Hi, my name is

Ridwan Kolawole.

I use technology to build for humans.

I'm a Fullstack Software Engineer with over 4 years of experience using different tools to build software platforms and applications providing solutions to client's problems digitally.

A computer programming enthusiast that loves being challenged while enjoying my journey towards making the world a betters place through my technological skills in addressing problems with both web and mobile softwares.

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01.About

Hello! I'm Ridwan // {alias: 'Rhydhur'} 🤓, a software engineer based in Nigeria 🇳🇬.

An algorithm lover with problem-solving skills and proven experience in creating and designing softwares(web and Mobile) in a test driven environment. I have a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (First-class graduate).

A certified Agile Practitioner and a graduate member of Nigeria Society of Engineers (GMNSE)

I currently work with the following technologies to address problems digitally:

JavaScript (ES6+)

React

React-Native

Node.js

HTML & SCSS

MongoDb & SQL

Typescript

02.Where I've worked

Flutterwave

Appzone

Humexid

Access Bank Plc

GTBank Ltd

VSProuts

Newcore Tech.

Software Engineer @Flutterwave

June 2022 - till date

I work on the Flutterwave for business application which helps merchants sell online, process payment and grow their business.

Implemented French translation feature on the application to ensure we provide a better experience to our francophone customers.

Worked on the integration with Token.io to enable UK and EU merchants receive EUR and GBP payments from customers.

Implemented feature to enable non-NG merchants add a secondary USD sub-account which can be used to receive settlement.

Collaborated with other engineers, QA, and product manager within the team to build the most performant, bug-free, scalable selling and payment processing platform.

Software Engineer @Flutterwave

June 2022 - till date

I work on the Flutterwave for business application which helps merchants sell online, process payment and grow their business.

Implemented French translation feature on the application to ensure we provide a better experience to our francophone customers.

Worked on the integration with Token.io to enable UK and EU merchants receive EUR and GBP payments from customers.

Implemented feature to enable non-NG merchants add a secondary USD sub-account which can be used to receive settlement.

Collaborated with other engineers, QA, and product manager within the team to build the most performant, bug-free, scalable selling and payment processing platform.

Frontend Engineer @Appzone

December 2021 - June 2022

Built customisable internet banking application with three design options used by 300+ micro-finance banks' customers to perform financial transactions. This was done by writing well-engineered and highly maintainable, and secured code using tech stacks such as ReactJS, Styled-components and their core module.

Integrated with bankOne (backend) infrastructures and other third-party solutions.

Liaised with the product managers, UI/UX designers, and other BE engineers to deliberate on workable product designs and features to be churned out within sprint periods.

Built the Business Intelligence platform UI for the BankOne application which display its analytical parts of the app.

Frontend Engineer (Part-time) @Humexid

February 2022 - till date

Built the Crendly web application which is a loan platform that brings lenders and borrowers together to make lending and borrowing easier while also handling the processing, payment, disbursement and repayment.

Built the admin management platform for the Crendly app which handles customer support, fraud monitoring, risk underwriting, compliance, audit and control etc.

Worked with the team of product managers, QA, UI/UX designers, Backend engineers to maintain, fix issues and implemented new features on the Crendly app.

Frontend Software Engineer (Contract) @Access Bank

December 2021 - June 2022

Worked in the Primus Plus (corporate banking app) unit of the app development team, where we focused on adding features, fixed issues and maintained the Primus Plus application.

Worked on revamping the admin side of the application by writing well-engineered and highly maintainable, and secured code using tech stacks such as React, Typescript, Styled components

Software Developer (Fullstack) @Guaranty Trust Ltd

September 2019 - December 2021

Worked in the app development team, with UI/UX, designers and business developers to develop apps, modify, fix issues and maintain the bank's apps which are GTWorld, GTMobile, OrangeToolBox e.t.c.

Implemented the frontend and assisted in building the backend of a number of web applications using ReactJs and NodeJS as primary tools. Some of the web apps include Server monitoring dashboard, email service platform etc.

Researched and wrote articles related to financial technology.

Software Engineer (Contract) @Virtuous Sprouts

July 2019 - December 2019

Designed, built and maintained the school and result portal with registration, result viewing and upload, email broadcasting features etc.

Senior Software Engineer (Part-time) @Newcore Technologies

July 2018 - December 2021

Responsible for designing, testing, and implementing new and update software programs. and also review other developers' code.

Take on a managerial role and lead the development team with all software development tasks

Designed and Built the organization website

03.Some Things I've Built

Crendly

A platform for social lending. it brings lenders and borrowers together to make lending easier while also handling the processing, payment and disbursement

React.js

Typescript

Styled-Component

SCSS

Asp.net

Featured Project

Primus Plus

A fully integrated, secure web-based platform designed to provide Access bank corporate clients with a one-point access to banking solutions via an intuitive user interface.

React.js

SCSS

Node.js

MongoDb

Featured Project

GTWorld

GTWorld is one of GTBank mobile apps used by customers to carry out all banking activities including account opening, requests and transactions.

Ionic-Angular

Asp.net

SQL

Shopwyse

Shopwyse is an e-commerce mobile app that makes buying and selling easy for both sellers and buyers. It has in-app call and chat features.

React-Native

Node.js

MongoDb

Socket.io

Other Noteworthy Projects

Projects   |   Articles   |   Open Source

Virtuous Sprouts

This is a web application used by Virtuous Sprouts for student registration and result portal

React

Scss

Node.Js

MongoDb

Orange Tool Box

This is a mobile app used by the GTBank's staff majorly marketers to ease banking and solving customers' issues outside the bank

Ionic Angular

Asp.Net

SQL

Flutterwave For Business

This is an application which helps merchants sell online, process payment and grow their business.

Vue

Node.js

SQL

Internet Banking

A web application with three designs options used by 300+ micro-finance banks' customers to perform financial transactions.

React

Typescript

Asp.Net

Rymz

This is a rhyme mobile app built for children for learning the English letters

React-Native

Node.js

Newcore Technologies Site

This is an online website for Newcore Technologies Ltd.

React

AOS

Crendly Admin Panel

This is an internal web platform for the Crendly app which handles customer support, fraud monitoring, risk underwriting, compliance, audit and control etc.

React

Typescript

Asp.Net

Go Country

A web application that provides users with countries details and their neighbouring country. search can be done by country search or by continents

React

Robotics in Banking

An extensive article on how Robots begin to invade banking industry and how promising the future of Robotic technology is in banking.

Canva

04.Wanna reach me?

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I am currently open to new job opportunities. If you wanna reach me, be part of your team or just say hi, click the button below or send an email to olaniyi.jibola152@gmail.com and ~let's make the world a better place to live!

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Design inspired by Brittany Chiang's portfolio. Redesigned and built by Ridwan Kolawole.

olaniyi.jibola152@gmail.com