Lawrence E.

About Me

I am an experienced Software Engineer with 5+ years of technical expertise in product design/engineering using the latest tech trends, stacks and approaches to deliver high-quality solutions - including innovative payments and billing systems to clients. I employ a customer-centred approach in the implementation of solutions; communicating progress along the life-cycle of such products.

Frontend

Backend

Database

DevOps

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Software Engineer
2019 - Present (6 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participate in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

ChartMogul
ChartMogul
Integration Engineer
2018 - 2019 (1 year)
Berlin, Germany
  • Researched and designed integration specifications for the payment gateways, and wrangled (ingesting, cleaning and exporting) data for reporting.

  • Offered technical expertise for scrum planning for integration with payment gateway providers (iTunes, Google-Play, Zuora, GoCardless, Shopify, Paypal); building internal tools to automate tasks.

  • Monitored integration processes with DataDog and Rollbar etc.; proactively reacting to incidents on the payment gateways.

JoinPiggy LLC
JoinPiggy LLC
Software Engineer
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Florida, United States
  • Integrated Piggy's microservice-based architecture with different advertising APIs (eBay, Amazon, LinkShare, WebGains, AffiliateNet, Groupon, GetARoom).

  • Built Superviord workers to handle data ingestion from clients through a microservice to ETL data architecture.

  • Monitored API and data ingestion services; optimizing and enhancing the Rest API for mobile apps and browser extensions by adding batch support.

iRoko TV
iRoko TV
Software Engineer
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
Lagos, Nigeria
  • Provided robust technical solutions for billing and payment solution engineering; working on tools development and maintenance.

  • Built an internal tool to simulate webhooks delivery for payment gateway solutions that do not support webhooks.

  • Built an event/message-driven and HTTP-based microservice architecture, and supervised payment gateway integration with Paypal, Stripe, FastSpring, 2Checkout, Chargify, Tigo, Paystack, ChargeBee.

Showcase

Integration Engineer - ChartMogul
Integration Engineer - ChartMogul
  • ChartMogul is a SaaS analytics service provider for businesses using Stripe, Chargebee, and PayPal.

  • The company has undertaken significant refactoring and technical debt remediation.

  • ChartMogul developed and launched a Shopify integration solution and migrated Node.js integrations to Go.

Software Engineer - JoinPiggy LLC
Software Engineer - JoinPiggy LLC
  • Piggy is a coupon and discount service for saving money.

  • It utilizes apps and extensions to help members maximize savings.

  • The team focused on performance improvement, data ingestion, and documentation.

Software Engineer - iRoko TV
Software Engineer - iRoko TV
  • IROKO is a leading internet and entertainment company in Nigeria.

  • IROKO showcases Nollywood content 24/7 across the globe.

  • IROKO developed an SDK and implemented a platform for multi-region billing and subscription management.

Education

Education
B.Eng Electrical Electronics Engineering
University of Port-Harcourt
2006 - 2011 (5 years)
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