Chikamso Okonkwo

Backend Software Engineer focused on building and optimizing web applications. Always working towards creative problem solving to achieve business objectives using modern backend technologies.

Backend Engineer Intern at TinyCare Inc (2025-10 – 2026-02)

Owned and contributed to backend features across bookings, payments, verification, and notifications, supporting a multi-sided marketplace connecting parents and babysitters.

• Designed and implemented asynchronous workflows using Celery with Redis, offloading time-sensitive operations (notifications, emails, payment events) from request-response cycles and improving system responsiveness by ~30–40%.
• Applied event-driven architecture patterns, structuring backend flows where core services enqueue background tasks to enable non-blocking processing and downstream system reactions.
• Integrated third-party services including Stripe (payments), Amazon Web Services S3 (file storage), and push notification services, implementing retry logic and failure handling to ensure reliability in external communications.
• Designed and built the backend service for an admin dashboard automating user verification, service approvals, and dispute management, reducing manual administrative workload by 40%.
• Collaborated with a fully remote agile team, contributing to feature planning, API design discussions, and iterative product improvements.

Bachelor of Medical Radiography in Medical Radiography – University of Nigeria