# Emmanuel Perekpo

Emmanuel Perekpo is a remote worker on Himalayas, Chief Technology Officer at Hizo Technology & Glyde Technology, based in Nigeria.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@emmanuelperekpo

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Senior Backend Engineer at Hizo and Glyde who designed payments infrastructure handling ₦12.3bn in outbound payments.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Nigeria |
| Authorized to work in | Nigeria |
| Salary expectations | 51k+ USD |
| Job categories | Backend Engineer |
| Skills | Payments Infrastructure, Payment Processing, Cross Border Remittances, Payment Reconciliation, Double Entry System, Payout Idempotency, Payments Providers, Failover Routing, PCI DSS, Treasury Management, Foreign Exchange, Blockchain Payments, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Tron |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/emma-kodes |
| GitHub | https://github.com/perepaul |

## About

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At Hizo Technology and Glyde Technology, I design and write payments infrastructure for remittance and B2B payments. Hizo’s payments backend carried 278,000+ transactions and ₦12.3bn in outbound payment volume in Jan–Sep 2026.

I designed Hizo’s double-entry ledger and payout idempotency, and built Glyde’s payments stack, hosted card checkout, and treasury and FX layer. I also lead a 9-person product engineering team and work on production code, architecture, and releases.
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## Experience

### Chief Technology Officer (current)

Hizo Technology & Glyde Technology. Jul 2023 - Present

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Lead a 9-person product engineering team across two products, owning architecture, code review standards, releases, and production infrastructure on AWS. Designed and wrote the payments backend and ledger, handling 278,000+ transactions and ₦12.3bn in outbound payment volume.
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Skills: Laravel, PHP, NodeJS, Python, MySQL, Redis, AWS, Pest, Jest, PCI-DSS, Blockchain, Ethereum, BNB-Chain, Tron, USDT, USDC, Facial-Matching, OTP, Maker-Checker, Role-Based-Access-Control

### Backend Engineer

Vent Africa. Jun 2023 - Sep 2023

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Built backend API services in Laravel and Node.js for a crypto-to-fiat off-ramp, implementing the conversion-to-payout flow settling funds in naira to major Nigerian banks.
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Skills: Laravel, PHP, NodeJS, API-Development, Cryptocurrency, USDT, USDC, Bitcoin, ETH, SOL

### Facilitator, ICT YEP

Government Youth Empowerment Programme. Sep 2022 - Jan 2023

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Taught full-stack web development to 300+ students.
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Skills: Full-Stack-Web-Development, Teaching

### Backend Developer

Weblo. Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

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Built backend services in Laravel/PHP on PostgreSQL for an on-demand fuel delivery app, using PostGIS spatial queries for order matching and rider assignment. Implemented live rider tracking and scheduled delivery for mobile LPG refills.
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Skills: Laravel, PHP, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Maps-API, Scheduling

### Backend Developer

Hulkma Inc.. Jan 2019 - Dec 2021

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Built the PHP/MySQL backend and admin panel for an e-commerce store, including catalogue, search, cart, checkout, orders, and inventory management.
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Skills: PHP, MySQL, Ecommerce, Admin-Panel

## Education

### Aptech Computer Education

Diploma, Computer Science

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Completed a Diploma in Computer Science from Aptech Computer Education in 2019.
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## Tech stack

- Ethereum
- AWS IAM
- Amazon EC2
- DigitalOcean
- Amazon S3
- Cloudflare
- Amazon CloudFront
- GitHub Actions
- PostGIS
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Amazon Route 53
- Sentry
- Bugsnag
- Node.js
- Laravel
- Redis
- Jest
- Vue.js
- JavaScript
- Python
- PHP
- Amazon ElastiCache
- Linux
- Docker
- Amazon VPC
- SQL
- Laravel Forge
- Pest

To contact Emmanuel, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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