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Kenneth Simpson

Mid-level Backend Engineer specializing in FinTech infrastructure

RNS.IDMEST AfricaAccra, Ghana6 Years ExperienceMid Level

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Backend-leaning fintech engineer who led a small pre-seed team building cross-border remittance and payment API products. Brings a mix of technical leadership, customer-facing product discovery, and hands-on experience with scalable payment infrastructure, compliance integrations, and cloud deployment on AWS.

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Key Strengths

  • Led a 4-developer engineering team at a pre-seed startup
  • Built fintech remittance products for UK-US and UK-Africa transfers
  • Bridged business stakeholders, engineering, and customer needs
  • Hands-on backend ownership for payments, KYC, AML, and Stripe integrations
  • Designed scalable services using AWS ECS Fargate, ECR, RDS, and Docker
  • Experience with high-throughput transaction and payout systems
  • Strong PostgreSQL performance tuning, caching, and indexing knowledge
  • Built payment API infrastructure for B2B customers

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Experience

Golang Backend EngineerRNS.ID · Apr 2023 – Sep 2023
Golang Backend EngineerMarygold & Co · Feb 2022 – Mar 2023
Backend EngineerSubcoin · Dec 2021 – Jan 2022
Backend EngineerZuriHQ · May 2021 – Sep 2021
Co-Founder & CTOBezoMoney · Aug 2019 – Jan 2021
Backend LeadEchopay · May 2023 – Present
Golang Backend EngineerRNS-ID · Apr 2023 – Sep 2023
Python Django Backend EngineerSubcoin · Dec 2021 – Jan 2022
Python Django Backend EngineerZuriHQ · May 2021 – Sep 2021
PHP Laravel DeveloperInfoserviceGH · Oct 2016 – Oct 2017
PHP Laravel DeveloperJumic · Mar 2013 – Sep 2016

Education

MEST Africabootcamp, Entrepreneurship & Technology

Languages

English

Certifications

Entrepreneurship CertificateSoftware Engineering CertificateEntrepreneurship - MEST AFRICASoftware Engineering - IPMC GHANA

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Kenneth SimpsonMid-level Backend Engineer specializing in FinTech infrastructure