Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
References
Certification
Timeline
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Ezekiel Sebastine Mardillu

Ashaley Botwey

Summary

Seasoned Engineering Team Lead with 7+ years of experience architecting and delivering high-impact software solutions across Africa’s tech ecosystem. Proven ability to lead agile teams, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders. Adept at building robust distributed systems, applying cloud-native best practices, and driving adoption of scalable technologies. Passionate about leadership, performance optimization, and developer growth.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Software Engineer

Adaptive Computer Solutions
06.2022 - Current
  • Led the development of MoMo, Broadband, IDD and other features of the myMTN App for MTN Ghana.
  • Translate business goals into detailed technical tasks and ensure agile delivery.
  • Act as a mentor to junior developers and ensure code quality through reviews and pair programming.

Lead Software Engineer

Maverick Research
07.2024 - 03.2025
  • Spearheaded development of both Admin and Client Portals, owning the backend architecture while leading the frontend team and UI/UX designers.
  • Acted as the primary technical liaison with the Product Manager and broader Maverick team to define scope, set priorities, and ensure business alignment.
  • Led design and implementation of RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express, integrated with Angular frontend.
  • Directed code reviews, delegated tasks to frontend developers, and ensured the UI met usability and performance standards.
  • Delivered features on time and aligned team output with agile timelines and product objectives.

Mobile Lead

Sommalife
03.2022 - 12.2024
  • Managed mobile engineering roadmap and team to deliver the Treesyt app across Android devices.
  • Improved QA processes, reducing daily bug reports from 4–5 to less than 1 within one month.
  • Regularly interfaced with business and technical stakeholders to refine requirements and align delivery.

Head of Mobile Development & Junior Machine Learning Engineer

Farmerline
06.2018 - 03.2022
  • Managed mobile product development lifecycle from ideation to release.
  • Led the team to build and maintain mobile apps used by thousands of farmers and Agri-businesses.
  • Delivered ML-powered solutions: credit scoring for 70K+ farmers and offline voice verification for secure farmer identity validation.
  • Advocated for developer productivity tools and performance monitoring best practices.

MIS Intern

United Pension Trustees
05.2017 - 08.2017
  • Provided IT support to clients and other employees.
  • Managed company’s pension portal.
  • Developed online payment portal with integrated payment system.

Education

Msc. - Data Science

University of East London
09.2025

BSc. - Computer Science

Ashesi University
Berekuso, Eastern Region
06.2018

Skills

  • Fluent in English
  • Programming Languages (Proficient in Kotlin, Java, Python, PHP, SQL, HTML, R)
  • Frameworks (React/Native, Angular, ExpressJs, Spring, Laravel)
  • Productivity tools (Proficient in Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms PowerPoint)
  • Programming tools (Android Studio, Git, Github, Code climate, Jira)
  • Mobile software architectures (MVVM, Clean Architecture, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Multi-Platform Mobile)

Accomplishments

  • UNICAF Scholarship, UNICAF
  • Rising Star, Engineering, Farmerline
  • Ally of the Year, Farmerline

References

Available upon request

Certification

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals, Microsoft, (Credential ID: BD081510C39E3671)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals, Microsoft, (Credential ID: 65FC3158838E308E)

Timeline

Lead Software Engineer

Maverick Research
07.2024 - 03.2025

Lead Software Engineer

Adaptive Computer Solutions
06.2022 - Current

Mobile Lead

Sommalife
03.2022 - 12.2024

Head of Mobile Development & Junior Machine Learning Engineer

Farmerline
06.2018 - 03.2022

MIS Intern

United Pension Trustees
05.2017 - 08.2017

BSc. - Computer Science

Ashesi University

Msc. - Data Science

University of East London

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