Nnamdi Ujah
Vancouver,BC
Summary
Senior Web Developer in vancouver with 6 years of leading front-end teams to ship scalable, accessible digital experiences. Deep in React, TypeScript, and component architecture; experienced with CI/CD, Docker, and AWS delivery (CloudFront, S3, Lambda). Known for clear client communication, sprint leadership, and performance wins on Core Web Vitals. Comfortable running technical workshops, translating business needs into modular solutions, and accelerating teams with design-system tooling. Authorized to work in Canada, and available for occasional international travel.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Front End Engineer
Flutterwave
San Francisco, California
11.2023 - Current
- Mentored and managed a distributed frontend team, conducting code reviews, sprint planning, and peer coaching to maintain code quality and scalability.
- Integrated complex payment and transaction APIs with robust error handling, improving reliability and real-time feedback for customer payment flows.
- Integrated analytics, notifications, and localization frameworks to support multi-region product launches across North Africa, Europe and emerging markets.
- Championed Agile methodologies, leading daily standups, backlog grooming, and sprint retrospectives that improved delivery and cross-team visibility.
- Wrote unit and integration tests using Jest and React Testing Library, ensuring consistent, predictable, and error-free UI behavior across builds.
- Optimized web performance and accessibility, achieving measurable improvements in page load time, Core Web Vitals, and Lighthouse scores.
- Scoped and defined project deadlines and resource requirements for multiple concurrent, complex technical initiatives.
- Established and enforced best practices in Agile/Scrum methodologies, optimizing workflow, sprint planning, and backlog prioritization to accelerate time-to-market.
- Utilized Chrome DevTools, React Profiler, and Sentry for debugging and performance profiling, reducing critical front-end bugs and improving app stability.
Lead Frontend Engineer
Welkom-u
Fredericton, New Brunswick
11.2022 - 10.2023
- Led the end-to-end design and development of the company's flagship web and mobile applications, overseeing architecture, component design, and deployment lifecycles.
- Built scalable, high-performance frontend systems using React Native, TypeScript, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS, ensuring seamless UX across web and hybrid mobile platforms.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and AWS Amplify, enabling automated build, testing, and deployment workflows that reduced release time by 40%.
- Architected a reusable component library (accessibility-first patterns, Storybook) that cut UI build time ~45% and improved WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.
- Orchestrated the end-to-end product design and definition process, translating nascent business concepts into actionable product roadmaps and technical specifications.
- Conducted market analysis and stakeholder interviews to define Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) and subsequent feature iterations, ensuring alignment with client business objectives.
Front End Engineer
Bundle Africa
Remote
04.2022 - 10.2022
- Led the frontend development and release of Bundle v2, coordinating closely with product managers and backend teams to deliver on project roadmaps, milestones, and UI deliverables.
- Implemented advanced security protocols, including multi-factor authentication (MFA) and withdrawal verification flows, significantly improving user account protection and platform trust.
- Optimized authentication UX by integrating device recognition, secure OTP delivery, and fallback mechanisms for users on low-latency connections.
- Integrated Bundle Web with Smartlook analytics, enabling data-driven insights on user journeys, session replays, and conversion metrics to improve UX and retention.
- Participated in Agile sprint cycles, conducting regular code reviews and pair programming sessions to ensure clean, testable, and maintainable codebases.
- Collaborated with backend engineers to define secure API schemas and data validation layers for transaction and user authentication endpoints.
Frontend Engineer
Softcom Limited
Lagos, Nigeria
09.2019 - 03.2022
- Ensured proper documentation and reports in all stages of product lifecycle.
- Created reusable components across multiple projects as well as optimized code for performance in large scale applications.
- Worked on a team as lead web developer and built the v2 of the admin dashboard for the company's digital banking product eyowo.
- Built and maintained WordPress websites, ensuring responsive design, accessibility, and performance optimization.
- Developed custom themes and plugins using PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL.
- Customized Elementor, WooCommerce, and ACF for dynamic content and advanced site functionality.
- Integrated Stripe, QuickBooks, and CRM systems for automated billing workflows.
- Implemented WordPress security best practices, backups, updates, and multi-site management.
- Enhanced SEO and overall site structure using metadata, schemas, sitemaps, and redirects.
Education
A.D.S.E - Advanced Diploma Software Engineering
Aptech
Lagos, Nigeria08.2019
Physiology -
Babcock University
Ilishan, Ogun06.2017
Skills
- React Native
- React
- Vuejs
- JavaScript
- Tailwind CSS
- GraphQL
- Golang
- Typescript
- AWS
- CSS
- Communication
- Time Management
- Stakeholder Management
- WordPress
- Nextjs
- Product Management
- Code reviews
- Project scoping
- CI/CD implementation
- Agile methodologies
- Performance optimization
- API integration
- React development
- TypeScript
- Unit testing
- Stakeholder communication
- Proactive problem solving
- JavaScript expertise
- RESTful apis
- Time management
- Vuejs framework
- GraphQL apis
Certification
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, In Progress
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Websites
Timeline
Front End Engineer
Flutterwave
11.2023 - Current
Lead Frontend Engineer
Welkom-u
11.2022 - 10.2023
Front End Engineer
Bundle Africa
04.2022 - 10.2022
Frontend Engineer
Softcom Limited
09.2019 - 03.2022
A.D.S.E - Advanced Diploma Software Engineering
Aptech
Physiology -
Babcock University