Uchenna Iheanacho
Senior Backend Engineer at Kora
Lagos State, Nigeria
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Top SchoolUchenna Iheanacho is a Senior Backend Engineer based in Lagos with nine years of experience building and leading backend systems for startups and scaleups. He combines hands-on engineering with product leadership, having co-founded two tech ventures and served as CIO/CTO before joining Kora after an acquisition. Comfortable across system design, backend architecture, and machine learning engineering, he has a track record of shipping reliable services in fast-moving environments. Academically grounded with a strong computer science background and a master’s pursuit, he brings both practical startup grit and formal training to complex technical problems. A detail often overlooked: his career progression spans both deep technical roles and operational leadership, making him adept at translating business needs into scalable engineering solutions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Agriculture, MakurdiBachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 4.25/5.00, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 4.25/5.00 at Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola
English, Hausa
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Github Skills (54)
git10
react-component-library10
radix-ui10
github10
radix10
patch10
css10
nextjs10
tailwind10
subversion10
tailwindcss10
react10
ui-components9
shadcn-ui9
html6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
LordUche/iReporter
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
iReporter enables any/every citizen to bring any form of corruption to the notice of appropriate authorities and the general public. Users can also report on things that needs government intervention
Contributions:62 PRs, 113 pushes, 18 branches in 1 month
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LordUche/chatty
Mar 2020 - Dec 2024
The annoying bot
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
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