Samuel Folasayo

Samuel Folasayo

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Senior Kotlin Engineer | Backend & Android | Product-Minded Engineer | Technical Product Manager | Developer Advocate
Lagos, Nigeria
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Starting at USD3k/month
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  • SeerBit
    API Product Manager
    SeerBit
    Jul 2025 - Current (1 year)
    Lead Product Manager for SeerBit’s Payments Infrastructure and Partner Platform, responsible for driving growth, improving reliability, and building solutions that empower businesses across Africa. Defined and executed a product roadmap that improved transaction success rate by 17% through advanced fallback logic and system monitoring. Designed and launched version two of a Partner Dashboard that increased active engagement by 40%, enhancing transparency and retention. Partnered with engineering, operations, and marketing teams to streamline partner onboarding, reducing setup time by 30%.
  • SeerBit
    Technical Product Manager
    SeerBit
    Jul 2025 - Current (1 year)
    Lead Product Manager for SeerBit’s Payments Infrastructure and Partner Platform, responsible for driving growth, improving reliability, and building solutions that empower businesses across Africa. Defined and executed a product roadmap that improved transaction success rate by 17% through advanced fallback logic and system monitoring. Designed and launched version two of a Partner Dashboard that increased active engagement by 40%, enhancing transparency and retention. Partnered with engineering, operations, and marketing teams to streamline partner onboarding, reducing setup time by 30%.
  • SeerBit
    Developer Advocate
    SeerBit
    Sep 2024 - Jun 2025 (10 months)
  • nlux
    Developer Advocate
    nlux
    Feb 2024 - Mar 2024 (2 months)
  • Emplug
    Associate Product Manager & Backend Engineer
    Emplug
    May 2023 - Feb 2024 (10 months)
    Supported the development of enterprise engagement tools for businesses across Nigeria, enhancing collaboration and workflow automation. Partnered with design and engineering to ship product improvements that raised client satisfaction by 20%. Built prototypes and MVP wireframes that cut feature delivery cycles by 35%, accelerating time-to-market. Strengthened product documentation and discovery workflows for smoother engineering collaboration.
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    Product Manager — International & Independent Projects
    Feb 2023 - Oct 2025 (2 years 9 months)
    Delivered end-to-end product management for early-stage startups and international clients, including UK-based Artisan Hub, focusing on empowering artisans, small businesses, and education platforms through digital innovation. Artisan Hub (UK): Drove product discovery, roadmap design, and MVP development for a new B2C marketplace connecting UK artisans to customers. Defined core user journeys and onboarding experiences that positioned the platform for scalable growth upon launch. Designed a merchant payment MVP for SMEs, improving user flows and reducing setup friction. Conducted user interviews and prototype testing for an education platform, shaping roadmap priorities and achieving early product validation. Collaborated with designers
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    Engineering Team Lead (Contract)
    AppCoy
    Apr 2022 - Current (4 years 3 months)
    • Led development of microservice-based backend services using Kotlin and Spring Boot, deployed on Kubernetes with Redis caching, reducing API response time by 30% for web and Android clients. • Collaborated on Android feature implementation using Kotlin and MVVM architecture. • Ensured API performance, security, and cross-platform consistency. • Mentored engineers and established engineering best practices.
  • Eklipse Technologies
    MERN FULL-STACK DEVELOPER
    Eklipse Technologies
    Nov 2021 - Apr 2022 (6 months)
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  • KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY MALETE
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
    KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY MALETE
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2022 (4 years)
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  • R
    Results summary component
    # Results Summary Component This project contains HTML and CSS code for a results summary component. This component is designed to display a user's test results in a visually appealing and user-friendly manner.
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    Mentorship
    GDSC KWASU
    Award of Merit as a Mentor and Instructor from GDSC Kwara State University