Ugochukwu Nneji, Developer in Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
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Ugochukwu Nneji

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Bio

Ugochukwu is a seasoned full-stack developer with 7+ years of industry experience building robust and high-performance web applications. His expertise is mainly Ruby, Python, TypeScript and React frameworks. Ugochukwu is also skilled in product design which enables him to seamlessly bridge the gap between design and engineering.

Portfolio

Billingrails Inc.
Ruby on Rails (RoR), Python, Next.js, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Stripe API...
Splitgraph Inc
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, PostgreSQL
Suplias
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, WordPress...

Experience

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

MacOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Postman, Git

The most amazing...

...tool I've developed is a real-time inventory monitoring dashboard for gas stations.

Work Experience

Co-Founder & CTO

2024 - PRESENT
Billingrails Inc.
  • Developed the core REST API for a variety of billing operations, including invoicing, subscription management, and payment gateway integration.
  • Built an admin dashboard with developer tools to help customers integrate Billingrails into their own applications.
  • Developed a customer-facing storefront and portal for checkout and subscription management.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails (RoR), Python, Next.js, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Stripe API, Payment APIs, Tailwind CSS, Docusaurus, Stripe, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Figma, Heroku

Software Engineer (via Toptal)

2021 - 2023
Splitgraph Inc
  • Worked on the web-based query editor and made significant improvements, including autocompletion, AI-generated query capabilities, query result export functionality, and more.
  • Enhanced and refactored the codebase for a marketing website, tackling performance issues and improving accessibility.
  • Built new marketing pages for technical articles, product documentation, and user onboarding.
Technologies: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, PostgreSQL

Software Engineer

2018 - 2022
Suplias
  • Designed and led the development of an inventory management web application to manage the order and supply of consumer products, sales reporting, and insights.
  • Designed and supported building a mobile app used daily by 3,000+ retailers for ordering and paying for products.
  • Developed a progressive web app (PWA) for a digital lending platform for SMEs.
  • Implemented CI/CD workflows to improve the developer experience.
  • Mentored junior engineers and conducted technical interviews for new hires.
Technologies: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, WordPress, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Figma, D3.js, Chart.js

Shelfie: Real-time Retail Store Insights

A web-based application for modern retail store insights built with React, Python, and MongoDB and the application is used for staff geolocation-based attendance tracking, real-time product and sales updates, and in-store customer surveys.

Fuel Intellisense (POC): Real-time Dashboard for Filling Stations

A POC, web-based, real-time monitoring dashboard for filling stations built with React, WebRTC, Node.js, and MongoDB. The application is used to manage assets (tankers, fuel pumps) and inventory and track sales and employee attendance across multiple locations with real-time reporting.

Planit: Marketplace for Event Vendors

A web-based marketplace for event vendors built with React, Ruby on Rails, and PostgreSQL. The platform includes user authentication, media uploads, order management, and payment. I led design and development alongside three other developers.

Toptal React Accelerator

The Toptal React Accelerator is an exclusive learning program that educates JavaScript developers in React, Next.js, Redux, and GraphQL. This is a two-month program that consists of rigorous learning exercises and hands-on activities along with a stringent evaluation process, comprehensive learning assessments, and 30-40 hours of building an Invoice Management System. Within this invoicing application, users are able to track invoices, clients, and company information.

Obtainly: Digital Lending for SMEs

https://obtainly.com
A web-based app for digital lending built with React, Node.js, and MongoDB. I worked on customer and admin dashboards and contributed to building back-end APIs and services for payment webhooks and integrations.

Infodemics: Health Risk Communication

A web-based app for health risk communication built with React, Python (Django), and MongoDB and I worked as a full stack developer with four other developers to build back-end services, user, and admin dashboards.

Wedding Cost Calculator

https://wedding-cost.vercel.app/
The project is a web-based application for calculating wedding costs. It was built with React, Next.js, and Firebase Realtime Database. I was solely responsible for designing the user interface and developing the application.

Toptal Node.js Accelerator

The Node.js Accelerator is an exclusive learning program that educates JavaScript / Backend developers in Node.js, ExpressJs, NestJS, and TypeScript. This is a two-month program that consists of rigorous learning exercises, live instructor-led sessions by SMEs, hands-on activities along with a stringent evaluation process, comprehensive assessments, and an incremental project where participants implement a couple of Microservices (REST APIs) using ExpressJs and NestJs. The Incremental project simulates an eCommerce application consisting of two services, i.e., a user service to implement the authentication with user management and a product-catalog service that offers functionalities to manage inventory.
2014 - 2018

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

University of Cape Coast - Accra, Ghana

DECEMBER 2022 - PRESENT

Toptal Node.js Accelerator Graduate

Toptal, LLC

JULY 2022 - PRESENT

Toptal React Accelerator Graduate

Toptal, LLC

Libraries/APIs

React, Node.js, Stripe, D3.js, Chart.js, Stripe API

Tools

Figma

Languages

TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, GraphQL

Frameworks

Next.js, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Tailwind CSS, Docusaurus, Remix, Django, Flask, NestJS

Paradigms

UI Design

Platforms

WordPress, WooCommerce, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Shopify, Heroku

Storage

PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Other

Front-end Development, FastAPI, Payment APIs, Software Development

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