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Oyelaja Oyekan

@oyelajaoyekan

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Experienced software engineering lead with a focus on team success.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that fosters innovation, encourages team growth, and offers opportunities for strategic impact.

I am a seasoned technology lead with over 12 years of hands-on experience in software engineering. My journey has taken me through diverse industries where I have successfully led teams to deliver innovative solutions that align with business goals. Currently, I serve as the VP of Technology at Woven Finance, where I have implemented a technical roadmap that has significantly improved our service architecture and reduced cloud spending by 40%.

Throughout my career, I have mentored engineers, fostering a culture of best practices and continuous improvement. My previous roles as CTO and Engineering Manager have equipped me with the skills to manage complex projects and drive technical strategies that enhance product delivery and customer experience. I take pride in my ability to rearchitect systems for better performance and to lead teams in achieving their full potential.

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Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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VP, Technology Principal Engineer

Current

Woven Finance

Apr 2023 - Present (2 years 7 months)

Led the technical roadmap and architecture, driving a new organizational strategy. Reduced cloud architecture spend by 40% and rearchitected core service communication to improve payment processing.

Architecture Design Microservices Payment Systems Message Queues

Principal Engineer

Carbon Finance

Aug 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 4 months)

Documented over 30% of existing services and mentored engineers on best practices and issue resolution. Revamped policies for internal and external audits and designed infrastructure to improve uptime and transaction processing by over 45%.

Technical Documentation Mentoring Engineering Best Practices

Technical Manager

VPD MONEY

May 2021 - Jul 2021 (2 months)

Developed and led the technical strategy for savings and payday products, fostering an agile workflow for improved delivery. Achieved over 70% reduction in AWS spend and led system redesigns to reduce technical debt and enhance customer experience.

Technical Strategy Agile Workflows AWS Cost Optimization

C.T.O

MKOBO MFB

Mar 2020 - Mar 2021 (1 year)

Led the migration from a monolith to a service-oriented architecture, accelerating product development and release cycles. Improved engineering velocity, issue resolution workflows, and established KPIs and OKRs for engineering and product teams.

Service Oriented Architecture Agile Development KPIs OKRs

Engineering Manager

Patricia Technologies

Aug 2019 - Dec 2019 (4 months)

Managed and mentored a team of over 30 engineers building trading platforms, e-commerce, and payment gateways. Introduced CI/CD, improved code review, enhanced site performance, and conducted 1-1s to support team growth and morale.

Engineering Management Team Leadership Mentoring CI CD

Founder

PRAYERBOX.CO

Dec 2014 - Dec 2015 (1 year)

Built and managed a web and mobile app facilitating religious activities, social engagement, and financial transactions. Successfully raised funding, drove growth through strategic partnerships, and achieved a silent exit.

Web Development Mobile Development Product Development

Lead Consultant

Integra Health (Now Drugstoc)

Dec 2012 - Sep 2014 (1 year 9 months)

Collaborated with a team of developers and healthcare professionals to build and deploy a real-time hospital management system. This system reduced patient waiting times and improved the gathering and analysis of in-depth patient records. Also redesigned the hospital website.

Real Time Systems Data Management Team Collaboration

C.T.O

CONNECTNIGERIA.COM

Sep 2011 - Dec 2012 (1 year 3 months)

Led the re-development of the platform, migrating from Symfony and significantly improving search accuracy and site speed. Implemented NLP and type-ahead search features, boosting user experience and achieving a top 25 Alexa rank in Nigeria. Managed deployments, releases, and mentored a team of over 12 engineers.

Symfony SEO NLP