John Oba
Senior Software Engineer at Startuplist Africa
Lagos State, Nigeria
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Oba is a senior software engineer with 9 years of experience building scalable full-stack systems and leading cross-functional teams from Lagos, Nigeria. He combines strong frontend craftsmanship (React, Next.js, Vue) with backend and data expertise in Python, Django, FastAPI, Kafka and Postgres to deliver systems designed for millions of users. At Alveum he led research and production work that fused ML prediction models with domain-specific engines (Swiss Ephemeris) and helped prototype autonomous AI agents for internal workflows. His background spans blockchain payments and security (smart contracts, audits) through roles at AfroLabs and CertiK, giving him a practical understanding of crypto integrations and threat modeling. He has a track record of shipping polished, animated user experiences as well as high-interoperability backends and has contributed small but focused open-source work (PHP task script) demonstrating iterative engineering practice. Trained in theoretical and computational chemistry, he brings a research-minded approach to product engineering and system design.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry at University of Nigeria, Nsukka
English
Github Skills (2)
php10
sprintf10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
sixpathdev/hngi7-task2
Jun 2020 - Jun 2020
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 7 PRs in 2 days
Contributions summary:John primarily contributed to a PHP script named `johnoba.php`. The commits show iterative development, refining the output of a "Hello World" message. The user updated the script to include their name, ID, email, and the PHP language, demonstrating basic PHP coding skills. The final version successfully outputs the required information.
johnexzy/PeerPlay
Dec 2023 - May 2025
Shared real-time interactive video watching experience. Watch videos synchronously from different locations in realtime
Contributions:1 review, 20 PRs, 51 pushes in 1 year 4 months
real-timesocket-iovideo-streaming
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