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Chukwuebuka Okoli

@chukwuebukaokoli

Backend engineer at Kaapo who built payment workflows and cut p99 API latency from 450ms to 290ms.

Nigeria
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At Kaapo, I designed and built payment integration endpoints and ledger transaction workflows in Node.js and Express.js. I optimized database queries and added application-level caching, bringing p99 API response latency down from 450ms to 290ms.

At Loubby AI / DivVerse, I built the event-driven core of an in-app task management and notification system. I also automated candidate processing with Redis-backed queues, cutting onboarding turnaround from several days to under 24 hours.

On my Hybrid Kubernetes Platform & Rust Gateway project, I moved staging and development workloads to a hybrid self-managed cluster and rebuilt the primary API gateway in Rust on Pingora. I propagated W3C trace context through downstream async workers, cutting the time to trace cross-service failures from 30 minutes to under 10.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

KA
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Full-Stack Engineer (Backend Focus)

Kaapo

May 2024 - Present (2 years 5 months)

Designed and built payment integration endpoints and ledger transaction workflows in Node.js and Express.js. Optimized database queries and added application-level caching, reducing p99 API latency from 450ms to 290ms.

LD

Backend Engineer

Loubby AI / DivVerse

Feb 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year 1 month)

Built the event-driven core of an in-app task management and notification system. Automated multi-stage candidate processing with Redis-backed background queues, cutting onboarding turnaround to under 24 hours.

CR

Backend Engineer

Crimmit

Dec 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 2 months)

Built microservice REST APIs and serverless workflows in Node.js, FastAPI, and AWS Lambda for compliance reporting. Implemented token-based authentication and role-based access control across downstream services.

ME

Engineering Intern

Mentortribes

Dec 2020 - Oct 2021 (10 months)

Helped build course-enrollment and user-management features with clean REST endpoints in Express.js. Maintained MySQL schemas as platform requirements evolved.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

ALX Africa logoAA

ALX Africa

Professional Certificate, Software Engineering

2022 - 2024

Completed a professional certificate in software engineering, covering full-stack development and hands-on project work.

Udacity logoUD

Udacity

Nanodegree, Full Stack Development

2022 - 2022

Earned a Full Stack Developer Nanodegree, focusing on web development technologies and best practices.

FE

Federal Cooperative College, Enugu

Higher National Diploma, Cooperative Economics

2013 - 2016

Earned a Higher National Diploma in Cooperative Economics, providing a foundation in economics and cooperative management.

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