Summary
Taufeeq Razak is a senior full-stack engineer based in Johannesburg with five years of experience building and scaling payments and fintech platforms. He has driven core payment architectures at Stitch—implementing real-time payouts, direct acquiring, and secure 3DS flows—to improve reliability, reduce costs, and boost conversion for major African fintech clients. As a hands-on technical lead and founder of an AI services startup, he blends product-led consulting with engineering rigor to grow sustainable revenue streams for service and hospitality businesses. Currently at Orca Fraud, he focuses on fraud mitigation at scale, bringing practical expertise in developer velocity and operational resilience. Known for scaling fintechs rather than just building features, he pairs entrepreneurial initiative with deep payments domain knowledge.
5 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of the Witwatersrand
Higher National Diploma, Higher National Diploma at St John's College