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Taslim Owolarafe

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Backend engineer at OAU Homes building property rental and event ticketing platforms with Paystack payments.

Nigeria

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At OAU Homes, I architected and delivered a property rental marketplace and an event ticketing system for university communities. I integrated Paystack payments and built Redis-backed seat reservations to prevent double-bookings.

At XchangeBox (PayRep), I built customer onboarding and KYC workflows, integrated bank and biller services, and developed financial reporting infrastructure. Earlier, I migrated a Django application at Prioclen Technologies to cloud-native microservices and shipped SaaS collaboration features at Apek Group (JAVAT 365).

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Backend Engineer / CTO

Current

OAU Homes

Sep 2025 - Present (1 year)

Architected and delivered two production platforms: a property rental marketplace and an event ticketing system. Led backend development with 40+ API endpoints and integrated payment systems.

Next.js TypeScript Prisma MongoDB Redis Paystack S3 Zod BullMQ Node Cron Jest Docker GitHub Actions

Senior Backend Engineer

XchangeBox (PayRep)

Jan 2026 - Apr 2026 (3 months)

Built bulk customer account creation pipeline, integrated banking APIs, and implemented financial reporting infrastructure. Optimized database operations and monitored production health.

Python Django Celery PostgreSQL Redis Openpyxl Zenith Bank API Belema Bank Switch BuyPower VTPass Xpress Payments Grafana Docker GitHub Actions

Contract Full Stack Engineer

Tuneyverse

Oct 2025 - Oct 2025 (0 months)

Architected a scalable music processing pipeline with FastAPI, Celery, and Azure Blob Storage. Implemented AI-powered audio features and optimized GPU resource allocation.

Python fastAPI Celery Redis Azure Blob Storage Demucs Pychorus Whisper FFMPEG JWT REST APIs

FullStack Software Engineer

Apek Group (JAVAT 365)

Feb 2025 - Jun 2025 (4 months)

Developed scalable SaaS applications for digital collaboration using Next.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB. Implemented real-time search, Redis caching, and background job processing.

Next.js TypeScript Prisma MongoDB Algolia Redis AWS Lambda Amazon SQS S3 Jest CI CD

Backend Developer I

Prioclen Technologies

Jun 2024 - Feb 2025 (8 months)

Led migration of monolithic Django app to microservices on GCP and Azure. Architected key services including IAM, payment, and Elasticsearch-powered comparison engine.

Django Python GCP Azure Docker Cloud Run Cloud SQL GitHub Actions Elasticsearch Pytest Unit Testing

Software Engineer

KloutMachine

Aug 2023 - Feb 2024 (6 months)

Built core campaign tools and analytics UI for sports platform. Integrated Stripe payments and implemented feature testing pipelines.

React GraphQL Apollo Hasura Stripe GitHub Actions Google Cloud Run Jest

Backend Engineer Intern

HNG Internship

Oct 2022 - Dec 2022 (2 months)

Collaborated globally on daily challenges and integrated OpenAI API into a calculation backend. Authored API documentation and implemented unit tests.

Python OpenAI API Unit Testing API Documentation