Ogunfowokan Kolawole
Software Engineer(Backend) at Payshiga
Lagos State, Nigeria
Summary
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Top SchoolOgunfowokan Kolawole is a backend software engineer based in Lagos with eight years of technical experience and a background as a former Head of Laboratory in environmental chemistry. He transitioned from analytical science to software, bringing disciplined data-driven problem solving to building secure APIs, external service integrations, dashboards, and role/permission systems at companies like Payshiga, Edukoya, and Konga. Proficient in Node.js and NestJS, he focuses on reliable backend architecture and pragmatic implementation of security and access controls. His scientific training informs a methodical approach to testing and observability, and he describes himself simply as a "code lover"—equally comfortable debugging production issues as designing new services.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Environmental Chemistry, Master of Science (MSc), Environmental Chemistry at University of LagosBachelor of Technology (BTech), Pure and Applied Chemistry, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Pure and Applied Chemistry at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Github Skills (4)
js2
javascript2
css2
html1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kolawolejohn/fastapi-deep-dive
Jan 2025 - Feb 2025
Contributions:42 PRs, 25 pushes, 22 branches in 8 days
kolawolejohn/MyCV
Aug 2019 - Sep 2019
CV created as task on start.ng using vanilla html
Contributions:6 PRs, 16 pushes, 5 branches in 11 days
javascriptvanilla-htmlangularwebpackvanilla
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