May / July 2022 Edition
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The Mentors
Kingsley Adio
Principal Software Engr, Delivery Hero
Kingsley is currently a Principal Software Engineer for Android, at Delivery Hero where he has delivered several solutions targeted at shaping and scaling the mobile platform
He has years of experience building mobile apps across different platforms using Kotlin/Java among others, and now focuses on productivity tooling and general developer experience
Lateef Koshemani
Snr DevOps Engineer, SmartRecruiters
Lateef Koshemani is a super talented DevOps engineer with experience in managing Linux servers, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, and GCP), automating software development processes, etc.
He possesses over 7 years of experience which spans different fintech and e-commerce companies such as Lendico Deutschland GmbH, Deutsche Fintech Solutions, Interswitch, and Konga. He currently works as a Senior DevOps Engineer at SmartRecruiters, Germany.
Chibuzor Obilom
Snr Software QA Engineer, M-KOPA
Chibuzor Obilom currently works with M-KOPA, where he is contributing to the quality of products that offer millions of underbanked customers access to life-enhancing products and services in Africa. He possesses about 10 years of experience working with reputable tech firms such as Flutterwave, NIBSS, RightClick Ltd and Vatebra.
He is an ISTQB Certified Software Tester and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry from Imo State University, Nigeria.
Moyinoluwa Adeyemi
Android Tech Lead, Twitter
Moyinoluwa is currently the Android Tech Lead for Search at Twitter and a Google Developer Expert for Android.
She enjoys building Android apps across a range of Android devices in Java and Kotlin.
She is also an active member of the local and global Android community where she gives talks and mentors other developers.
Abiola Adebanjo
Snr Software Engineer, Andela
Abiola is an outstanding Software Engineer who has tinkered with different parts of software development; Front-end, Backend, DevOps and Developer tools with a preference for backend development.
His tech stack includes Java, Kotlin, Groovy, Javascript, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB and other exciting technologies.
He has over 8 years of experience working with distributed teams such as Pluralsight, Colorado USA; I&M Bank Ltd, Kenya; and Medici MD at Auston Texas just to mention a few.
Damilola Akapo
Snr Android Engineer, Delivery Hero
Dami is a talented and skilled Senior Software Engineer with solid experience building Android & iOS native apps using Java & Kotlin or Swift & Objective-C. Plays around with JavaScript [NodeJS mostly], Ruby & Sinatra, Python/Flask/Django.
He possesses over 8 years of experience working as a lead mobile engineer for many tech comapanies such as Andela, AppZone and Cotta & Cush Limited.
He currently works as a Senior Android Engineer at Delivery Hero Berlin, Germany.
Folamoluwa Adefemi
Snr Software Engineer, Interswitch
Folamoluwa is a Senior Backend Engineer with over 8 years of experience in Fintech solutions with a speciality in systems integrations and software systems architecture.
She currently works with foremost digital payments unicorn FinTech, Interswitch Group where she leads one of the Payment Integrations teams.
Ibironke Yekinni
Snr QA Engineer, Symphony Solutions
Ibironke has over 5 years of diverse QA and Testing Experience and has also raised more than 512 individuals from zero knowledge in Technology to becoming Professional Test Engineers through Testify Ltd, a QAAS company she founded years ago. Her skills and experience gathered in various testing tools and frameworks for API, Databases, Microservices, Web User Interfaces, and Mobile Testing makes her an outstanding Engineer.
Temidayo Aiyedona
Head of Design, SeamlessHR
Temidayo is an experienced UX designer and a seasoned UX/UI Design Facilitator. He has about 5 years of experience in creating intuitive User interfaces with seamless user experience.
He is also your go-to expert for conducting UX research and creating elegant low fidelity wireframes and high-fidelity mockups.
He currently leads the UX team at SeamlessHR.
Oluwagbenro Oni
Snr QA Engineer, Thinksurance GmbH
Oluwagbenro is an experienced Software Quality Assurance Engineer with a demonstrated history of his thorough contribution to various kinds of products ranging from Insurance, Promotions, Advertising, Automated Account Opening, CMS and CRM Systems and Geospatial applications.
He possesses over 7 years of experience which spans companies such as Wunder Mobility Germany, Cotta & Cush Limited , and LawPavilion.
He currently works with the Thinksurance team in Germany.
Amarachi Umoren
Product Designer, Partnerstack Inc
Amarachi is an experienced Product designer with expert-level proficiency with major design tools such as Figma, Sketch, and AdobeXD. She is highly skilled in UX design and research, prototyping, user testing and design systems. She is very proficient in designing seamless user experiences for websites, mobile apps, web apps and design systems across several industries.
She made a career switch to Product Design years ago from Civil Engineering after several years of practice in the field. She currently works as a Product Designer at Partnerstack Inc, Canada.
Ademola Adelekan
Lead DevOps Engr, Interswitch
Ademola is a proficient Senior Software Quality Assurance Automation Engineer who just successfully (and recently) transitioned into DevOps and Site Reliability field. He currently leads the DevOps team for Digital Commerce & Ecosystem Platforms at Interswitch.
He possesses over five years of experience which cuts across Fintech, Payments, Remittances, DevOps practices and Agile Delivery.
Oluwatomisin Onabajo
Test Automation Specialist, Libestream
Oluwatomisin (Tomi) is a Software QA Engineer with over 5 years of experience testing software applications. She is very passionate about software testing and loves to learn new technologies as much as she loves to teach and help newbies kick-start a career in software testing. She is also a Postman supernova, an ambassador that represents the Postman community and values.
Her experience spans various leading tech organisations such as Global Accelerex Ltd and Venture Garden group.
She currently works as a Software Test and Automation Specialist at Librestream Technologies Inc, Canada.
Daniel Tunde Ojediran
Snr Frontend Engineer, Shuttlers
Tunde is an accomplished Software Engineer with over 7 years of professional experience working on production-ready frontend applications and mobile (Android) applications. His experience spans a number of reputable tech firms such as Insurity at Connecticut USA, Andela, Venture Garden Group and Redbank.
His technology stack includes JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Vue, and other related frontend technologies.
He currently works as a Senior Frontend Engineer at Shuttlers, a ride-sharing mobility company that enables professionals access efficient shared transportation.
Josiah Adenegan
Senior DevOps Engineer at HelloFresh
Kolawole Akinwande
Devops Manager, Opay
He is an exceptional DevOps Engineer with vast experience in designing, automating as well as optimising mission-critical deployment over both test and production environments.
He is highly proficient with configuration management tools and possesses over 7 years of experience. He started his tech career as a Software backend engineer with a speciality in systems integration and has moved the ranks to lead a number of DevOps teams for fintech companies.
Kolawole currently works as a DevOps Manager at Opay.
TESTIMONIALS
What some mentees have to say
Love Sparus Otudor
My mentor was quite detailed about my journey and knowledge gaps. He helped me with resources and links, followed up and explained the dark parts in my learning. He helped me through an interview process too.
Zainab Jimoh
I loved that my mentor was very thorough and patient with me. Moyin’s experience is vast and I feel honoured to have been mentored by her, because the experience showed in all of our interactions. We were able to achieve our goals for the mentorship program and scale me up and improve my previous skills and knowledge.
Anonymous
I enjoyed taking from the knowledge of an experienced programmer…
My self learning now have a direction and was fast tracked… Things I won’t have started learning earlier were suggested by the mentor and I learnt them and understand why it is important to learn them early.
Anonymous
I enjoyed the CV/LinkedIn review session. I also really enjoyed the clarity of advice given to me try mentor o help in navigating through difficulty in learning a Programming Language.
QA Mentee
The insightful conversations and tips that have helped me create a development path for myself as a Software QA Engineer.
Anonymous
I think my mentor exceeded my expectations and then some. It was an amazing experience and if I had to suggest something, I’d say, never change.