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Nelson Elaye

@nelsonelaye

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Software engineer specializing in resilient enterprise systems, financial APIs, and automated data feeds.

Nigeria

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build high-availability systems with strong engineering practices—especially resilient backend services, financial APIs, and automated data pipelines on AWS. I value clear technical specs, production monitoring, and collaborative delivery with product and stakeholders.

I build resilient enterprise systems, including automated data feeds and financial application APIs, with a focus on high availability and measurable performance improvements. I optimize database behavior, refine API response times, and harden production operations through monitoring and careful error-handling patterns.

Across my experience, I’ve architected and refactored backend services, modularized complex workflow logic, and supported payment processing and billing integrations. I work cross-functionally with stakeholders, write clear technical specifications, and deliver maintainable systems using modern cloud infrastructure and engineering practices.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Engineer

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Curacel

May 2026 - Present (2 months)

Develop and maintain enterprise features across a PHP (Laravel) backend and Vue.js/TypeScript interfaces for an AI-powered insurtech and payments platform. Optimize database performance, monitor production health with Sentry, and refactor legacy monolithic backend logic into modular action classes.

PHP Laravel Vue.Js TypeScript SQL Query Optimization Sentry Error Handling Technical Documentation

Software Engineer

Ventics AI

Sep 2025 - May 2026 (8 months)

Architected and deployed AWS cloud infrastructure for storage, hosting, security, and routing for a scalable SaaS application. Implemented Paystack payment gateway integrations and added memory-caching strategies to optimize backend render performance and resource usage.

AWS Cloud Infrastructure Routing Storage Hosting Security Paystack Payment Integration Caching

Software Engineer

Penny Financial Technology

Feb 2026 - Apr 2026 (2 months)

Contributed to an agentic API platform for orchestrating financial tasks, automated data feeds, and transactional workflows. Built automated scheduler services in Convex and implemented fallback/redundancy mechanisms to maintain 24/7 high availability for financial data feeds.

API Orchestration Data feeds Convex Schedulers Fallbacks Redundancy High Availability

Frontend Engineer

Naistro

Apr 2024 - Nov 2025 (1 year 7 months)

Maintained multi-domain applications using React, React Native, and AngularJS, focusing on client-side performance and software quality. Integrated AWS services and built automated test suites to support stable web and mobile releases.

React React Native AngularJS AWS Test Suites

Frontend Engineer

Ninthgrid

Dec 2023 - Mar 2025 (1 year 3 months)

Engineered a digital asset management system to process and catalog 8,000+ digital assets. Built internal administrative tools for managing creators, assets, and permissions, and monitored AWS Amplify deployments to ensure uptime and operational resiliency.

Digital Asset Management Internal Tools Permissions Management AWS Amplify Uptime Reliability

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

National Open University of Nigeria

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Activities and societies: 1st Place Winner – Solana x AI Student Hackathon: developed a mobile marketplace with escrow payments and automated backend workflows (Oct 2025).

Earned a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the National Open University of Nigeria.