Yusuf Danjuma

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Principal Engineer at Absa · Web frontends

Absa
Lagos, Nigeria · WAT (UTC+1)
15+ years experience
GIBS
English, Yoruba
Open to work
Messaging unavailable

Overview

Principal Engineer at Absa, focused on web frontends. Brought on-call pages for web down from 26 a week to 1. Cut the main bundle by 35% and got LCP under 2.3 seconds. Before that: Twiga Foods and Equity Bank. Most at home with Next.js and accessibility. Kannada theatre fan.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in developer infrastructure
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Please don't message about
  • Decks without a clear ask
  • Fund-of-funds solicitations

Travels often; replies within 48 hours

Skills
web performanceReactaccessibilityNext.js
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Staff Frontend Engineer roles in wealth management - Lagos or remote

Target roles
Staff Frontend Engineer
Level
Staff / Principal
Industries
Consumer apps, B2B SaaS
Work mode
On-site
Available
90 days notice
Work authorization
Authorized to work in Nigeria
What I'm looking for
Scope to lead developer infrastructure work, with a manager who gives direct feedback.
Not interested in
Pure people management

15 years in web frontends. Strongest at accessibility and Next.js. Open to the right conversation.

Lagos, Nigeriareactaccessibilitynext.js
Open

Experience

  1. Principal Engineer
    May 2024 - Present
    Absa · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Sit on 6 boards.
    • Previously an operator for 7 years before investing.
  2. Engineering Manager
    Jul 2021 - May 2024
    Twiga Foods · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Shipped 30 launches on the web team without a rollback.
  3. Engineering Manager
    Feb 2018 - Jul 2021
    Equity Bank · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Brought on-call pages for web down from 23 a week to 3.
  4. Senior Frontend Engineer
    Jun 2014 - Feb 2018
    KPMG · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 18 minutes to under 5.
  5. Frontend Engineer
    Oct 2011 - Jun 2014
    Access Bank · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
    • Brought on-call pages for web down from 37 a week to 4.

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Education

  1. GIBS
    MBA, Business Administration
    2014 - 2016
  2. Strathmore University
    BCom, Computer Science
    2006 - 2010

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