chideraokara

Senior Software Engineer & Solutions Architect

I’m an AWS Certified Solutions Architect and full-stack engineer with 7+ years of building cloud-native systems that delight users and drive business growth. From designing resilient serverless APIs to automating end-to-end DevOps pipelines, I turn complex challenges into elegant, high-impact solutions.


Experience: 7 years

Yearly salary: $48,000

Hourly rate: $25

Nationality: šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬ Nigeria

Residency: šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬ Nigeria


Experience

Senior Software Engineer
RemoteMore, USA
2023 - 2024
Led complete overhaul of Be-Hookd website; improved UI/UX, increasing user engagement by 25%. Created automated reporting tools using ChatGPT API, reducing report generation time by 40%. Created automated test scripts for the web scrapers using Jest. Integrated APIs for Instagram, Spotify, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter for real-time analytics. Built a Spotify scraper using Puppeteer and Firebase Functions.
Fullstack Developer
Decagon, Lagos
2021 - 2022
Developed APIs for Ekshhot merchant onboarding and optimized delivery microservices using NestJS and Prisma. Implemented test using Jest for testing controllers, services and endpoint. Migrated databases from Firestore to MongoDB, improving scalability. Created robust CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions and Google Cloud Run.
Fullstack Developer
StringCode Limited, Port Harcourt
2019 - 2021
Built e-commerce and hospital management systems using Express.js, React, PostgreSQL. Implemented real-time chat features using Socket.io. Integrated multiple payment gateways (Stripe, Paystack, PayPal). Developed image-compression services with Python and FastAPI.
IT Faculty/Instructor
Aptech, Port Harcourt
2018 - 2021
Conducted training in web design (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Express jS), Python (Flask), and relational databases. Developed a student management system (Node.js, React, PostgreSQL) streamlining enrollment processes. Guided students through real-world projects, introducing version control (Git).

Skills

aws
backend
javascript
node
postgres
python
react
redis
typescript
devops
english