Ines OkaforAnnual report 2026

2026 in review

Teams that ship steadily, sleep at night and keep growing.

Ines Okafor

Engineering Manager, Platform

Lisbon, Portugal

The year in numbers

12
engineers managed
−65%
incidents
5
promotions on my teams

Letter from the founder

Dear reader,

I manage two platform teams, twelve engineers in all. I hire, coach, set direction with product and still review the important pull requests.

My teams cut incidents by two thirds while shipping more than before.

Ines

Milestones

  1. 2022

    Engineering Manager, Platform

    Northwind Pay

  2. 2019

    Staff Software Engineer

    Northwind Pay

“The best manager I’ve had. She gave me room to grow and the cover to fail safely.”
Senior Engineer · Her team

Governance & giving back

  • Engineering team review

    Process, architecture and morale, with a written plan.

  • Interim engineering manager

    Three to six months.

  • First-time manager coaching

    Six sessions.

Education

  • University of Porto

    MSc Informatics Engineering, 2014