
Michael Ajayi
@michaelajayi2
Backend Engineer at Intense Group who designed payments, subscriptions, and an auditable transaction ledger for a greenfield platform.
What I'm looking for
At Intense Group, I established the backend architecture and database design for a greenfield platform, then designed payments and subscription infrastructure for recurring billing and transactional workflows.
At Mainstack, I built a centralized API Gateway and an AWS event-driven media pipeline, and took sole ownership of the LMS backend to stabilize enrollment and billing flows. Earlier, I designed fintech transaction systems at Motopay and built a custom CRM at Sujimoto.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Founding Backend Engineer
Intense Group
Apr 2026 - Aug 2026 (4 months)
Established backend architecture, database design, and engineering conventions for a greenfield platform. Designed payments and subscription infrastructure, built an auditable transaction ledger, and developed core backend services for marketplace operations.
Backend Engineer, Platform
Mainstack
Feb 2025 - Mar 2026 (1 year 1 month)
Built a centralized API Gateway for micro-frontends and services, standardizing OAuth and routing. Designed an AWS event-driven media pipeline and led domain extraction into a standalone microservice, while stabilizing the LMS backend.
Backend Engineer / Engineering Lead
Motopay
Jun 2023 - Feb 2025 (1 year 8 months)
Owned backend architecture for a fintech platform combining payments, social interactions, and e-commerce. Designed and hardened transaction systems, integrated secure payment providers, and built MongoDB schemas for real-time feeds and analytics.
Backend Engineer (Founding Team)
Sujimoto
Oct 2020 - Jul 2023 (2 years 9 months)
Part of founding engineering team digitizing manual real estate operations into scalable internal platforms. Built a custom CRM using Laravel and MySQL and implemented analytics dashboards for leadership monitoring.
Backend Engineer
Jukiyo
Jul 2021 - Sep 2021 (2 months)
Built scalable Node.js services supporting real-time collaboration and user interaction for a gaming community platform. Optimized query structure and indexing strategies to reduce API latency and improve database performance.
Education
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Adekunle Ajasin University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in 2019.
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