Oghenekaro Uwede

Senior Software Engineer
Developed and maintained the backend service to enable licensors, licensees, and agent organizations to export catalogues for comprehensive reporting, streamlining data analysis, and decision-making.

• Architected and managed a redemption delivery platform that allows brands to create campaigns with reward incentives, enhancing customer engagement and driving brand loyalty.
• Led the administration service platform where administrators and organizations can perform critical operations such as adding new employees, sending reminder and invite emails, linking brands to licensors, and associating licensors with multiple licensees, ensuring seamless organizational management.

• Spearheaded the design and development of a robust internal notification module, significantly improving user engagement and reducing missed notifications by 30%.
• Led the development of a suite of endpoints, including features for marking/unmarking podcasts and episodes as played, enhancing the user experience for millions of listeners.
• Designed and launched a comprehensive referral code system that drove user growth by 15%, collaborating cross-functionally with marketing and product teams to ensure seamless implementation.
• Owned the migration of critical services from Mongoose and MongoDB to TypeORM and PostgreSQL, optimizing database performance by 40% and ensuring scalability for future growth.
• Architected and implemented real-time chat functionality on live streams using WebSocket protocol, allowing users to interact in real time, increasing engagement by 20%.
• Managed and updated existing APIs to handle account deletion and deactivation processes, ensuring data integrity across the platform.
• Provided mentorship and guidance to junior developers, leading code reviews and best practices sessions to maintain high-quality deliverables across the backend team.

• Led the backend development team in the design and launch of a B2B platform that enabled data-free video ad viewing and integrated dynamic visualization for video-in-SMS ads, enhancing user engagement by 25%.
• Architected and developed endpoints for a comprehensive reporting dashboard, providing real-time analytics and insights to drive informed business decisions across teams.
• Spearheaded the development of a serverless, centralized survey platform that supported question creation, survey management, and multi-channel response collection via WEB, USSD, and SMS, scaling to handle millions of requests efficiently.
• Engineered a highly scalable and customizable Bulk SMS platform, managing campaign workflows and delivering millions of personalized, targeted marketing messages daily.
• Developed and documented a REST API, enabling third-party clients to seamlessly integrate SMS functionality into their applications for customer communication.
• Led the backend development of gamified ad experiences, including a car racing game for Rite Foods and a trivia game for Maltina, enhancing brand engagement through interactive content.
• Built a robust backend system for lottery and raffle code management, validating codes and automating response workflows through SMS, processing thousands of entries daily.
• Managed the design and implementation of a digital loan and investment platform, integrating with digital banks for secure financial transactions and implementing models for real-time credit scoring.
• Collaborated with front-end teams, providing well-documented APIs for seamless user experience integration.
• Integrated backend systems with communication service providers to ensure secure and efficient OTP session handling for user authentication.