Ovie Okeh
Frontend Engineer (Pusher) at MessageBird
Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolOvie Okeh is a Frontend Engineer with 8 years' experience building performant, user-focused web applications using JavaScript and React, currently contributing to Pusher's developer content and product at MessageBird. He combines hands-on feature work with developer relations—writing tutorials, documentation, and technical articles on React performance—to make complex frontend concepts accessible to teams. Previously he led frontend efforts at Eurail, helping drive over €1M in sales through customer-facing features and end-to-end design ownership. Comfortable in both product and consultancy contexts (AND Digital, Sky, Andela), he mentors junior engineers and helps shape hiring decisions. Known as a "live coder" on GitHub, he balances shipping production software with public-facing technical communication.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Professional, Fullstack Web Development, Senior, Professional, Fullstack Web Development, Senior at Bov Academy of Programming and Innovation
English
Stackoverflow
149reputation
10kreached
8answers
1question
Github Skills (71)
javascript10
documentation10
react10
navbar9
python9
kubernetes9
react-responsive9
firebase8
reactjs-components8
pusher8
ckeditor7
serverless7
react-typescript7
jsx6
chat6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
65black/StackOverflow-lite
Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
Andela Cycle 35 Developer Challenge
Contributions:68 PRs, 173 pushes, 78 branches in 5 months
reactandelacycledeveloper-challenge
ovieokeh/venni
Sep 2019 - Oct 2019
A Web based chat app based on Firebase
Contributions:60 commits, 30 PRs, 65 pushes in 1 month
reactfirestorechat-appfirebaseserverless
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