Adetayo Akinsanya
unkletayo • Software Engineer • Systems & Craft
I like taking things apart to see how they work—whether that's a software system, a film score, or why a specific line in a book stays with you for years.
Peeling Back the Layers
My engineering curiosity naturally leans toward how large systems stay standing under load—whether that's understanding high-concurrency database engine internals, low-level browser rendering loops, or distributed event streams.
Modern software hides most of its complexity behind clean interfaces and package managers. My favorite moments in engineering happen when you pull back those abstractions: when you stop asking "how do I use this library?" and start asking "why was it designed this way?"
Work & Professional Experience
Companies & engineering roles:
Frontend Engineer
@ Moniepoint GroupPrimary frontend engineer building merchant revenue platforms and enterprise CRM products with React and Vite. Occasionally contributes to backend Java/Spring Boot services while deepening backend systems and AI engineering knowledge.
- Build and maintain CRM platforms and sales tools used by field teams to onboard merchants and drive direct business revenue, using React and Vite as the core frontend stack.
- Contribute to backend Java & Spring Boot microservices while deepening knowledge in system design, data structures & algorithms, and AI primitives.
Lead Frontend Engineer
@ ProphiusLed frontend engineering for a standalone web payment gateway handling thousands of daily transactions, alongside reconciliation, dispute, and payout tooling.
- Shipped a standalone web payment gateway with secure API integrations, now handling thousands of daily transactions.
- Built a WooCommerce plugin used by merchants to extend platform adoption.
- Developed a reconciliation, dispute, and payout module, reducing transaction resolution time by 40%.
- Orchestrated a high-performance PWA launch, increasing daily active users by 30% and reducing load time by 35%.
- Led testing initiative with unit and integration coverage, cutting production bugs by 30% and improving release confidence.
Frontend Lead
@ PayercoinsArchitected a crypto-fiat dashboard integrating real-time transactions and on-chain data. Led wallet integrations and mentored junior engineers.
- Integrated Metamask and WalletConnect using web3.js, improving wallet connection success rate by 60%.
- Collaborated with designers to ship pixel-perfect UIs that boosted user engagement by 25%.
- Mentored 3 interns, two of whom transitioned to full-time contributors within 3 months.
Frontend Engineer
@ PHPSandboxBuilt Composer UI for managing package dependencies inside a browser-based PHP sandbox IDE, improving developer experience and retention.
- Built Composer UI to manage package dependencies, improving developer experience and retention.
- Optimised front-end performance and accessibility, contributing to a 20% increase in user retention.
Frontend Engineer
@ QuabblyBuilt web application interfaces and data-driven workflow automation tools for internal teams.
- Created a real-time commenting feature with user mentions using Angular, improving support ticket clarity and internal collaboration.
- Integrated RESTful APIs for dynamic dashboards with minimal latency.
Frontend Engineer Intern
@ Hotels NGContributed to FundMyLaptop, a platform enabling developers to access laptop funding via partnerships.
Featured Projects & Systems
Selected engineering implementations:
unkletayo.dev Platform
An ongoing collection of technical essays, architecture notes, and open-access research built with Astro, Brittany Chiang design primitives, and automated release pipelines.
Transactional In-Memory Data Store
A custom concurrent key-value store built in Java featuring snapshot isolation, WAL durability, and lock-free memory indexing.
B+ Tree Storage Engine
A disk-backed page-managed storage engine implementing slotted-page records, B+ Tree node splitting, and buffer pool caching.
Volunteering & Community
Giving back to the developer community:
API CONF Lagos
Built the official conference website visited by 3,600+ attendees for a tech event featuring 15+ speakers.
Open Source & Mentoring
Active open-source contributor with commits to community-driven React projects. Writes technical articles on JavaScript, React, and web performance on dev.to and Hashnode.
Perspective & Principles
Understanding Over Consumption
Frameworks and abstractions make it easy to ship code without understanding how things work underneath. I enjoy reading about how software systems are built from first principles and learning how the pieces fit together.
Craft & Detail
Care shows in the quiet details: crisp typography, tight error handling, fast load times, and code written for humans to read six months later.
Curiosity Without Boundaries
The impulse to understand why things work doesn't stop at code. It applies to cinema, music, spiritual sermons, literature, and how people interact with technology.
Curiosities & Obsessions
What I spend my time exploring:
Reading technical articles, backend architecture, and understanding how software systems work under the hood.
Building lightning-fast web applications, browser mechanics, state machines, and web performance efficiency.
Watching movies, compelling storytelling, atmospheric sound design, and great cinema.
Reading broadly—from self-help and fiction to technical articles, essays, and anything good and well-written.
Watching football and following my favorite clubs: Chelsea, Real Madrid, and Sporting Lagos.
Listening to deep spiritual sermons and worship music—especially Minister Theophilus Sunday whose prayer chants stay on repeat.