LiveCo-founder & CTO
Lifteller
A social and compassion platform. Offer, request or raise support — medical bills, school fees, business capital, or simply clothes and books — with evidence and transparency built in.
Co-founder & CTO at Lifteller · Founder of ThinkSoftify
AkinsholaSamuel Akinde
I architect software that carries weight — products that move money, people and compassion at scale.
Principal Software EngineerFounderMentorSound Engineer
- Years shipping software
- 15+
- Companies founded
- 2
- Years leading church media
- 10+
- Open-source repositories
- 190+
01 — About
Engineer by craft. Builder by calling. Servant by conviction.
For 15 years I have designed and shipped software across fintech, social impact, ERP and AI — from the first commit to systems serving real people with real money.
Today I am Co-founder & CTO of Lifteller, a social and compassion platform for dignified, transparent giving, and the founder of ThinkSoftify, a software architecture and development agency helping teams build products that last.
Outside the terminal, I tutor and mentor the next generation of engineers, and I am a professional sound engineer and media consultant. For over a decade I have served as Head of the Sound & Media department in my local church.
I am a Christian. My faith shapes how I lead — with integrity, a servant's heart and a commitment to excellence in everything I build.
- Education
- University of Lagos
- Focus
- Architecture · Leadership · Product
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- Python
- PHP / Laravel
- Go
- React & Next.js
- React Native
- PostgreSQL
- Odoo
- AWS & GCP
- Docker & Kubernetes
- System Design
02 — Worlds
Four frequencies, one signal.
Pick a world — the whole site re-tunes to it.
Principal engineering, 15 years deep.
Systems design, distributed backends and product-grade frontends. I write code, review code, and design the boundaries that keep codebases healthy for years.
- Architecture & system design
- TypeScript · Python · PHP · Go
- Cloud, DevOps & reliability
- Payments, ERP & data platforms
03 — Work
Ventures I lead & things I've built.
BuildingFounder
ThinkSoftify
Software architecture & development agency. Architecture reviews, platform builds and fractional CTO engagements for teams that need to ship with confidence.
Case studies coming soon.
Selected projects
Gidi Meals
A food-delivery Progressive Web App — offline-first ordering for Lagos.
PWA · JavaScript · Service Workers
PyML
Python & machine-learning experiments over sales and music datasets.
Python · Pandas · scikit-learn
Multi-tenant Odoo
Serving many databases on individual domains from a single Odoo instance.
Odoo · Python · Nginx · PostgreSQL
Your next case study
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04 — Journey
15 years, one direction.
Sep 2025 — Present
Co-founder & CTO · Lifteller
Building the technology behind a social and compassion platform for dignified, transparent peer-to-peer giving — money and non-money support — across web, Android and iOS.
- Own architecture, security and delivery across web, Android and iOS clients
- Wallet funding via per-user virtual accounts with banking-partner integration
- Evidence-backed requests, community reporting and fraud controls built into the core
2020 — Present
Founder & Principal Architect · ThinkSoftify
A software architecture and development agency. We design, build and rescue products for startups and enterprises — from first commit to scale.
- Lead architecture reviews, platform design and engineering delivery for client products
- Assemble and mentor senior, distributed engineering teams
- Specialise in fintech, marketplaces, ERP (Odoo) and data-heavy platforms
Earlier
Senior Full Stack Engineer · SnapChop AI
Full-stack engineering on AI-assisted product experiences.
- Shipped product features end-to-end across API, data and UI layers
Earlier
Full Stack Engineer · Distinct.ai
Full-stack product engineering for an AI company.
- Delivered production features across backend services and web clients
2011 — 2020
Software Engineer → Senior Engineer · Product teams & consultancies
A decade of shipping web, mobile and data products — PHP, Python, JavaScript — growing from engineer to technical lead.
- Progressive Web Apps, ERP customisation, ML data pipelines and payment systems
Service & volunteering
10+ years
Head of Department — Sound & Media
Local church
Lead the sound and media team: live mixing, streaming, training volunteers and stewarding the technical ministry.
Aug 2023 — Present
Graphic Speaker & Mentor
Tooltip Grassroots Development Initiative
Speaking and mentoring young people breaking into technology.
Earlier
Tutor & Programme Coordinator
GirlCode Academy
Taught and coordinated coding programmes for girls and young women.
Earlier
Web Design & Development Trainer
WEBHPRO
Trained cohorts in web design and development fundamentals.
05 — Writing
Notes from the build.
Engineering write-ups and lessons learned, published on DEV and LinkedIn.
- Bridging Fintech and Agentic AI: Building a Paystack MCP Server in Python
- Shipping Desktop Apps with PHP? Let’s Talk NativePHP for Startups
- How to configure multiple databases on individual domain names using a single Odoo instance? [A Multi-Tenant Odoo App]
06 — Contact
Let's build something that matters.
Architecture reviews, fractional CTO work, speaking, mentorship or a sound & media consult — my inbox is open.
- Work & partnerships
- Personal & mentorship