Hey, I'm Emmanuel.

Timeline

1. Now Consulting Backend and platform work for hire.
2. 2025–present SusuPaa Co-founder and CTO (Pavex Technologies). Built the platform and its custom append-only ledger, the system of record for ₵12.5M+ in successful deposits. Cut p99 API latency from 1.6s to 500ms. writeup
3. 2024–2025 Fetch Agent Web developer (contract). Built the agent-ranking and filtering engine that matches buyers to agents, and the APIs behind the app and admin dashboard, held under 200ms. writeup
4. 2024–2025 RBL Matchmaking Lead engineer. Zero-downtime migration of 170,000 live users from PHP/MySQL to Node.js/PostgreSQL; real-time messaging for 200,000 monthly actives. writeup
5. 2024 Hubtel Frontend engineer. Led frontend for Hubtel for Hospitals; contributed to GHQR.
6. 2023–present The Brifcast Ltd. (Brif) Co-founder & Managing Partner. Media company telling the stories of African founders, with an editorial side and a small production studio. I run the business side (partnerships, client work, operations) and built the internal tools we use.
7. 2021–2024 Built Financial Technologies Mobile app developer. Shipped the web platform, two React Native apps, one offline-first, and an HR platform. writeup
8. 2019–2021 Wordnox Founder (company closed). WordPress sites for clients.

Writing

• Are we now just bystanders while AI takes over? 20 Apr 2026
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• Software Engineering is Just Advanced Damage Control. 5 Apr 2026
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• The Shipping Anxiety of AI-Generated Code 2 Apr 2026
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• How I Migrated 170k Users from PHP to Node.js Without Stopping the World 7 Jan 2026
  systemsmigrations
• Why I built Voltax: Unifying the African Payment Stack 5 Jan 2026
  open-sourceapi-design

Projects

• remotepad Go

  Use your phone as a trackpad and keyboard for your desktop. A Go daemon runs on the host and serves a PWA to the phone, so there is nothing to install on the client.

  repo
• Voltax TypeScript

  A polyglot open-source payment SDK designed to unify African payment infrastructure.

  live repo
• SusuPaa Platform TypeScript · PostgreSQL

  A multi-tenant platform built on a custom append-only ledger with strict consistency guarantees. ₵12.5M+ in successful deposits; p99 latency cut from 1.6s to 500ms.

  live writeup
• Fetch Agent Real Estate Platform Node.js · PostgreSQL

  Backend for a US real estate marketplace: the APIs behind the web app and admin dashboard, and the filtering and ranking engine that matches buyers to agents.

  live writeup
• RBL Dating Platform Node.js · Express.Js · PostgreSQL · React Native

  Rewrote a dating platform’s stack from PHP/MySQL to Node.js and PostgreSQL, with a new React Native app and React admin panel, migrating 170,000 users with zero downtime.

  writeup

Contact

Email [email protected] or book a 15-minute call.