Alexander Akubue
Fullstack Software Engineer (PHP / Laravel)
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About
Fullstack Software Engineer with 6+ years shipping production PHP/Laravel platforms across logistics, marketplace, edtech, and hosting/billing domains. Owns features end to end — API design, database schema and query optimization, and deployment — and has built and launched multiple live platforms from the ground up. Experienced mentoring junior developers and keeping production systems fast and reliable.
Experience
Software Developer - Starnet Innovation Ltd
(2024-08)
- Shipped multiple production platforms end to end, spanning e-commerce and edtech domains.
- Built a logistics and dispatch platform powering real-time shipment tracking and delivery-workflow management.
- Developed a classified marketplace platform connecting buyers and sellers, with listings, search, and messaging.
- Architected an AI-driven career guidance platform for senior secondary students, combining four assessment engines (multiple intelligence, Myers-Briggs personality type, career interests, and career values) to recommend subject streams and career paths.
- Designed scalable backend architecture and optimized database queries to keep platforms fast under production load.
Tech Instructor / Software Developer - Einpoint Software Solutions
(2023-07 - 2024-06)
- Rebuilt legacy web application modules, cutting page load times and improving overall system reliability.
- Built backend features for educational platforms, including secure token-based authentication.
- Mentored a cohort of students in full-stack development (PHP, Laravel, HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and reviewed their code.
- Maintained and supported a portfolio of client production websites, ensuring uptime and secure deployments.
Software Developer - Vista Cool Technologies Ltd
(2020-01 - 2023-02)
- Built and maintained backend systems powering web hosting and domain registration services.
- Rolled out WHMCS for automated billing, provisioning, and end-to-end hosting account management.
- Optimized relational database queries, cutting load times and improving system efficiency.
Junior Software Developer - ADI Systems
(2019-03 - 2019-10)
- Built responsive UI components for a hospital management software suite.
- Developed custom WordPress websites and provided technical troubleshooting support.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - University of Nigeria (2015 - 2021)
