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Oluwasegun Kesington

Senior Backend Engineer| TypeScript & Go| B2B Saas

€500/day
Berlin, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Oluwasegun

I build scalable backend systems for B2B SaaS companies in fintech and workplace tech.

EXPERTISE:
- Microservices architecture (Go, TypeScript/Node.js)
- API design and integration (REST, GraphQL)
- Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- System scaling and migration

RECENT PROJECTS:
- Payment infrastructure at Forto (fintech)
- Workplace management systems at Seatti and Lendis
- Data aggregation platform at Atlas Metrics

Looking for 3-6 month contracts with B2B SaaS companies.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Forto GmbH,
    Senior Software Engineer
    LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
    December 2023 - Today (2 years and 6 months)
    Berlin, Germany
    • ● Led the implementation of a scalable VAT handling system for multiple countries, ensuring tax compliance and reducing manual reconciliation by 80%.
    • ● Collaborated with product and finance teams to design API contracts and build secure microservices using NestJS, Kubernetes, GCP PUB/SUB and AWS SNS, SQS.
    • ● Developed CLI tools that accelerated local and CI testing workflows, significantly reducing deployment cycles and increasing confidence before production pushes.
    • ● Improved testing pipeline by introducing mocks and builders, resulting in a 50% reduction in test flakiness.
    • ● Enhanced observability and monitoring through Datadog dashboards and alerting across services.
    • ● Participated in design reviews and mentored junior developers on testing strategies and clean architecture.
    • ● Tech Stack: NestJS, Node.js, Reactjs, AWS (SNS, SQS), GCP (Pub/Sub), Kubernetes, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, GitHub Actions, Datadog
    Kubernetes Typescript Microservices Event-driven architecture Amazon Web Services
  • DemoUp Cliplister GmbH,
    Senior Backend Engineer
    January 2023 - November 2023 (10 months)
    Berlin-Brücke, Pforzheim, BW, Germany
    • ● Developed and maintained cloud-native services for transforming and delivering digital assets used by global e-commerce platforms.
    • ● Migrated core systems from legacy infrastructure to serverless and containerized architecture using AWS, improving system reliability and cutting deployment overhead.
    • ● Collaborated with DevOps to automate deployments via Terraform and GitHub Actions, ensuring consistent and reproducible environments.
    • ● Contributed to architectural discussions around event-driven design and domain boundaries.
    • ● Tech Stack: Node.js, TypeScript, AWS Services (CDK, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, Fargate), Kubernetes, PostgreSQL
  • Lendis GmbH,
    Senior Software Engineer
    June 2021 - January 2023 (1 year and 7 months)
    Berlin, Germany
    • ● Migrated finance and logistics modules from a monolith to AWS microservices increasing deployment frequency by 3x.
    • ● Designed and integrated Salesforce and Chargebee APIs, automating over 95% of manual financial operations.
    • ● Worked cross-functionally with logistics and finance teams to deliver reliable backend services.
    • ● Tech Stack: Node.js, TypeScript, Reactjs, PHP, AWS CDK, API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL

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Education

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
    AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • AWS Certified Developer – Associate
    AWS Certified Developer – Associate

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