Daniel Okafor
Senior Software Engineer
daniel.okafor@example.com +44 7700 900142 Manchester, United Kingdom linkedin.com/in/example-profile github.com/example
Summary
Seven years building high-traffic payment and order services. I work on deployment safety, observability and latency in systems with very little tolerance for error.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
March 2022 – PresentFintech company · Manchester
- —Split the payments service into six microservices; deployment time fell from 45 minutes to 7.
Software Engineer
January 2020 – February 2022E-commerce platform · Leeds
- —Migrated the order management module to TypeScript; type-related production defects fell 60%.
Education
University of Manchester
BSc, Computer Science · First Class
Sheffield College
Foundation Degree, Web Development · Distinction
Skills
TypeScript · Go · React and Next.js
Docker · Kubernetes · AWS
Technical leadership · Mentoring · Incident management
Projects
Payments Service Decomposition
Broke a monolithic payments application into six services, using a dual-write strategy for a cutover with no downtime. Deployment frequency went from once a week to six times a day.
Languages
- English · Native
- French · Proficient