Jesus Akanle
Backend Software Engineer
Lagos, Nigeria (Remote)
- jesuswrites20043@gmail.com
- +234 913 216 4480
- github.com/dotandev
- linkedin.com/in/jeesus
- leetcode.com/u/dotzy
I'm a backend engineer based in Lagos, working remote. Over the last three years I've built payment systems, event platforms, and multi-tenant backends in Go, Rust, and TypeScript. Most of what I do comes down to two things: keeping things fast, and keeping things up.
Experience.
- Software EngineerOct 2025 – Mar 2026EventPark · Remote
- Software Engineer (Contract)Feb 2025 – Sep 2025Biyard Inc · Remote, Korea
- Software EngineerAug 2023 – Jan 2024FeedXPay · Remote
- Backend Engineer (Intern)Oct 2023 – Dec 2023Tribal Prints · Remote
- Software EngineerAug 2023 – Oct 2023PeerHub · Remote
Selected projects.
- EventParkEventPark · Oct 2025 – Mar 2026
Backend for a high-traffic event platform. Went from query tuning to tracing to the deploy pipeline.
- Built Go and PostgreSQL services for an event platform with a large, spiky user base. Most of the work was tuning queries and indexes so registration held up under high concurrency.
- Added distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry so we could actually see what was slow across services, instead of guessing.
- Put Redis in front of session data and short-lived event data to take load off the primary database.
Go · PostgreSQL · Redis · AWS
- Ratela, Dagit, Incheon Heroes, Voice KoreaBiyard Inc (Korea, remote contract) · Feb 2025 – Sep 2025
Four production backends in Rust for a Korean startup, including a blockchain identity flow.
- Built backends in Rust with Axum for four shipped products, exposing REST and WebSocket APIs to Dioxus frontends.
- Modeled multi-tenant PostgreSQL schemas covering user workflows, property hierarchies, and access control for both signed-in and anonymous sessions.
- Wired up AWS (S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront) for the cloud side of each deployment.
Rust · Axum · PostgreSQL · AWS
- FeedXPayFeedXPay (fintech startup) · Aug 2023 – Jan 2024
Wallet and payments backend that processed over ₦50M across 1,000+ beta users.
- Led the backend for wallet and payment services, which ended up processing more than ₦50M across 1,000+ beta users.
- Integrated Maplerad and Risevest for KYC and settlement, which cut onboarding from about 48 hours down to under 10 minutes.
- Put a Redis-backed microservice setup in place that raised job throughput by 60% and cut race-condition downtime by around 80%.
TypeScript · Express · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis
- Tribal PrintsTribal Prints · Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
Order automation for a print business — fewer invoice errors, faster checkout.
- Built NestJS and TypeScript services that automated 300+ print orders and cut invoice errors by 90%.
- Built the cart and order-flow APIs, which raised checkout success by 35%.
- Added payment verification and automated payouts, bringing daily reconciliation from 2 hours down to under 10 minutes.
TypeScript · NestJS
- PeerHubPeerHub (SaaS startup) · Aug 2023 – Oct 2023
Multi-tenant backend supporting several client applications at once.
- Built multi-tenant backend services supporting 3+ client applications.
- Wrote the API orchestration middleware, which improved request handling speed by 40%.
- Shipped the auth system with the frontend and DevOps teams, cutting onboarding time by 25%.
TypeScript · NestJS
Skills.
- Languages
- Go, Rust, TypeScript, Python, Java, Move
- Backend & APIs
- Axum, Express, NestJS, GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, Prisma, Sequelize
- Data
- PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Firebase
- Cloud & DevOps
- AWS (S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront), Docker, MinIO, GitHub Actions, OpenTelemetry, LocalStack
- Other
- Next.js, Dioxus, Playwright, Kaia (blockchain), Git