Summary
Ogugua Tochukwu is a Senior Software Engineer and tech lead at Eversend, currently guiding fintech and crypto-focused product development from Lagos, Nigeria. He has eight years of experience spanning backend, mobile, frontend, and full-stack development, with hands-on work across Node.js, React, Laravel, Python, TypeScript, databases, and cloud infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS). As a team lead, he built a fintech mobile app for iOS and Android with over 3 million downloads and led backend refactors that boosted performance by 30% and cut costs by 20%. He mentors junior engineers, authored 16+ BRD and technical documents, and implemented robust unit testing in Jest and Supertest within TDD environments. An early contributor during NYSC at OlotuSquare to open-source projects like Bootstrap and Cordova, his interests in distributed systems, fintech, and crypto reflect a blend of practical delivery and curiosity that drives his ongoing exploration of new technologies.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
west african senior school certificate, science, pass, west african senior school certificate, science, pass at Christ the king college, onitsha
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Computer Technology, Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Computer Technology at University of Calabar
English, Igbo