Emmanuel BrabokePortfolio

Professional Experience

Where I've built things.

Backend engineering across fintech, logistics, and developer tooling. From microservices to payment infrastructure.

Backend Engineer

FoodCourt·Lagos, Nigeria

June 2023 – Present

Full-time
  • Engineered a multi-wallet system in NestJS managing automated fund distribution across wallet types, reducing settlement time by 30%.
  • Built Node.js microservices with WebSocket support for real-time driver dispatch and tracking to 1,000+ concurrent users.
  • Built a RabbitMQ order processing pipeline with retry logic and dead-letter queues across delivery, ticketing, and ride-sharing.
  • Improved notification efficiency by 40% through adaptive batching and rate-limiting, cutting infrastructure costs.
  • Cut API response times by 25% via Redis caching, query analysis, and connection pooling.
  • Led CI/CD improvements using GitHub Actions for automated testing and safe production deployments.

Software Engineer

Endowd Africa·Lagos, Nigeria

Aug 2023 – Mar 2024

Part-time
  • Designed core features for Arrears (an executive education finance product), including eligibility checks, loan flow, and guarantor onboarding.
  • Built credit decision workflows, KYC checks, and bank statement handling to assess borrower credibility.
  • Presented an internal Knowledge Sharing Session on Credit Decision Science covering credit modeling and system design.

Software Engineer

Pario Solution·Remote

Oct 2022 – Jun 2023

Full-time
  • Designed the backend for a job recruitment platform with secure authentication.
  • Built an e-learning backend integrating Stripe subscriptions and Amazon S3 for course content storage.
  • Built a playlist converter transferring playlists between Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube using their respective APIs.
  • Integrated SendGrid for transactional email delivery across multiple products.

Backend Engineer

HNG Tech·Remote

Oct 2022 – Dec 2022

Internship
  • Developed and optimized RESTful APIs in Go/Gin for user authentication and task management.
  • Improved platform reliability through unit and integration tests, reducing reported bugs by 20%.
  • Optimized database queries, cutting average execution time by 15%.

Education

Federal University of Petroleum Resources

B.Eng. Electrical & Electronics Engineering

First Class2016 – 2021