Senior Software Engineer
Hey, I'm Chijioke.I care about simple, reliable systems.
5+ years building across the full stack — from polished, performant UIs to fault-tolerant distributed systems and high-throughput financial infrastructure. Currently leading engineering at scale.app
About me
Software engineer. Product thinker. I design, build, and structure systems that last.
5+ years building across fintech, logistics, and consumer products — from performant & detailed user experiences people love using to infrastructure that scales. Currently leading engineering at Scale (usescale.app), where we went from zero to 3,000+ users and hundreds of millions in transaction value in under 60 days.
Experience
05 rolesScale (usescale.app)↗︎
Engineering Lead
Lead engineering for an embedded finance platform powering real-time financial transactions in the transportation sector. Designed event-driven microservices enabling scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant systems. Implemented CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments that reduced release times and minimised production errors.
Renda (renda.co)↗︎
Senior Software Engineer (Backend Lead)
Jan 2024 — Mar 2025
Led the backend team, spearheading the architecture of the internal finance service. Designed the Core Orchestrator Service managing users, businesses, RBAC, and service-to-service event logic. Enhanced driver and vehicle management systems across multiple apps.
Senior Frontend Engineer
Jun 2023 — Jan 2024
Led frontend development for two client-facing apps — Customer and Delivery Partner. Refactored codebase and tooling, consolidating shared UI components and reducing technical debt across the board. The v1 launch became the product story behind Renda's fundraise.
Multonion (multonion.com)↗︎
Fullstack Engineer (founding engr)
Built business onboarding, document management, and tender management systems. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable features on a consistent cadence.
Raaxo · Nativedge · LYDIAfrica
Frontend Engineer / Creative Developer / Volunteer
Delivered performant projects at Raaxo Synergy; designed and deployed an e-commerce mobile app prototype at Nativedge; managed website and digital presence for LYDIAfrica NGO.
Selected Work
04 projectsPrime Lane
Ride-hailing platform for the luxury market. Features KYC verification, real-time geospatial driver search, surge-based pricing, in-app chat, and persistent socket connections — designed for 5,000–10,000 concurrent users.
Jumper
Terminal endless-runner written in Go — a fixed-timestep game loop with a dedicated input goroutine and string-builder rendering. Shipped via Homebrew as a universal macOS binary.
ReconX
Threat intelligence platform built for African businesses. Provides actionable security insights and risk visibility for organisations operating in high-risk and emerging market environments.
Fastmeet
Peer-to-peer video conferencing with low-latency real-time communication. Direct browser-to-browser connections via WebRTC — no relay server — with Socket.IO signalling.
More on github.com/chijiooke ↗︎
Open to opportunities