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BASSEY GOODLUCK

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Backend engineer at MASQ who improved development velocity by 70% with reusable packages and shared state systems.

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At MASQ, I led backend architecture and implementation for the MASQ Privacy Browser, serving 1,000+ users. I created reusable internal packages and shared state systems that other engineers adopted, improving development velocity by 70%.

In my independent consulting and product work, I architected a hybrid exchange around a deterministic Rust order-matching engine and benchmarked its matching path at approximately 790,000 orders per second in-process. I also built Paltext AI, Maakeit, and Web3Id, spanning AI customer support, creator marketplaces, and identity and access management.

Across backend and systems engineering roles, I’ve worked on production services, real-time integrations, and Web3 products. At MASQ, I also audited AWS infrastructure and reduced annual cloud spend by more than $12,000.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Principal Engineer

Current

Independent Consulting and Product Development

Jan 2026 - Present (9 months)

Designing, building, benchmarking, and operating production systems across AI infrastructure, marketplaces, and distributed financial systems. Architected a hybrid exchange around a deterministic Rust order-matching engine and built production backend services.

Rust NodeJS TypeScript Fastify gRPC Redis PostgreSQL MongoDB WebSockets AWS Docker Solidity

Senior Backend Engineer

MASQ

Nov 2023 - Dec 2025 (2 years 1 month)

Led backend architecture and implementation for the MASQ Privacy Browser, serving 1,000+ users in a privacy-critical product. Built and maintained backend services and desktop-client integrations across Rust and Node.js, and audited AWS infrastructure to reduce annual cloud spend by more than $12,000.

Rust NodeJS AWS Docker MongoDB Redis REST Webhooks Electron Chrome extensions Git

Fullstack Software Engineer

O1Node

Jun 2023 - Oct 2023 (4 months)

Led development of the Missions dApp used by thousands of users, contributing to a 40% increase in engagement and 15% lift in retention within the first month. Built scalable TypeScript applications and backend integrations using Node.js, PostgreSQL, Prisma, REST and GraphQL.

NodeJS TypeScript PostgreSQL Prisma REST GraphQL Next.js Remix CI CD

Software Engineer

Altura

Mar 2023 - May 2023 (2 months)

Developed and maintained Node.js/Express internal tooling backed by MongoDB, improving team productivity and operational efficiency by 30%. Contributed to a TypeScript/Node.js smart-NFT system that resulted in a 25% increase in sales.

NodeJS TypeScript ExpressJS MongoDB JavaScript

Fullstack Engineer

Monkeydoo NFT

Nov 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 1 month)

Built and shipped end-to-end Web3 products, including Node.js backend services handling wallet connections, transaction lifecycles, event indexing and on-chain state synchronization. Implemented access-control and ownership patterns in Solidity smart contracts and integrated backend services with Ethereum Classic JSON-RPC.

NodeJS JavaScript Solidity Web3.js EthersJS JSON RPC EVM Hardhat

Fullstack Engineer

Evolved NFT

Dec 2020 - Nov 2021 (11 months)

Delivered backend and frontend components for multiple NFT product launches, including Node.js services supporting contract state and transaction flows.

NodeJS JavaScript Solidity Web3.js EthersJS JSON RPC

Frontend Engineer

Payvest

Feb 2020 - Dec 2020 (10 months)

Built and shipped the customer-facing Payvest application interface in JavaScript and React.js, delivering the primary product surface used by the company's end users. Translated financial product requirements into responsive, maintainable UI components within a regulated fintech context.

JavaScript React