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Temitope Alagbada

@temitopealagbada

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I lead teams delivering reliable card payments and blockchain infrastructure for banks and fintechs.

Nigeria

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead and remain hands-on with teams building reliable payment, fintech, blockchain, or distributed systems, where I can improve delivery, architecture, reliability, and engineer growth.

I lead Cards engineering at Zone Payment Network, delivering production card payment capabilities for commercial banks and fintechs on Africa’s first regulated blockchain payment network.

I previously built Zone’s automated on-chain dispute resolution system, reducing resolution delays by 70%, and an OCR-based proof validation service that eliminated 95% of fraudulent activity in the dispute process. I’ve also delivered ISO 20022 interoperability, secure customer-facing APIs, financial microservices, blockchain-integrated DApps, and distributed monitoring systems.

At Digital Gold Ecosystem, I designed crypto game-reward claiming architecture using AWS Lambda, PostgreSQL, and React, and wrote token-minting and reward-claiming smart contracts on Soneium and Cardano.

I stay hands-on in architecture and code review while improving delivery discipline, reliability, incident response, and engineer growth across payment platforms.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Engineering Manager, Cards

Current

Zone Payment Network

Nov 2025 - Present (9 months)

Lead the Cards engineering team, owning end-to-end delivery of card payment features for banks and fintechs. Drive sprint planning, design reviews, and reliability improvements while remaining hands-on in architecture and code review.

Engineering Leadership Agile Delivery Sprint Planning Software Architecture Design Reviews Incident Management Reliability PostgreSQL Kubernetes Docker CI CD Grafana Graylog

Software Engineer

Zone Payment Network

Mar 2020 - Nov 2025 (5 years 8 months)

Built automated on-chain dispute resolution, OCR-based proof validation, and ISO 20022 messaging interfaces. Designed scalable APIs, containerized monitoring, and multiple financial microservices with blockchain integration.

C#.NET Go TypeScript Python React Solidity Aiken ISO 20022 ISO 8583 REST APIs Microservices PostgreSQL MSSQL MySQL MongoDB InfluxDB Kubernetes Docker Docker Swarm AWS Lambda CI CD Grafana Graylog Swagger Confluence

Full-Stack Engineer

Digital Gold Ecosystem

Sep 2024 - Jan 2025 (4 months)

Designed system architecture for crypto game-reward claiming using AWS Lambda, PostgreSQL, and React. Wrote smart contracts for token minting on Soneium and reward claiming on Cardano.

AWS Lambda PostgreSQL React Solidity Aiken Smart Contracts Blockchain

Software Engineer

Xputer Technologies

Nov 2018 - Mar 2020 (1 year 4 months)

Optimized and extended a Kubernetes-containerized API Gateway for Konga, enabling a new product line. Maintained and shipped features across the EndearERP application with unit test coverage.

Kubernetes API Gateway .NET Core Angular Jasmine Unit Testing

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Federal University of Technology, Akure

Master of Engineering, Computer Engineering

Pursuing a Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering with a focus on Artificial Intelligence. Fine-tuned an Xception-based face recognition model to 98% prediction accuracy and simulated an autonomous vehicle using ROS2 and Gazebo.

Federal University of Technology, Akure

Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

2011 - 2016

Grade: Second-Class Upper Division (4.34/5.0 CGPA)

Earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with Second-Class Upper Division honors and a 4.34/5.0 CGPA. Named to the Dean's List for five semesters.