Victor Edet
@victoredet
Polyglot software engineer building scalable full-stack and backend systems with performance focus.
What I'm looking for
I am a polyglot software developer with over 4 years of experience designing, implementing, and testing high-quality web and mobile applications across real estate, education, and publications.
I specialize in backend architecture, API design, database scalability, functional programming, and performance optimization, and I build full-stack solutions using JavaScript/TypeScript, NestJS, Laravel, React, and Vue.
I lead teams, mentor engineers, deploy scalable cloud solutions, and have driven measurable improvements such as reducing booking errors by 30% and improving API response times by 40%.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Backend Engineer
525 Systems
Aug 2024 - Present (1 year 1 month)
Led backend architecture and development of an Airbnb-like platform, improving API response times by 40% and reducing booking-related errors by 30% through optimized queries and caching.
Senior Backend Developer
Utogenx
Nov 2022 - Jan 2024 (1 year 2 months)
Built scalable backend for a consumer genomics dashboard, processing over 10TB/month of sequencing data and deploying an ML risk-prediction engine serving ~100,000 potential users while reducing pipeline time by 60%.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
WorldQuant University
Master of Science, Financial Engineering
2025 -
Pursuing a Master of Science in Financial Engineering (in progress) with emphasis on quantitative methods and financial modeling.
University of Calabar
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2016 - 2020
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, focusing on software development and systems design.
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