
Parkson Tano Daniel
@parksontanodaniel
I build scalable payment infrastructure and secure backend systems for fintech platforms across Africa.
What I'm looking for
At QuickerPay, I lead the architecture for core payment APIs, a customer mobile app, and an admin dashboard. I improved API latency by 35%, doubled throughput, integrated Visa and Mastercard issuing, and reduced duplicate charges by about 90%.
Across PaySika, Joolba, Imobbis, and other teams, I’ve built Django, Flask, and FastAPI systems for fintech, high-traffic web products, and health-tech. I enjoy leading end-to-end engineering across backend platforms, payments, cloud infrastructure, security, DevOps, and engineering teams.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
• Led architecture for core payment APIs, customer mobile app, and admin dashboard.
• Reduced API latency 35%, doubled throughput via query optimization, Redis caching, and async workers.
• Improved payment authorization ~7%; cut duplicate charges ~90% using idempotency and webhook verification.
• Integrated Visa & MasterCard issuing end-to-end (tokenization, BIN sponsor coordination, issuer APIs,
• Developed and optimized secure backend systems for a fintech platform serving the African market, using Flask/FastAPI.
• Designed and implemented a referral system that boosted customer engagement by 20%.
• Built transaction filtering features to enhance user experience and improve financial tracking.
• Resolved critical system bugs to enhance platform reliability and security.
• Delivered quick
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Worked as Python Developer at GOHZE.
Developing and implementing high-quality web applications using React JS and Django framework
Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including designers and other developers, in order to identify user needs and complete projects
Designing and implementing responsive user interfaces, including working with data visualization and other tools
Writing and maintaining code in a clean, efficient, an
As an experienced and passionate Django developer, I bring a proven track record of designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable backend systems for high-traffic web applications. With a deep understanding of Django's architecture and best practices, I possess the expertise to lead and mentor a team of developers in building cutting-edge news outlet web applications.
Key Skills and
Designing and developing complex software solutions in different languages and platforms
Leading a team of developers and providing mentorship, direction, and support to ensure the success of the team
Identifying and resolving technical challenges and bugs in software applications
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure that software development is aligned with business objectives
Ensu
Developing and maintaining scalable web applications utilizing frameworks such as Django, Django Rest Framework
Writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code according to industry best practices.
Integrating data from various back-end services and databases.
Testing and debugging web applications to ensure optimal performance and functionality.
Collaborating with other members of the development
Built backend API with Django rest framework for interaction between frontend end built with React Native with firebase
Supervised 4 colleagues to ensure adherence to quality standards and proper work procedures
Designed and configured database and back-end applications and programs.
Coded test programs and evaluated existing engineering processes.
Handled programming tasks and maintained 3 intern
- Handled programming tasks and maintained 3 internal APIs with a high success rate (97%) in product update deployment.
- Worked on high-impact projects such as content recommendation systems, delivering solutions with lower than 20% code churn.
- Developed a marketing lead database model, collecting, categorizing, and filtering leads from various stakeholders
- Build frontend UI with an ionic fra
As an experienced and passionate Django developer, I bring a proven track record of designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable backend systems for high-traffic web applications. With a deep understanding of Django's architecture and best practices, I possess the expertise to lead and mentor a team of developers in building cutting-edge news outlet web applications.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Ecole Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique de Maroua
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
2016 - 2019
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Salary expectations
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