Architecting distributed systems, scalable billing engines, and AI agents.
Senior engineer with 6+ years of experience building high-throughput services, zero-downtime database migrations (30M+ docs), and multi-region billing & payment infrastructure driving +25% revenue.
Idris Akintobi
Backend / Full-Stack
Vetted Expertise & Accreditations
Top 3% Global Engineering Talent
Formally evaluated and admitted into Toptal. Tested on distributed system architecture, rapid problem-solving, and production engineering delivery.
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(Scroll to view all)Specialized Systems Engineering
High-throughput backends, fault-tolerant data storage, financial APIs, and agentic intelligence.
High-Throughput Microservices & Distributed Architecture
Engineering event-driven microservices with low latency, robust connection pooling, and fault isolation:
Autonomous AI & MCP Tooling
Building autonomous multi-agent pipelines leveraging modern LLMs and protocol standards:
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) tooling
- OpenAI & Claude LLM orchestrations
- LangChain & n8n automated agent pipelines
High-Throughput Billing & FinTech Infrastructure
Resilient transaction engines, multi-provider payment integrations, and automated subscription pipelines:
Large-Scale Data Migration & Storage Reliability
Zero-downtime database migrations and compliant object storage:
Production Engineering Experience
6+ Years across Streaming, FinTech & Enterprise SaaSSenior Software Engineer
Architected zero-downtime migration of 30M+ documents from Google Realtime Database to Firestore, boosting query performance by 30%.
Integrated carrier-grade Telco billing APIs (MTN Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia; Safaricom Kenya) into core payment infrastructure, contributing to 25% top-line revenue growth.
Engineered full-stack subscription management & admin portal serving 2M+ active streaming users with real-time analytics.
Migrated serverless Cloud Functions v1 to Cloud Run v2, decreasing latency and eliminating cold starts.
Authored internal npm package generating compliant Amazon Prime Video MEC/MMC XML delivery files for automated ingestion.
Shipped automated Affiliate Management System driving 8% user acquisition growth and 3% subscription uplift.
Writing on Medium
Understanding Go's context Package: A Guide to Proper Usage
A deep dive into managing goroutine lifecycles, cancellation propagation, timeouts, and request-scoped values in production Go services.
Using Redis Client in NestJS
Architecting a clean Redis client factory, repository, and caching service in NestJS applications for high-throughput short-lived data.
Sendgrid Mail Service in NestJS
Step-by-step tutorial on integrating the SendGrid mail service API cleanly with decoupled email templates and error handling.
Setting up a SOCKS Proxy Server with Dante
Infrastructure guide for configuring and deploying a Dante SOCKS proxy server with production rules for AWS and Google Cloud environments.