I am Henry Okafor, a dynamic Senior Frontend Engineer with proven expertise at PokPok Protocol, specializing in React and Next.js. I deliver high-impact dApps and have driven $36.17M in trading volume, leveraging on-chain data and AI-powered insights to enhance user experiences in the crypto space. I excel in collaborative, cross-functional teams, architecting production-grade Web3 UX with wallet integrations, server-side rendering, and scalable dashboards. I thrive in remote, globally distributed environments, collaborating with blockchain data engineers and backend teams to ensure EVM compatibility, robust authentication, and high-performance, accessible interfaces.

Henry Okafor

I am Henry Okafor, a dynamic Senior Frontend Engineer with proven expertise at PokPok Protocol, specializing in React and Next.js. I deliver high-impact dApps and have driven $36.17M in trading volume, leveraging on-chain data and AI-powered insights to enhance user experiences in the crypto space. I excel in collaborative, cross-functional teams, architecting production-grade Web3 UX with wallet integrations, server-side rendering, and scalable dashboards. I thrive in remote, globally distributed environments, collaborating with blockchain data engineers and backend teams to ensure EVM compatibility, robust authentication, and high-performance, accessible interfaces.

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I am Henry Okafor, a dynamic Senior Frontend Engineer with proven expertise at PokPok Protocol, specializing in React and Next.js. I deliver high-impact dApps and have driven $36.17M in trading volume, leveraging on-chain data and AI-powered insights to enhance user experiences in the crypto space.

I excel in collaborative, cross-functional teams, architecting production-grade Web3 UX with wallet integrations, server-side rendering, and scalable dashboards. I thrive in remote, globally distributed environments, collaborating with blockchain data engineers and backend teams to ensure EVM compatibility, robust authentication, and high-performance, accessible interfaces.

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Work Experience

Senior Frontend Engineer at Pokpok Protocol
July 1, 2024 - January 1, 2026
Led frontend for crypto options trading dApp, building React/Next.js interfaces with wallet integration; contributed to achieving $36.17M trading volume and $246K revenue across 564 users. Created real-time analytics dashboards using charts to visualize trading metrics and on-chain data for improved decision-making; implemented production-grade Web3 UX with wallet connections and transaction handling, supporting 10,585+ trades with optimized performance and robust error handling.
Senior Frontend Engineer at DYOR Analytics
July 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025
Built dynamic token display dashboards and high-performance charting systems using React and Recharts; implemented AI-powered assistant to streamline crypto data insights; migrated codebase from legacy Vite-React to Next.js, enabling server-side rendering and reducing initial page load time by 10%; collaborated with blockchain data engineers to ensure EVM compatibility and with backend engineers for wallet authentication.
Senior Frontend Engineer at Next Basket
May 1, 2024 - July 1, 2024
Contributed to a large-scale enterprise codebase by developing new features with test coverage; adhered to BDD principles to ensure maintainability and scalability; enhanced localization with multilingual translations to improve accessibility and engagement across non-English regions; collaborated on peer code to ensure architectural consistency and clean state management across web apps.
Frontend Engineer at SMIT IV Mobile Technologies
November 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024
Coordinated NFT marketplace development with seamless wallet integration, enabling 500+ NFT transactions with zero critical errors; optimized app performance via memoization and intelligent state management (RTK, Zustand), reducing re-renders by 20%.
Frontend Developer & IT Director at HIRE-US
March 1, 2020 - December 1, 2023
Modernized legacy frontend stack to React and Redux Toolkit, reducing page load times and enhancing UX; implemented real-time search with debouncing to improve conversion rate and user engagement; led IT operations and contributed to tech strategy.
Frontend Engineer at APEX GAMES
November 1, 2022 - April 1, 2023
Delivered pixel-perfect UI with Tailwind CSS, contributing to an 80% improvement in client satisfaction scores; reduced dependency weight by replacing large libraries with lightweight alternatives, boosting interaction speed and asset load performance.
Frontend Engineer at The Change Initiative
August 1, 2019 - December 1, 2021
Scaled platform UI to handle more traffic for art exhibitions; integrated payment logic with asynchronous state control, supporting 120,000+ seamless transactions without impacting page responsiveness.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Statistics at University of Nigeria
October 1, 2016 - April 20, 2021

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services