About Me
Results-driven Senior PHP & Full-Stack Software Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, scaling, and maintaining high-availability enterprise web applications and cross-border financial platforms. Specialized in defensive PHP and Laravel architectures, real-time WebSocket event systems, double-entry financial ledgering, and stablecoin payment rails.
Proven track record leading engineering lifecycles from architecture design and database optimization to production rollout across Nigeria, Mauritius, and the United States, currently serving over 200,000 active users with zero-downtime reliability.
Experience
June 2019 - Present
Founder & Lead Software Engineer
Knopee Digital Services Ltd
Spearheaded technical architecture and delivered 20+ production systems spanning SaaS platforms, fintech payment gateways, and church management portals. Engineered high-traffic event platforms serving 20,883 delegates with 14,000+ peak concurrent users with zero downtime. Integrated multi-currency payment rails, automated reconciliation pipelines, DocuSign workflows, and KYC identity verification.
August 2020 - Present
Lead Technology Partner
Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC)
Architected and maintain the NBC Pension RBS System managing 6,000+ member records and processing over 10 billion Naira in statutory disbursements. Designed and deployed real-time WebSocket round-robin quiz systems for national congresses using Laravel Reverb and Alpine.js, nationwide delegate registration portals, and secure REST APIs with Cloudflare bot protection.
December 2023 - November 2024
Technical Specialist (NYSC)
Directorate of Distance & E-Learning, Federal University, Lokoja
Collaborated with the directorate to train faculty and technical staff on LMS platform deployment, system maintenance, and user management. Contributed to enhancing curriculum structures and digital lab learning workflows.
Education
2018 - 2023
B.Sc. Computer Science (First Class Honours)
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko
Graduated as the Best Graduating Student of the Department with a 4.52 / 5.0 CGPA. Former Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador (2021-2023), Google Developer Student Clubs Lead (2020-2021), and Major League Hacking (MLH) Organizer.
2015 - 2017
Diploma in Computer Science (Upper Credit - 3.74/5.0)
The Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa
Completed foundational studies in computer programming, algorithm design, and relational database systems. Built and deployed an electronic result verification system for the department.
Skills
PHP & Node.js
Enterprise Backend Architecture
MySQL & MariaDB
Database Systems & High-Load Indexing
WebSockets
Laravel Reverb, Real-Time Concurrency
REST APIs
Gateways, KYC, Webhooks, DocuSign
React & TypeScript
SPAs, Modern Frontend, Alpine.js
WordPress
Custom Themes, Plugins, Security
Business Automation
n8n, Zapier, and custom APIs
Python
AI/ML/NLP Research & Applications
Honours & Research
Best Graduating Student (Computer Science)
Adekunle Ajasin University - First Class Honours (4.52 / 5.0 CGPA)
Voice-Based Electronic Results System
NIPES Journal of Science & Technology Research (Speech Recognition & Accessibility)
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador
Global student developer leadership program fostering cloud & technical literacy