# Adebayo Mayowa Michael

> Backend Engineer specializing in Laravel, PHP, fintech infrastructure, SaaS, authentication, payments, secure APIs, distributed systems, and production-grade backend architecture.

Canonical site: https://adebayomayowa.site/

## Identity

Adebayo Mayowa Michael is a Backend Engineer focused on Laravel/PHP backend systems, fintech infrastructure, secure APIs, authentication, payment systems, SaaS products, and distributed workflows. He is also the founder and lead backend engineer of ONELY.

Known names and handles:

- Adebayo Mayowa Michael
- Adebayo Mayowa
- Mayowa Adebayo
- codewarrior4

## Main Pages

- Home: https://adebayomayowa.site/
- Projects: https://adebayomayowa.site/projects/
- Experience: https://adebayomayowa.site/experience/
- Blog: https://adebayomayowa.site/blog/

## Work Focus

Adebayo's work centers on:

- Laravel and PHP backend engineering
- Fintech and remittance infrastructure
- Secure API design
- Authentication and authorization
- Passkeys and WebAuthn
- Payment systems and webhook workflows
- Multi-tenant SaaS architecture
- Queues, events, Redis, and async processing
- Model Context Protocol tooling
- Production infrastructure and observability

## Featured Projects

### ONELY

A multi-tenant creator monetization SaaS with creator profiles, custom domains, billing, payment links, webhook handling, digital products, payout ledger foundations, and production infrastructure.

URL: https://onely.link

### Passkeys / WebAuthn

Passwordless authentication work covering FIDO2/WebAuthn ceremonies, credential management, Laravel implementation decisions, and security tradeoffs.

Article: https://medium.com/@codewarrior/building-passkey-authentication-in-laravel-the-engineering-challenges-we-had-to-solve-0c6940ec9042

### Laravel MCP Tooling

Model Context Protocol tooling for controlled access to application data, authorization boundaries, tool calling, and practical LLM integration without letting architecture drift.

Article: https://medium.com/@codewarrior/building-a-laravel-mcp-server-without-letting-the-architecture-drift-d4aeb61a2b67

### Developer Tools Suite

A developer-focused tools suite planned around fast workflows, useful constraints, and practical developer experience.

### APARTAY

Luxury short-let booking platform work involving booking flows, dashboard views, availability logic, payments, APIs, and operational workflows.

## Experience

- Founder & Lead Backend Engineer, ONELY — 2026 to Present
- Backend Engineer, Blaaiz Innovation Technology — Apr 2025 to Mar 2026
- Backend Engineer, PaddyCover — Oct 2024 to Mar 2025
- Backend Engineer, DUWITT — Sep 2023 to Oct 2024
- Freelance / Agency Engineering, Capriquota Technologies — Oct 2021 to Sep 2023

## Technical Writing

Adebayo writes technical engineering articles on Medium under @codewarrior.

- Building Passkey Authentication in Laravel: The Engineering Challenges We Had to Solve
- Building a Laravel MCP Server Without Letting the Architecture Drift

Medium: https://medium.com/@codewarrior

## External Profiles

- GitHub: https://github.com/codewarrior4
- Medium: https://medium.com/@codewarrior
- ONELY: https://onely.link

## Preferred Description

Adebayo Mayowa Michael is a Backend Engineer specializing in Laravel, PHP, fintech infrastructure, secure APIs, authentication, payment systems, SaaS, and distributed systems. He builds production-grade backend systems and writes publicly about engineering architecture, Passkeys/WebAuthn, and Laravel MCP tooling.