BackendEngineer

RecentProjects

Earlier work

5+ Years ofExperience

• Gopaddi Technologies Limited

  Backend Engineer (Contract)

  Sole backend engineer on a two-person product squad, owning API architecture, integrations, and production delivery across three Laravel services.

  • Designed shared RBAC on Core across supplier and marketplace apps so permissions stayed consistent between services.
  • Replaced client polling with live presence for multi-user design studio sessions on Core.
  • Shipped event-commerce and vacation-booking APIs on Core.
  • Built Unified as the central management layer: end-to-end onboarding for new and existing Gopaddi businesses, plus budget reconciliation, reporting, and a reusable audit-log.

  Feb 2026 – Aug 2026 · Lagos, Nigeria

• EasyBud Limited

  Backend Engineer

  Designed and operated fintech transaction infrastructure — wallets, balances, ledgers, and high-throughput payment APIs.

  • Built ledger-backed workflows in NestJS/TypeScript with strong consistency and auditability.
  • Integrated PalmPay, Providus, Interswitch, and Wakanow for payments and travel booking.
  • Improved key transaction endpoints by about 15–25% through query optimization, caching, and async jobs.

  Aug 2024 – Jan 2026 · Lagos, Nigeria

• Volt Wolf Limited

  Backend Engineer

  Built API gateways and microservices for financial workloads, with an emphasis on reliability and maintainable service boundaries.

  • Designed REST APIs across Laravel, FastAPI, and Node.js/Express.
  • Operated production infrastructure on DigitalOcean and automated CI/CD with Docker and GitHub Actions.
  • Introduced Celery to offload heavy work and keep APIs responsive under load.

  Oct 2023 – Jul 2024 · Lagos, Nigeria

• M4Webmetrix

  Backend Engineer

  Built and maintained Django REST APIs for client projects, working with product and stakeholders to ship on agreed timelines.

  • Delivered Django REST endpoints and improved response times on key paths.
  • Clarified requirements with stakeholders and shipped on agreed schedules.

  Apr 2021 – Sep 2023 · Nsukka, Nigeria

PremiumTools

• NestJS

  Node Framework

• Laravel

  PHP Framework

• TypeScript

  Language

• Python

  Language

• C/C++

  Language

• FastAPI

  Python Framework

• Django

  Python Framework

• PostgreSQL

  Database

• Redis

  Caching & Queues

• RabbitMQ

  Messaging

• Node.js

  Runtime

• Docker

  Containers

• GitHub Actions

  CI/CD

• DigitalOcean

  Cloud

WritingNotes

• Postmortem Report: Security Breach on DigitalOcean Droplet

  A candid postmortem on a DigitalOcean droplet compromise — what happened, how it was contained, and the hardening steps that followed.

  Aug 19, 2024

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• A Cautionary Tale: Don't Get Burnt by Your Firewall

  A practical cautionary tale about firewall misconfiguration — and how a “secure” setup can quietly break production.

  May 20, 2024

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• What Happens When You Type google.com in Your Browser and Press Enter

  A walkthrough of DNS, TCP, TLS, HTTP, and rendering — what actually happens between pressing Enter and seeing a page.

  May 17, 2024

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• Tech: A Marathon

  Reflections on treating a tech career like a marathon — pacing, consistency, and sustainable growth over sprints.

  Sep 9, 2022

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