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Daniel Stephen Kurah

@danielstephenkurah

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I build production React and Node.js platforms for payments, marketplaces, and identity.

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build high-impact products and trust infrastructure where I can own full-stack delivery, strengthen APIs, identity, payments, and marketplaces, and solve real operational problems for users.

I've built and operate Tengacion, a social-commerce and creator-economy platform serving 200+ registered users, with Paystack and Stripe payments, marketplace workflows, JWT access control, messaging, moderation, and real-time capabilities.

I'm also on the Global South Index founding Backend & Identity Core team, contributing to core APIs, authentication infrastructure, identity systems, and reviewer reputation mechanisms. Across product engineering and startup leadership, I focus on clean architecture, secure delivery, debugging production issues, and turning real operational needs into dependable digital products.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founding Team Member - Backend & Identity Core

Current

Global South Index (GSI)

Aug 2026 - Present (2 months)

Selected to the GSI founding technical team after Team Archive won the Global South Index Buildathon Grand Prize. Contributes to core APIs, authentication infrastructure, identity systems, and reviewer reputation mechanisms.

API Design Data Modeling Authentication Security Backend Engineering Product Deployment

Current

Founder & CEO | Full-Stack Product Engineer

Current

Tengacion Technologies Limited

Jan 2026 - Present (9 months)

Architected and built Tengacion, a production social-commerce and creator-economy platform using Node.js, Express.js, React.js, Vite, MongoDB/Mongoose, JWT, Socket.IO, and REST APIs. Integrated Paystack and Stripe for payments, built seller onboarding, marketplace transactions, service-fee logic, and payout workflows, and grew the platform beyond 200 registered users.