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SKILLS

Languages
C# Pascal Delphi
Frameworks
.net Microservices Entity FrameWorkCore .net core
Platforms
docker rabbitMq Apache Kafka
Libraries
Storage
mysql Microsoft SQL Server Redis Postgresql

Ugochukwu

location

Lagos, Nigeria

Results-driven Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead with extensive experience across healthcare, maritime, banking, and finance. Skilled in scalable architectures, distributed systems, micro-services, and cloud infrastructures for startups and enterprises. Strategic leader focused on security, performance, and efficiency, guiding cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact, cutting-edge solutions.

SKILLS

Languages
C# Pascal Delphi
Frameworks
.net Microservices Entity FrameWorkCore .net core
Platforms
docker rabbitMq Apache Kafka
Libraries
Storage
mysql Microsoft SQL Server Redis Postgresql

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Team Lead (Move Squad), Equity Bank Limited

    Sep 2021 - PRESENT

    Leading a 20+ engineer team in delivering banking solutions, driving digitization of card operations, transactions, and account management. Built robust back-office services with Blazor and high-performance bulk processing systems. Optimized throughput 10x with Redis & Kafka. Championed microservices, cloud, Docker, and DevOps best practices for scalability and seamless integration.

  • Team Lead (Modernization Squad), Computicket Shoprite

    Feb 2022 - Feb 2024

    Successfully modernized legacy systems, enhancing performance, security, and scalability. Designed high-performance solutions with microservices, Redis, and Kafka, boosting transaction throughput 10x. Improved responsiveness via caching, query optimization, and automation. Strengthened observability with ElasticSearch & Kibana. Advocated cloud, Docker, and DevOps best practices.

  • Senior Software Engineer, Xend Finance

    Feb 2021 - Feb 2022

    Designed and delivered a fraud detection system, strengthening transaction security and trust. Improved performance with Redis caching and cut CI/CD build times for faster, cost-effective deployments. Migrated microservices to Google App Engine and messaging from RabbitMQ to Kafka, boosting scalability, throughput, and reliability. Led third-party API integration to enhance interoperability.

  • Software Engineer, Axxess

    Jun 2020 - Sep 2021

    Developed and maintained home healthcare software solutions widely used across the industry. Built an Uber-like healthcare service to optimize patient–caregiver interactions. Integrated Kibana-based logging to enhance observability and improve log analysis across existing services, strengthening reliability and support efficiency.

  • Software Engineer, SDSD

    Jan 2017 - May 2020

    Refactored an enterprise messaging system, enhancing performance through asynchronous processing and multithreading. Also designed and implemented new features based on client requests.

  • Cryptographer / Blockchain Engineer, PascalCoin

    Nov 2017 - Dec 2019

    Designed and implemented secure cryptographic solutions for blockchain applications, including an ECIES-based encryption system for secure messaging. Contributed to ASIC-resistant mining algorithms (RandomHash/RandomHash2) and proposed a PascalCoin URI scheme for wallet interactions. Enhanced the desktop wallet UI/UX to improve usability and user experience.

  • Blockchain Engineer, Ugarsoft

    Aug 2016 - Dec 2017

    Built the backend that powered a cryptocurrency exchange, enabling seamless digital asset trading. Conducted security audits on blockchain-based applications to ensure integrity and trust. Optimized key system modules to enhance performance, scalability, and overall reliability of the platform.

EDUCATION

  • Bachelor Engineer, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

    Sep 2010 - Jun 2015

  • B.Eng Mechanical Engineering, University of Nigeria Nsukka

    Sep 2010 - Jun 2015