Chinaza Ngwu

Founder & Lead Engineer at EvoOcta (2019-05 – Present)

Software consultancy delivering full-stack applications for clients across Nigeria and Canada. Oversee architecture, team, and end-to-end delivery.

Leading full-stack engineering on a Canadian SaaS two-sided marketplace, owning the Next.js frontend, Laravel backend API, and cloud deployment infrastructure while directing a team of contracted engineers.
Established architectural standards across client projects that reduced post-deployment defects by 40% and cut API response latency by 30% through systematic refactoring and payload optimisation.
Built and maintained microservices delivery patterns with clear service boundary design, enabling independent deployments across client codebases without cross-service regressions.

Senior Full-Stack Engineer at IRPay Fintech (2024-05 – 2026-01)

Remote position focused on architecting and engineering payment systems infrastructure.

Architected a PCI DSS-compliant Laravel microservice API backend with multi-layer caching, improving response times 3x across consumer-facing payment channels.
Engineered a CI/CD pipeline for Kubernetes-orchestrated Dockerised services with 90% PHPUnit coverage and automated quality gates, cutting deployment time by 75% to under 10 minutes.
Deployed HashiCorp Vault for centralised secrets management with advanced caching and automated key rotation, reducing secret retrieval latency by 75% and eliminating manual credential risks.
Built a real-time Change Data Capture pipeline using Debezium and Kafka (PostgreSQL sync to MongoDB), decoupling reporting workloads from core transactional systems and enabling near-instant administrative insights.

Backend Engineer Intern at Citizens Common NGO - Tech Corps (2023-08 – 2024-05)

Backend engineering role focused on civic tech platform development.

Built a real-time civic misconduct reporting platform that reached 5,000+ weekly submissions within weeks of launch, built on a scalable encrypted submission system designed for sensitive, high-volume data.
Architected Laravel REST APIs with multi-layer caching, reducing average response latency by 30% and sustaining performance through the post-launch traffic surge.
Built a centralised execution tracking and logging system that cut production bug investigation time by 50%, providing end-to-end visibility into live application business logic.

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