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Experience

Tunic Pay

Backend Software Engineer

Dec 2025 -- Present

  • Designed and built a fraud detection orchestrator using Kotlin, Python, and Temporal.
  • Implemented distributed worker services across 3 microservices for real-time transaction monitoring.
  • Built event-driven transaction flows for scalable fraud prevention pipelines.

GMoney

Backend Developer, Freelance

Jan 2025 -- Jul 2025

  • Built payment middleware supporting P2P transfers, bank-to-wallet flows, and GhIPSS interoperability.
  • Integrated Mastercard and Brij APIs for seamless payment processing.
  • Developed a loyalty system and implemented AWS CloudWatch observability for production monitoring.

Morgan Stanley

Contingent Software Engineer

Feb 2021 -- Dec 2025

  • Automated confirms generation for structured equity products, resulting in a 90% productivity increase.
  • Built a trade reflow tool that reduced processing time from 1 hour to 15 minutes.
  • Created a failed trade replay API that doubled developer efficiency during incident resolution.
  • Led Jackson library migration, integrated Spring Boot Actuators, and rolled out SonarQube Enterprise.

Infusi Technologies ltd

Co-Founder & Lead Backend Engineer

2025 -- Present

  • Co-founded a software agency building mobile and web platforms for clients across Ghana.
  • Lead backend engineering on the flagship Anyigba Land Security Platform for property verification.
  • Architect systems using Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, and event-driven patterns.