Philemon Ukane
Software Developer at PHL Technologies
Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
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Top SchoolPhilemon Ukane is a backend engineer, technical lead, and founder with six years of experience building secure, scalable systems across blockchain, fintech, and healthcare. He is a prolific open-source contributor to Decred projects—most notably dcrdex—where he has 165+ merged PRs, shipped 13+ major features, and recorded the highest commit volume over a nine-month period. As founder of PHL Technologies and co-founder/lead engineer at EaseLab Africa, he designs and ships production Go backends, microservices, real-time APIs, and HIPAA/GDPR-conscious integrations while recruiting and mentoring cross-functional teams. He also integrated atomic-swap DEX functionality into the Cryptopower wallet and built fiat conversion infrastructure to improve UX. Known for systems thinking and fast execution in high-pressure, open-source and startup environments, he pairs deep DeFi protocol knowledge with hands-on product delivery. Based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, he leverages community roles—like co-owning The Hive Creative Hub—to connect tech talent and opportunities regionally.
6 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Backend Engineering, Diploma, Backend Engineering at AltSchool AfricaUniversity of California, Irvine
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (101)
peer-to-peer10
cryptocurrency10
decentralized-exchange10
rest-api10
recaptcha10
wallet10
solidity10
spam10
exchange10
coremidi10
golang10
json-api10
atomic10
atomic-swap10
swap10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ukane-philemon/dcrdex
Dec 2021 - Mar 2025
The Decred Decentralized Exchange (DEX), powered by atomic-swaps.
Contributions:863 pushes, 173 branches, 5 comments in 3 years 3 months
exchangedecredswapdappethereum
ukane-philemon/dcrdata
Jan 2022 - Feb 2025
Decred block explorer, with packages and apps for data collection and storage. Written in Go.
Contributions:273 pushes, 54 branches in 3 years 1 month
golangdata-exchangedecredblockchainkeybase
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