I am a self-motivated and goal-driven software engineer with over 10 years of experience as a backend and full-stack engineer, plus roles across IT, DevOps, and observability. I work across backend, frontend, and desktop development to deliver robust, scalable customer-facing products and internal tools. I thrive in dynamic teams, enjoy mentoring others, and excel at understanding complex codebases quickly while aligning technical work with business goals. I have led and built large-scale systems—authentication, billing/subscriptions, messaging, analytics, and more—and I am passionate about delivering reliable software while mentoring teammates and contributing to a strong engineering culture. For details on my stack and projects, see the Technologies Used sections in each role.

Ndianabasi Udonkang

I am a self-motivated and goal-driven software engineer with over 10 years of experience as a backend and full-stack engineer, plus roles across IT, DevOps, and observability. I work across backend, frontend, and desktop development to deliver robust, scalable customer-facing products and internal tools. I thrive in dynamic teams, enjoy mentoring others, and excel at understanding complex codebases quickly while aligning technical work with business goals. I have led and built large-scale systems—authentication, billing/subscriptions, messaging, analytics, and more—and I am passionate about delivering reliable software while mentoring teammates and contributing to a strong engineering culture. For details on my stack and projects, see the Technologies Used sections in each role.

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I am a self-motivated and goal-driven software engineer with over 10 years of experience as a backend and full-stack engineer, plus roles across IT, DevOps, and observability. I work across backend, frontend, and desktop development to deliver robust, scalable customer-facing products and internal tools.

I thrive in dynamic teams, enjoy mentoring others, and excel at understanding complex codebases quickly while aligning technical work with business goals. I have led and built large-scale systems—authentication, billing/subscriptions, messaging, analytics, and more—and I am passionate about delivering reliable software while mentoring teammates and contributing to a strong engineering culture. For details on my stack and projects, see the Technologies Used sections in each role.

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Work Experience

Senior (Backend) Software Engineer / Full-stack Software Engineer at Gotedo Platform
January 1, 2019 - November 21, 2025
Architected and developed a large Node.js API backend with over 300 PostgreSQL tables and 600 API routes powering the Gotedo Vineyard software, Gotedo Social Media Platform, and related services. Drove test-driven development with extensive functional tests. Implemented the Gotedo Accounts Management System including an OAuth2 service from scratch. Led development of the Gotedo Social Media Platform, including localization, and built the Billing and Subscription Management System. Also developed Gotedo Streams, Media Processing Service (Go), Content Moderation, Email Newsletter Management, and a robust real-time notification system. Established a high-throughput, multi-machine caching layer and a resilient asynchronous messaging queue system. Led automated deployment workflows via Docker and GitHub Actions and spearheaded performance optimizations and SSR site development.
Senior Backend Engineer / Full-stack Software Engineer at Cavai Advertising
February 29, 2024 - February 29, 2024
Led backend and full-stack development; implemented a multi-level, multi-resource Access Control System and integrated Account Management with frontend. Initiated comprehensive testing across the backend, achieving thousands of functional and regression tests. Designed SOC2/ISO27000-compliant audit logging and established CI/CD pipelines with GitHub workflows. Ensured high availability with monitoring (Sentry, Datadog) and contributed to data ingestion/processing pipelines in Cloudflare/AWS, collaborating with data science teams to ensure data quality and safety for large analytics datasets. Mentored colleagues and collaborated with product teams to align features with business goals.
Founder and CTO at FURNISH.NG
November 1, 2021 - November 1, 2021
Founded and led the tech side of a Magento-based e-commerce platform; oversaw server infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and technical strategy. Served as a key architect for system configurations (NGINX, Redis, Elasticsearch), network setup, and cloud integrations (AWS). Built and maintained core infrastructure and developer workflows to support growth and operations.
Website Developer at Donkan Designs Technologies
December 31, 2016 - December 31, 2016
Created tens of websites using WordPress, HTML, and CSS. Built the Lagos City Marathon site with Mailchimp integration in 2015 and contributed to multiple client projects.
Subsea Design Engineer at Global Ocean Engineers
December 31, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Subsea design engineering role (non-tech experience).
Technical Lead, Senior Backend Engineer / Full-stack Software Engineer at Gotedo Platform
January 1, 2019 - Present
Architected and developed a large Node.js API backend featuring over 300 PostgreSQL tables and 600 API routes powering the Gotedo Vineyard software, Gotedo Social Media Platform, and other services. Introduced test-driven development across the backend, resulting in a robust suite of over 10,000 functional tests. Built the proprietary Accounts Management System, including an OAuth2/OpenID Connect service designed from RFCs. Led the development of the Gotedo Social Media Platform (church-focused) and the localized Product Documentation System. Created a high-throughput Billing and Subscription Management System, Streams livestreaming service, Content Moderation, Email Newsletter Management, and a Real-time Notification System with intelligent routing via WebSocket and push notifications. Implemented a scalable asynchronous messaging queue system using Node.js workers, PostgreSQL/PgBoss, Redis, and DBOS, plus a high-throughput cache layer with stampede protection. Optimized SQL for analy
Senior Backend Engineer / Full-stack Software Engineer at Cavai Advertising
November 1, 2021 - February 1, 2024
Scaled capacity from 100K to over 1M requests per day by collaborating with the DevOps team. Developed a robust multi-level, multi-resource Access Control System and integrated it with the Account Management backend to safely onboard millions of customers. Found a codebase with zero tests and spearheaded the introduction of automated tests, reaching over 5,000 functional, unit, and regression tests. Designed and implemented SOC 2 and ISO 27000-compliant audit logging, and kicked off CI/CD pipelines using GitHub workflows. Improved uptime and reliability with monitoring integrations (Sentry, Datadog) and built backend/internal tooling for management, sales, and operations. Collaborated with data science to develop scalable analytics ingestion/processing pipelines across Cloudflare and AWS, and helped ensure data quality for terabytes of analytics. Mentored teammates to uplift backend and full-stack skills.
Founder and CTO at FURNISH.NG
January 1, 2016 - November 1, 2021
Founded and led Furnish.NG, setting up and maintaining a Magento-based ecommerce platform. Responsible for server infrastructure including Linux servers, NGINX, Redis, and Elasticsearch; configured Windows Active Directory for internal use; managed AWS services (EC2, CloudFront, S3, Beanstalk, Route53), and defined scalable architecture and operations strategies.
Website Developer at Donkan Designs Technologies
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016
Created tens of websites for companies and individuals using WordPress, HTML, and CSS. Built the Lagos City Marathon website with Mailchimp integration in 2015.
Subsea Design Engineer at Global Ocean Engineers
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014
Non-tech experience. Details on LinkedIn page.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering at Federal University of Technology, Owerri
January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2010
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering at Federal University of Technology, Owerri
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2010

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Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Education