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A web and mobile engineering leader shaping global product teams.

I am Michael Olawale, a React Native and frontend engineering leader with 10+ years of experience building mobile and web products across fintech, health tech, travel, logistics, commerce, and consulting environments.

My work has moved across Africa, North America, and Europe, from banking platforms and AI-enabled health products to travel and logistics systems. The through-line is reliable product execution: polished interfaces, reusable architecture, clear delivery, and teams that can keep moving with confidence.

Experience

2025 - Now

Lead React Native Engineer, VP - JPMorganChase

Leading React Native engineering work in a high-trust financial environment, with a focus on mobile architecture, Expo, TypeScript, quality, and delivery.

2023 - 2025

Senior React Native Engineer - Mojo

Built and scaled a React Native AI application for a health product, balancing product polish, reliability, and fast iteration.

2022 - 2023

Senior Software Engineer - Tourlane

Enhanced high-performance travel web applications in Berlin with TypeScript, React, and responsive frontend engineering.

2021 - 2022

Senior Frontend Engineer - Forto

Delivered logistics frontend systems with React, TypeScript, MobX, Material UI, and product-focused engineering practices.

2021 - 2022

Software Engineer - Modus Create

Contributed to cross-platform applications across React Native, Ionic, Angular, and distributed consulting environments.

2019 - 2021

Senior Frontend / Mobile Engineer - First Bank of Nigeria

Managed mobile and web applications, drove new digital solutions, protected brand consistency, and collaborated closely with product and design teams.

2015 - 2019

Head of Mobile Applications / Software Engineer - Longbridge Technologies

Led mobile application delivery for major banks, built commerce experiences, mentored engineers, and helped establish mobile product capability across client systems.

Make the important thing obvious

Great products lower the cognitive cost of action. The interface, data model, and business logic should all point in the same direction.

Build with pace and taste

Speed matters, but so does the judgment to remove noise, protect trust, and ship the version people can believe in.

Prefer systems that compound

The best work keeps paying rent: reusable patterns, clearer decisions, stronger teams, and tools that create future leverage.