Emmanuel Ochade

Software Engineer

Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria6 yrs 4 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Reduced load time from 30 seconds to 7 seconds.
  • Led development for a platform with over 2 million users.
  • Improved website performance metrics significantly.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Frontend Architect specializing in high-performance Fintech and E-commerce applications.

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Skills

Core Skills

ReactFrontend

Other Skills

HTMLWebpackScaled Agile FrameworkTypeScriptFinTechCross-team CollaborationSassOptimizing PerformanceJenkinsChange ManagementUnit TestingTesting with jestReact.jsSoftware DevelopmentWeb Application Security

About

I am a Frontend Architect who believes that if a React app isn't fast and discoverable, it isn't finished. With over 5 years in the JavaScript ecosystem, I specialize in stripping away the complexity that slows down modern web applications. My focus is on "High-Performance Engineering"; ensuring that complex architectures remain lightning-fast and SEO-friendly at scale. Key Technical Milestones: The 25-to-7 Performance Overhaul: At Interswitch Group, I spearheaded a rebuild that reduced a core application's bundle size from 5MB to 700KB. This slashed initial load times from 25 seconds to 7 seconds, drastically improving user retention. The SEO Rescue: I solved a critical indexing failure for a core React app by implementing a unique proxy server approach. This moved the application from zero visibility to being fully indexed by search crawlers, unlocking organic growth. I don't just write components; I build systems that respect the user's time and the business's bottom line. My Core Toolkit: Frontend: React, TypeScript, Next.js, Redux, Micro-frontends. Backend & Data: Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB. Quality & Strategy: TDD (Jest/RTL/Vitest), Web Security, SEO Optimization. Design: Fluent in Figma; bridging the gap between design vision and technical reality. I thrive in Agile environments where "moving fast" means building right the first time. Whether it's architecting B2B SaaS solutions or optimizing high-traffic fintech platforms, I bring a commitment to excellence, security, and extreme performance. Let's talk React and Frontend performance, technical SEO, or the future of Fintech and E-Commerce. Reach out at: eochade15@gmail.com

Experience

6 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 4 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Interswitch group

Software Engineer

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Lagos · Hybrid

  • Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company that facilitates the electronic circulation of money as well as the exchange of value between individuals and organizations on a timely and consistent basis. Our vision is to build an Africa where payment is a seamless part of everyday life.
  • Working with a team of Engineers, Product managers, UI/UX designers, QA/QC professionals to maintain and improve on the performance and Security of the Quickteller Homes platform.
  • Built and maintained responsive web applications using React.js and related libraries/frameworks for optimal performance.
  • Optimized components for maximum performance across a wide range of devices and browsers.
  • Improved initial load time by over 70%, from 30 seconds to 7 seconds on slow 4G networks.
  • Code and Performance Optimization, ensuring Security, writing reusable components and unit and integration tests using React testing library to cover the code base.
  • Engages in rigorous QA testing focused on user experience, bug detection and fixes.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following industry best practices.
  • Conducts code reviews and participate in team discussions to ensure high standards of development.
  • Built over 100 reusable components with Storybook.js thereby saving hundred of hours in development, ensuring consistency across the platform and reducing technical debts due to outdated third party libraries
  • Troubleshooting and Debugging
HTMLWebpackScaled Agile FrameworkFrontendTypeScriptFinTech+12

Loose digital

Frontend Lead

Nov 2023 – Apr 2024 · 5 mos · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria · Remote

  • Worked with cross functional team of Frontend, Backend, Product Designers, DevOps, and Marketers to build products with huge user base both for the Federal Government and Private organizations.
  • Led the Frontend team to build and maintained the platform used for the Presidential Palliatives Programmes for the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Trades and Commerce. The platform saw over 2 million registered users in its first two weeks of lunch.
  • Conducted code reviews and participated in team discussions to ensure high standards of development.
  • Collaborated with back-end developers to integrate APIs and ensure seamless communication between front-end and back-end systems.
  • Improved SEO rankings across our websites
  • Proactively suggested tools and processes to improve development efficiency and quality.
  • Built reusable Frontend libraries that save hundred of hours in development time.
  • Handled deployments of Frontend applications to staging server(Vercel).
  • Handled Frontend deployments to CPanel.
  • Mentored four interns on Frontend development
  • Resolved conflicts among team members
Conflict ManagementHTMLWebpackJavaScriptFrontendTypeScript+13

Zealight innovation labs

2 roles

Frontend Lead(Web and Mobile App Development)

Promoted

Nov 2022 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos · Hybrid

  • Improved our company website lighthouse ratings by over 30% for each of the web vitals metrics: SEO: 100%, Accessibility: 100%. Performance: 99%, Best Practice: 100%.
  • Led the team that built Skillup Africa Cohort 6 Registration website with over 2,000 registered users on the first week.
  • Ensure effective code review process, descriptive Git commit, and effective usage of GitHub for version control.
  • Collaborated with back-end developers to integrate APIs and ensure seamless communication between front-end and back-end systems.
  • Led the team that built whoUepp peer to peer lending platform using reactjs and howbodi telemedicine app.
  • Built reusable libraries for UI components that saves over 100 hours of development time per month.
  • Mentored over 5 junior developers on React and React Native.
REST APIsConflict ManagementHTMLWebpackNode.jsAgile Methodologies+17

Senior Frontend Developer(React and React Native)

Aug 2021 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Hybrid

  • Contributed to the building of howbodi telemedicine app using React framework for a third party client.
  • Contributed to the building of Estate Management App that saw over 1,000 residents using the PWA in its first month of release.
  • Built the frontend of Fixmeet meeting scheduling app and improved its performance through code maintenance after its launch which have seen over 5,000 polls created since its launch.
REST APIsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Conflict ManagementHTMLNode.jsChakra UI+17

Skillup africa

Frontend Developer(React Developer)

Jan 2021 – Aug 2021 · 7 mos · Lagos, Nigeria

  • ☆ Collaborated with cross functional team to build responsive user interfaces
  • ☆ Worked with HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap, Context API, React/Redux and Apollo client to build user interfaces
  • ☆ Fetched REST API's and GRAPHQL
  • ☆ DOM manipulation
  • ☆Worked as part of the front end team that built blood Bank app
  • ☆Worked with project management tools like trello and jira
REST APIsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)HTMLWritten CommunicationChakra UIAgile Methodologies+19

Techsity

Frontend Developer

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr · Lagos, Nigeria · Remote

  • Worked with the Frontend team to build Enrolled Agent web app, a platform for booking registered IRS professionals in the United States that saw over 60, 000 users in its first few months of lunch
REST APIsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)HTMLWritten CommunicationChakra UIAgile Methodologies+16

New gate solutions

Frontend Developer

Jan 2018 – Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Lagos, Nigeria

  • Design of User Interface with the use of HTML, CSS, vanilla JavaScript, jQuery, React and other web development technologies. Also making research to seek solution to any new problem.
REST APIsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)HTMLAgile MethodologiesJavaScriptFrontend+13

Education

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Barchelor of Engineering — Chemical Engineering

Jan 2008 – Jan 2013

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