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Head of Engineering

Emmanuel
Gbayesola

Gbayẹsọ́lá · Àmí · Yoruba

Engineering leader building reliable backend platforms, clear technical direction, and high-performing teams that consistently ship business-critical software at scale.

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Role

Head of Engineering

Focus

Backend · DevOps · Architecture

Base

Lagos, Nigeria

Profile

Emmanuel bridges backend engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, fintech systems, startup team design, and engineering leadership — across two continents.

His work spans fintech unicorns, pan-African banking, national logistics infrastructure, and global capital markets. He has built payment systems at Moniepoint, core banking integrations at Ecobank, mobility tech at Simpliride, and enterprise-grade platforms at Royal Mail and the London Stock Exchange.

With over a decade in the industry across Nigeria and the UK, Emmanuel brings a rare combination of African fintech depth and European enterprise rigour — building systems that are simple enough to change, robust enough to trust, and teams empowered to deliver without hand-holding.

Current role
Head of Engineering
Core strength
Backend platforms & distributed systems
Leadership style
Architecture, execution, mentorship & operational clarity
Industries
Fintech · Banking · Logistics · Capital Markets · AI
Notable orgs
Moniepoint · Ecobank · Simpliride · Royal Mail · LSE
Location
Lagos, Nigeria · WAT (UTC+1)

Expertise

The full stack
of ownership.

End-to-end technical ownership — from raw infrastructure and backend services through to team leadership and strategic product delivery. Hover to explore.

01

Backend Engineering

Designing APIs and services that are clean enough to evolve, fast enough to scale, and reliable enough to run unattended. REST, gRPC, event-driven, microservices — and the discipline to choose the right one.

APIsMicroservicesNode.jsTypeScriptREST / gRPC
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02

Cloud & Infrastructure

Cloud-native architecture on AWS and GCP — from VPC design to autoscaling policies to cost-efficient multi-region deployments. Observability baked in from day one, not bolted on afterwards.

AWSGCPTerraformKubernetesObservability
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03

DevOps & CI/CD

Shipping code should be the least stressful part of the day. Pipeline design, environment governance, release automation, and deployment confidence — built so the team can ship on a Friday.

DockerGitHub ActionsArgoCDHelmPipelines
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04

Databases & Messaging

Transactional integrity, async processing, and resilient data flows across SQL, NoSQL, and message brokers. Schema design that survives the third year, not just the MVP launch.

PostgreSQLRedisKafkaRabbitMQEvent-driven
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05

Systems Architecture

Platform design that balances short-term delivery with long-term maintainability. Domain-driven decomposition, reliability tradeoffs, enterprise integration patterns, and the courage to simplify.

DDDCQRSPlatform EngineeringEnterprise Integration
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06

Engineering Leadership

Building teams that own their work, grow their craft, and deliver without hand-holding. Technical strategy, OKRs, hiring, code quality standards, and a culture where engineers do their best work.

Team BuildingMentorshipOKRsTechnical StrategyHiring
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Principle

“Strong software teams need more than code. They need clear architecture, calm execution, reliable delivery, and engineers who understand the business consequence of technical choices.”

Emmanuel Gbayesola

Head of Engineering

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Email

[email protected]

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/egbayesola

Available

Actively considering select engineering leadership roles, startup advisory, and speaking engagements. Response within 48 hours.

Lagos, Nigeria
WAT · UTC+1