Yusuf Yakubu

Yusuf Yakubu is a seasoned technology leader and Senior Site Reliability Engineer with over seven years of experience in architecting, developing, and optimizing highly available cloud and web applications. His expertise spans cloud infrastructure, containerized microservices, and distributed systems, leveraging technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Prometheus, and Elasticsearch.

As a co-founder of Pesa, Yusuf is at the forefront of building scalable and secure financial solutions that empower global users. Prior to Pesa, he held senior engineering roles at the Royal Bank of Canada and ModiFace, where he played a critical role in enhancing system reliability, performance, and security. He also contributed to large-scale infrastructure advancements at Huawei Technologies.

Yusuf is deeply passionate about the intersection of technology, finance, and innovation. His work focuses on driving operational excellence, optimizing cloud-native architectures, and leveraging automation to enhance system resilience. Through his leadership at Pesa, he is helping to build a seamless and secure financial ecosystem for users worldwide.