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I am an engineering leader with 15+ years of experience delivering scalable web platforms, backend systems, and enterprise applications across diverse industries. I specialize in React/Next.js frontends and Node.js/Laravel backends, with deep expertise in Docker, CI/CD, and Kubernetes deployments. I enjoy architecting modular systems and driving technology decisions that align with business outcomes, from AI-driven translation platforms to hospitality automation and enterprise IT modernization. Highlights of my work include leading frontend teams to deliver real-time features with accessibility and CI/CD pipelines; building resilient backend services and real-time microservices; driving DevOps practices with blue-green deployments and zero-downtime releases; and modernizing legacy workloads while mentoring large engineering teams to improve performance and reliability in high-demand, global environments.…I am an engineering leader with 15+ years of experience delivering scalable web platforms, backend systems, and enterprise applications across diverse industries. I specialize in React/Next.js frontends and Node.js/Laravel backends, with deep expertise in Docker, CI/CD, and Kubernetes deployments. I enjoy architecting modular systems and driving technology decisions that align with business outcomes, from AI-driven translation platforms to hospitality automation and enterprise IT modernization. Highlights of my work include leading frontend teams to deliver real-time features with accessibility and CI/CD pipelines; building resilient backend services and real-time microservices; driving DevOps practices with blue-green deployments and zero-downtime releases; and modernizing legacy workloads while mentoring large engineering teams to improve performance and reliability in high-demand, global environments.

Kingsley Uwakwe

Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, Front-End Developer, +2

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I am an engineering leader with 15+ years of experience delivering scalable web platforms, backend systems, and enterprise applications across diverse industries. I specialize in React/Next.js frontends and Node.js/Laravel backends, with deep expertise in Docker, CI/CD, and Kubernetes deployments. I enjoy architecting modular systems and driving technology decisions that align with business outcomes, from AI-driven translation platforms to hospitality automation and enterprise IT modernization. Highlights of my work include leading frontend teams to deliver real-time features with accessibility and CI/CD pipelines; building resilient backend services and real-time microservices; driving DevOps practices with blue-green deployments and zero-downtime releases; and modernizing legacy workloads while mentoring large engineering teams to improve performance and reliability in high-demand, global environments.…I am an engineering leader with 15+ years of experience delivering scalable web platforms, backend systems, and enterprise applications across diverse industries. I specialize in React/Next.js frontends and Node.js/Laravel backends, with deep expertise in Docker, CI/CD, and Kubernetes deployments. I enjoy architecting modular systems and driving technology decisions that align with business outcomes, from AI-driven translation platforms to hospitality automation and enterprise IT modernization. Highlights of my work include leading frontend teams to deliver real-time features with accessibility and CI/CD pipelines; building resilient backend services and real-time microservices; driving DevOps practices with blue-green deployments and zero-downtime releases; and modernizing legacy workloads while mentoring large engineering teams to improve performance and reliability in high-demand, global environments.

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I am an engineering leader with 15+ years of experience delivering scalable web platforms, backend systems, and enterprise applications across diverse industries. I specialize in React/Next.js frontends and Node.js/Laravel backends, with deep expertise in Docker, CI/CD, and Kubernetes deployments. I enjoy architecting modular systems and driving technology decisions that align with business outcomes, from AI-driven translation platforms to hospitality automation and enterprise IT modernization.

Highlights of my work include leading frontend teams to deliver real-time features with accessibility and CI/CD pipelines; building resilient backend services and real-time microservices; driving DevOps practices with blue-green deployments and zero-downtime releases; and modernizing legacy workloads while mentoring large engineering teams to improve performance and reliability in high-demand, global environments.

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Frontend Lead - React & Next.js Platform at Xetlink Technology

April 1, 2020 - Present

Led the redesign and implementation of the real-time transcription and translation interface using React and Next.js, delivering smooth, low-latency updates for live speech-to-text and speech-to-speech rendering. Architected modular React components for transcribed text overlays, language-selection menus, and dynamic translation subtitles, ensuring performance and multilingual scalability. Integrated with AI back-end APIs using Redux/Context API for state management and Axios/Fetch for API communication, maintaining reactive UI updates for transcription and translation events. Optimized audio-stream processing and real-time text rendering with virtual DOM diffing and memoization. Collaborated with AI/ML teams to align front-end behaviors with recognition latency and translation lag. Built live language-switching capabilities with immediate UI adaptation. Mentored a small team of React/Next.js developers and enhanced accessibility (ARIA, keyboard navigation, screen reader support). Revi

Lead Deployment Technician – Laravel & Node.js Back-End, Docker Deployment at WBM Technologies

September 1, 2023 - September 22, 2025

Led backend architecture using Laravel, enhancing AI-driven call agent integrations with hotel PMS by modeling guest interactions and automating booking workflows via Eloquent ORM. Developed real-time data pipelines with Node.js microservices to manage inbound/outbound guest communications, concierge tasks, and housekeeping triggers. Containerized Laravel and Node.js services with Docker and Docker Compose for streamlined local development, staging, and production. Designed and deployed automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) with tests, linting, and secure deployments to Kubernetes or container-hosted environments. Orchestrated deployments via Kubernetes or Docker Swarm to ensure high availability and low-latency AI services. Mentored deployment team members and integrated logging/monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) into the deployment infra. Implemented blue-green staging-to-production rollouts for zero-downtime releases.

Head of IT-Node.js & Enterprise Systems at Silverbird Entertainment

July 1, 2017 - September 22, 2025

Led backend engineering and IT operations across multiple offices, standardizing infrastructure and delivering resilient services for 500+ end users. Designed and modernized enterprise-grade Node.js APIs and microservices, while implementing robust authentication, authorization, and data security layers. Migrated legacy .NET workloads to Node.js and cloud-ready architectures, boosting performance by 20%. Mentored a team of 25 developers and system engineers, aligning backend solutions with business growth and digital transformation. Managed vendor and SaaS integrations and conducted thorough testing to improve scalability and cross-department efficiency.