Somto Medua-Ugeh
Senior Frontend Engineer at Freemarket
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSomto Medua-Ugeh is a senior software engineer based in London with 8 years of experience building AI-native products and high-scale fintech applications across web and mobile. He has driven frontend and full-stack initiatives at startups and enterprises—co-founding Inflow Finance to unlock financial data in Africa and improving Nutmeg investment services at JPMorganChase. Somto combines product-focused engineering (A/B experimentation, component libraries, CLI tooling) with measurable impact—reducing load-time drop-offs, scaling payments for millions of users, and improving operational efficiency. Comfortable in fast-moving teams, he blends hands-on coding with mentorship and documentation, and holds a Master’s in Software Development from the University of Glasgow. A pragmatic builder who also ships design systems and developer tooling, he quietly excels at turning complex financial workflows into dependable, user-friendly experiences.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Developer, Web Development, Full Stack Web Developer, Web Development at UdacityBachelor's degree, Architecture, Bachelor's degree, Architecture at Covenant UniversityMaster's degree, Software Development, Master's degree, Software Development at University of Glasgow
Github Skills (26)
payment-gateway9
date-fns9
payment9
react9
datepicker9
gateway8
javascript8
payment-integration7
fintech7
react-library7
paystack6
user-experience6
defaults5
react-query3
nextjs3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
SomtoUgeh/react-korapay
Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
💳 📦 💰 React package for implementing Korapay collection gateway
Contributions:48 commits, 12 PRs, 38 pushes in 2 years 6 months
reactfintechgatewaykorapaypayment
SomtoUgeh/next-template
Mar 2021 - Apr 2021
Contributions:24 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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