I’m a Senior Full-stack Developer with 8+ years of experience building production-grade web, mobile, and real-time systems. I thrive delivering scalable cross-platform solutions and enjoy leveraging AI-assisted development tools to boost productivity. I’m currently the sole developer at DriveEV Ghana, maintaining the XChargeEV platform (Laravel API, Nuxt admin, Ionic Vue mobile app, PWA, and an OCPP 1.6 WebSocket server). I’ve resolved revenue-impacting bugs, designed fleet management and partner portals, and implemented robust notifications, reporting, and payment integrations, all while shipping high-quality features as a solo engineer.

Yakubu Alhassan

I’m a Senior Full-stack Developer with 8+ years of experience building production-grade web, mobile, and real-time systems. I thrive delivering scalable cross-platform solutions and enjoy leveraging AI-assisted development tools to boost productivity. I’m currently the sole developer at DriveEV Ghana, maintaining the XChargeEV platform (Laravel API, Nuxt admin, Ionic Vue mobile app, PWA, and an OCPP 1.6 WebSocket server). I’ve resolved revenue-impacting bugs, designed fleet management and partner portals, and implemented robust notifications, reporting, and payment integrations, all while shipping high-quality features as a solo engineer.

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I’m a Senior Full-stack Developer with 8+ years of experience building production-grade web, mobile, and real-time systems. I thrive delivering scalable cross-platform solutions and enjoy leveraging AI-assisted development tools to boost productivity.

I’m currently the sole developer at DriveEV Ghana, maintaining the XChargeEV platform (Laravel API, Nuxt admin, Ionic Vue mobile app, PWA, and an OCPP 1.6 WebSocket server). I’ve resolved revenue-impacting bugs, designed fleet management and partner portals, and implemented robust notifications, reporting, and payment integrations, all while shipping high-quality features as a solo engineer.

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Work Experience

Senior Fullstack Developer at DriveEV Ghana
November 1, 2025 - Present
Took sole ownership of the XChargeEV platform (Laravel 11 API, Nuxt 3 web admin, Ionic Vue mobile app, PWA, and a PHP Ratchet OCPP 1.6 WebSocket server). Resolved critical bugs including an OCPP race condition causing energy cross-contamination and meter-value miscalculations, and a negative wallet balance exploit, directly recovering significant recurring revenue. Implemented fleet management features, a self-service partner portal with revenue sharing, payout workflows, and invoice management, plus granular role-based access control (Spatie). Built a multi-channel notification system (FCM, SMS, WhatsApp, email) and enhanced reporting with CSV/PDF exports. Integrated Paystack invoice reconciliation with wallet deductions/refunds and mobile money support; stabilized cron jobs and deployments; AI-assisted development tooling to accelerate delivery as a solo engineer.
Software Engineer (Team Lead) at Dexwin Tech Limited
March 1, 2025 - Present
Built MTN Self-Service Portal frontend from the ground up using React 19 and TypeScript; architected a scalable frontend with Vite, Tailwind CSS 4, and React Router; API integration layer for 12+ backend microservices with custom fetch utilities (retry/backoff). Implemented Auth0 authentication, secure session management, and RBAC. Integrated OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing and observability. Led Dexwin engineers on the SSP project, driving agile ceremonies and CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps with Docker and Nginx; managed code in GitHub and Azure Repos.
Software Engineer (Contract) at Bridge Labs
March 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025
Architected and developed a full-stack job board application using Laravel 10 and Vue.js with Inertia.js; designed and optimized database schemas with migrations, Eloquent ORM, and MySQL, resulting in faster data retrieval. Integrated Stripe payments via Laravel Cashier and OpenAI API for personalized CV/cover letter generation.
Technical Lead at Bridge Labs
April 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024
Led a cross-functional team to build a trip planning and experience-sharing application using Laravel 9 for API development and Next.js for server-side rendering. Architected the system with a service-repository pattern and React components, ensuring maintainability and scalability. Designed and integrated RESTful Laravel APIs with multiple third-party services, including an AI-powered recommendation engine.
Software Engineer at Bridge Labs
April 1, 2023 - November 30, 2023
Developed a property management system using Laravel 8 and Laravel Blade, implementing KYC verification via Persona API and Stripe payment processing with Laravel Cashier.
Technical Lead at Walulel
March 1, 2021 - January 31, 2023
Led the technical direction for the property valuation platform, overseeing Laravel backend API development and React.js frontend implementation. Implemented agile methodologies (Scrum), resulting in on-time delivery improvements and code quality improvements through rigorous reviews.
Backend Developer at Walulel
February 1, 2018 - March 31, 2021
Architected high-performance, scalable RESTful APIs using Laravel 8 and Node.js/Express microservices, adhering to SOLID principles with the service-repository pattern. Applied Test-Driven Development (TDD) with PHPUnit (90%+ test coverage) and created API documentation using Swagger/OpenAPI. Implemented geospatial features with PostGIS for property valuations.

Education

BTech, Computer Science at Accra Technical University
September 1, 2019 - October 1, 2021
HND, Computer Science at Accra Technical University
September 1, 2012 - May 1, 2015

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Software & Internet