engineers and driven product-first architectures such as a concept-first data model for low-resource language tooling. Technically fluent in Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, Nest.js and PHP, he balances deep implementation skills with product thinking to ship resilient microservices and localization efforts. Currently based in Munich and working with venture labs and startups, he pairs hands-on engineering with startup enablement to help early-stage products scale. Outside the code, he’s active in public speaking and community mentorship, often bringing developer experience and learnability into engineering decisions.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code CampBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Applied Mathematics at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso Oyo State
English, Yoruba, Arabic, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (97)
account-kit10
facebook-account-kit10
facebook-api9
python9
infobip-api9
infobip9
discounts9
laravel8
text-message8
sms7
verify7
voice7
facebook7
letter7
vonage7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
andela-sakande/9jamoji
Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:52 commits, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 26 days
andela-sakande/potatoORM
Oct 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:59 commits, 45 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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