{"id":881,"date":"2025-08-26T11:19:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T11:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/?p=881"},"modified":"2025-08-26T11:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T11:19:44","slug":"see-women-doing-great-in-software-development-sure-you-too-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/26\/see-women-doing-great-in-software-development-sure-you-too-can\/","title":{"rendered":"See Women Doing Great in Software Development \u2013 Sure, You Too Can"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why are women underrepresented in software development?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a rhetorical question. Putting the question in other words, \"<strong>with great successes recorded by women in the software development field, why is there not an influx of women in this lucrative field?<\/strong>\"<\/p>\n<p>Yes, women are doing well, but there are misrepresentations of the profession that keep many women out: narrations like the gender stereotype - it is a male-based role.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer, was a woman<\/strong>. Since then, we've got women like <strong>Grace Hopper<\/strong>, a pioneer in computer programming who created the first compiler and contributed to the COBOL programming language.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, women; this is your field, own it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In modern society we also have several women that are taking giant strides in this noble industry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\">Moat Academy<\/a> has also had its fair share of female alumni who have gone on to make their mark in the profession. Among them are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mariam Adedeji<\/strong>- Senior Application Engineer at Sourcegraph, UK (2017 Set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jane Ihenacho<\/strong> - <a  href=\"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/24\/become-an-application-security-engineer-before-the-end-of-2021\/\" title=\"Software Engineering\" alt=\"Software Engineering\">Software Engineering<\/a> Manager at FairMoney (2019 Set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Naheema Adeleke<\/strong>- Frontend Solutions Engineer at AgileRL, UK (2020 Set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motunrayo Ogunyemi<\/strong> - Software Engineer at Bloomberg, UK (2021 Set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adefisayo Adeniji<\/strong> \u2013 Software Engineer at StanbicIBTC ( 2022 Set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aishat Moshood<\/strong> - Software Engineer at PalmPay(2022 Set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haishat Ibrahim<\/strong> - Software Engineer at Fincra (2022 Set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ize Majebi<\/strong> - Software Developer at IGT, Canada (2022 Set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victoria Umoh<\/strong> - Backend developer at ZetivaHR (2023 set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jimoh Rukayat<\/strong> - Software Developer at Uniswitch (2024 Set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agu Racheal<\/strong> \u2013 Web Develop at Nile Technologies (2024 Set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adedolapo Adeshina<\/strong> - <a  href=\"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/28\/how-to-stay-ahead-of-emerging-cyber-threats\/\" title=\"Full-stack Developer\" alt=\"Full-stack Developer\">Full-stack Developer<\/a> at KPIE ( 2024 Set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Adekunle<\/strong> - Cloud Application Developer at Signal Alliance Consulting (2025 Set)<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you waiting for? Join the growing list of our remarkable female Alumni by completing our <a href=\"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/signup\/apply\">assessment form<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abiola Ilupeju<\/strong>, a female faculty member who is an amazing transformative mentor and trainer, will train you alongside the other faculty members.<\/p>\n<p><img title=\" \"alt=\" \"loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/images\/team\/abiola-profile.jpg\" width=\"184\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Abiola is Chevening alumna and a seasoned IT specialist with over 15 years of expertise in software development, application security, and IT talent development. She graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria with a B.Sc. in Computer Science (with Economics) and Cardiff University, UK with a MSc. Information Security and Privacy. Additionally, she is researching software security patterns for her Ph.D. program.<\/p>\n<p>Her professional certifications include: CertNexus Cybersecure Coder, Cellebrite Certified Operator in Mobile Forensics, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and IT Service Management (ITIL).<\/p>\n<p>She started her professional career working as an Application Developer at Upperlink Limited. There, she <a  href=\"https:\/\/moatacademy.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/01\/become-an-application-security-engineer-in-2021\/\" title=\"created\" alt=\"created\">created<\/a> critical applications for organizations like Babcock University, ESUT Business School, and LCCI, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Abiola has developed and patented a software product, Customer Management and Self-Service software which integrated some leading accounting software.he was mentored and trained by the global leader in Cyber Security -Symantec Corporation at their headquarters in California USA. 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