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Idoko Awesome Livingflow

Senior Software Engineer · Full Stack · Product Builder

I build digital products, engineer scalable systems and turn complex ideas into practical technology.

Base
Nigeria

Shipping since
2020 · 6+ years

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02About

Mechanical engineer. Builder by habit.

Idoko Awesome in a hoodie at a desk, typing on a laptop, beside a second laptop covered in physics equations
Fig. 01 — At the desk, Nigeria

I don't just write code. I take ideas from a sentence to a running system: I frame the problem, design the architecture, ship the product and keep making it better.

I am a mechanical engineer, a graduate of the University of Jos, and I think like one. I want to know how the load moves through a system, where it will fail first, and what it costs to keep it running.

For more than six years I have shipped production software across the whole stack. That includes fintech payment rails and real-time chat at Xeta, a social-commerce platform at Saverr, a compliance dashboard at Access Bank, a React Native social app at Creatlie, and enterprise integrations and four client launches at Instacodigo. Today I build AI-powered business tools at Baritex.

I started my first company while still an undergraduate, so I have learned to hold the product view and the systems view together. I care about who will use the thing and what problem it removes. Then I care about the schema, the queue, the cache and the deploy pipeline that make it reliable.

  • Software engineer
  • Full-stack developer
  • Backend & systems
  • Product builder
  • Technology entrepreneur
Based in
Nigeria
Experience
6+ years in production
Roles held
7 teams · 8 featured builds
Works
Remote, across time zones

P/01

Systems first

Data models, failure modes and integration boundaries get designed before pixels.

P/02

Ship, then sharpen

Small releases, measured improvements, and honest notes about what is still early.

P/03

AI as leverage

Claude Code and Cursor speed up the routine work. I review every line they produce and keep architectural judgement for myself.

03Selected work

Products, not just projects.

Eight builds across AI, commerce, social, education and real-time systems. Each one shows my role, what I built, and live evidence wherever a public build exists.

EmploymentLive

Baritex OS

AI product · Business automation

An AI operating system for business and career growth.

Baritex packages strategy, planning and career guidance into AI engines such as Business Architect, Career Blueprint and Business Diagnostic, backed by human consultants. I build product flows and the platform underneath them.

Role
AI-Driven Developer / Designer (App Builder)
When
Aug 2026 – Present
Stack
React · Vite · Tailwind CSS · TanStack Query · Python · Django
Baritex homepage hero: 'Where strategy meets execution, and solutions build legacy'
baritex.io — captured Nov 2026
Baritex homepage on a phone with bottom tab navigation
Primary engineerLive · Early access

SketchMe

AI product · Creative tooling

From rough sketch to refined vector in seconds.

SketchMe turns hand-drawn ideas into clean, professional vectors without manual tracing. I am the primary author of the Next.js frontend and of the Django and computer-vision backend behind it.

Role
Full-Stack Engineer
When
2025 – 2026
Stack
Next.js · React · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Konva · GraphQL
SketchMe hero: 'From rough sketch to refined vector in seconds'
Three-step flow: upload your sketch, let the AI refine it, download your vector
sketchme-frontend.vercel.app — captured Nov 2026
SketchMe hero on a phone
EmploymentLive · iOS & Android

Creatlie

Mobile · Social platform

A social platform where creatives post, chat, sell and get hired.

Creatlie is a Nigerian social app for creatives, with feeds, 'Rant' posts, an AI chat assistant, profiles and storefronts. I worked on the React Native app's performance, stability and feature delivery.

Role
Senior Frontend Engineer
When
Dec 2024 – Jun 2025
Stack
React Native · Expo · TypeScript · GraphQL · Figma
Creatlie Discover feed with a creator's video post

Discover

Creatlie profile screen with followers, highlights and a content grid

Profile

Primary engineerIn development

Emet

AI / ML · Trust & safety

Is this image real? An authenticity engine for AI-era media.

Emet (EmetAI) labels images as AI-generated, AI-edited, likely AI-edited or real. It combines model inference with signal forensics and exposes the results over REST, GraphQL and a real-time WebSocket stream to an Expo mobile client.

Role
Full-Stack & ML Engineer
When
2026
Stack
Python · FastAPI · PyTorch · ONNX Runtime · Hugging Face · OpenCV
System viewNo public build yet
Detection pipeline: Expo app / web to API layer, API layer to Model inference, API layer to Noise residuals, API layer to Frequency analysis, API layer to Edge statistics, Model inference to Fusion & verdict, Noise residuals to Fusion & verdict, Frequency analysis to Fusion & verdict, Edge statistics to Fusion & verdictExpo app / webAPI layerModel inferenceNoise residualsFrequency analysisEdge statisticsFusion & verdict
Primary engineerIn development

NUESA UNIJOS

Institutional platform

The digital home of UNIJOS engineering students.

A website and student platform for the Nigerian Universities Engineering Students' Association, University of Jos chapter. It covers the public site, student and alumni accounts, an Engineering Hub with a CGPA calculator and library, an alumni portal and an admin console.

Role
Full-Stack Engineer
When
2026
Stack
Next.js · React · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Radix UI · React Hook Form
NUESA UNIJOS homepage: 'Where UNIJOS Engineers Learn & Build' with the association crest
Development build — captured Nov 2026
NUESA UNIJOS homepage on a phone
Co-founderLive

Coin Clash

Mobile · Real-time gaming

Skill matches. Real stakes. Fair play.

I co-founded Coin Clash and build it alongside my co-founder. It is a competitive mobile gaming platform with real-time matchmaking, tournaments, guilds, leaderboards and an in-app wallet.

Role
Co-founder
When
2026
Stack
Expo · React Native · Expo Router · TypeScript · TanStack Query · Python
CoinClash sign-in screen: 'Skill matches. Real stakes. Fair play.' by Saverr IO LTD
coinclash.live — the public entry point; the game sits behind sign-in
CoinClash sign-in screen on a phone
ContractLive

Qataloog

EdTech · Web platform

Curriculum-aligned content and secure exams for institutions.

Qataloog distributes curriculum-aligned content to institutions, publishers, lecturers and students, and runs secure online exams with live proctoring. I built core React frontend features as a contractor, working directly with the founding team.

Role
Frontend Developer (Contract)
When
May 2024 – Sep 2024
Stack
React · JavaScript · REST APIs
Qataloog homepage: 'Curriculum-aligned content distribution engine for Institutions'
Qataloog exam module with a live proctoring grid
Qataloog institutions page with a course library screen
qataloog.com · Exam proctoring · Institutions
IndependentOpen source

GridSight

Desktop · Data visualisation

A desktop telemetry client for energy-grid operators.

GridSight is a cross-platform Electron app for monitoring power plants, substations and transmission networks. One React and TypeScript UI powers both the web and desktop builds and adapts to whichever runtime it detects.

Role
Independent project
When
2026
Stack
Electron · React · TypeScript · Vite
GridSight network view showing a power plant, substation, transformers and transmission line as connected nodes
Local build with the bundled mock dataset
05Professional experience

Six years of shipping in production.

Fintech payment rails, real-time systems, enterprise integrations, mobile performance and AI platforms. Each role with the work that mattered and the numbers that moved.

  1. Aug 2026 – Present

    Baritex AI Operating System

    AI-Driven Developer / Designer (App Builder)

    AI · Business platforms

    Building AI-powered product flows and the self-hostable platform underneath Baritex OS.

    • —Moving the platform from a no-code foundation onto React, Django REST Framework and PostgreSQL, containerised with Docker Compose.
    • —Integrating LLM and speech-transcription capabilities behind a server-side AI service layer.
    • —Wiring wallet and payment settlement through Paystack and Flutterwave.
    ReactDjangoPostgreSQLDockerOpenAI APICase study →
  2. Jun 2025 – Jul 2026

    Instacodigo

    Senior Software Engineer

    Enterprise · Commerce · Client delivery · UAE

    Technical lead on client products for distributed international teams.

    • 4Production applications delivered on schedule: Lamsheen, Somus Social Network, Skyway Egypt and NourKids USA.
    • −40%Backend response time, by redesigning database indexing, async task execution and caching across GraphQL and REST APIs.
    • −35%Integration development time, by connecting Odoo and Zoho ERP, payment gateways and auth providers through secure API layers.
    • —Built Medusa v2 commerce modules and workflows, and guided architecture decisions while mentoring engineers.
    • 4hEngineering time reclaimed per sprint by embedding Claude Code and Cursor into the team's workflow.
    PythonGraphQLRESTOdooZohoMedusa v2PostgreSQLRedis
  3. Dec 2024 – Jun 2025

    Creatlie

    Senior Frontend Engineer

    Mobile · Social

    Performance, stability and feature delivery on a React Native social platform.

    • +20%App load and render performance, through memoisation, lazy loading and virtualised lists.
    • −30%Crash and memory-leak incidents, after auditing core rendering bottlenecks.
    • —Turned Figma prototypes into pixel-accurate production UI in partnership with design.
    React NativeTypeScriptExpoGraphQLCase study →
  4. Jan 2024 – Nov 2024

    Access Bank

    Frontend Engineer

    Banking · Compliance

    Staff-facing compliance tooling in Angular.

    • 500Employees given one interface to track, log and resolve regulatory compliance tasks.
    • +20%Data accuracy, by integrating directly with backend compliance APIs instead of manual entry.
    • −15%Manual compliance reporting time, after replacing spreadsheets with a role-based dashboard.
    AngularTypeScriptREST
  5. May 2024 – Sep 2024

    Qataloog

    Frontend Developer (Contract)

    EdTech

    Core React features for an e-learning platform, working directly with the founding team.

    • 2,000Students and faculty served across 30 courses and programmes.
    ReactJavaScriptCase study →
  6. Jun 2022 – Jan 2024

    Saverr

    Software Engineer

    Social commerce

    Backend, real-time and infrastructure foundations for a social-commerce platform.

    • 40→4Minutes per deployment, after containerising services with Docker and automating releases through Nginx and CI/CD.
    • −28%API response time, from redesigning PostgreSQL indexing and caching.
    • 10hManual integration work removed per week, through fault-tolerant retries across 8 payment and auth providers.
    • +25%Recommendation click-through rate, from a scikit-learn content-ranking engine.
    • —Real-time notifications over WebSockets and Firebase, serving 250 concurrent users.
    PythonDjangoPostgreSQLWebSocketsFirebaseDockerscikit-learn
  7. Oct 2020 – May 2022

    Xeta Technologies

    Backend Engineer

    Fintech

    Payment flows, data security and real-time messaging.

    • —REST and GraphQL APIs in Python for fintech transaction flows, integrating Paystack, Monnify and Flutterwave for payments and reconciliation.
    • —AES-256 encryption across sensitive data flows, at rest and in transit, to meet GDPR data-protection requirements.
    • 1,000Users supported by a real-time chat system with delivery, persistence, notifications and presence.
    PythonGraphQLPostgreSQLMariaDBPaystackFlutterwave
06Technical capabilities

A connected toolkit.

No percentage bars. Each technology is marked by how I have actually used it, and the threads show which tools I have shipped together on real projects.

Frontend & Mobile

React

Core · production, many roles

Baritex, Qataloog, Saverr and several client products.

EvidenceBaritex OS, Qataloog, GridSight

Frontend & Mobile

Interfaces that stay fast under real data.

Backend

Services, schemas and the logic in between.

APIs & Architecture

Contracts that let teams move independently.

Data & Infrastructure

Where reliability is decided.

Commerce & Enterprise

Money and operations, done carefully.

AI & Automation

Models as components, not magic.

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateAmazon Web Services2026
  • AWS Certified Developer – AssociateAmazon Web Services2026
  • GitHub FoundationsGitHub2026
07Entrepreneurship & product building

Companies I'm building.

These are founder roles, listed separately from employment. Here I own the product question as much as the code: who it serves, what to cut, how it makes money, and what has to be true before launch.

I started my first company while in 100-level Mechanical Engineering, wearing three hats: one for class, one for the startup, and one for the code that tied them together.

CoinClash sign-in screen on a phone

coinclash.live

Co-founderLive · coinclash.live

Coin Clash

Competitive mobile play should feel instant and fair, and money should move through it safely.

With my co-founder I took a real-time competitive gaming platform from zero to launch at coinclash.live: matchmaking, tournaments, guilds and a wallet that handles real deposits and withdrawals.

  • Product scope and launch planning
  • Full-stack engineering (Expo + FastAPI)
  • Payments, payouts and infrastructure
Saverr 'For You' feed showing a pizza listing with an Order Now button and a burger post from a local business

Saverr feed — development build

Co-founder · COO & Technical Co-founderIn development

Saverr

Building a product shouldn't be harder than using it, and local businesses deserve better digital commerce.

Saverr began in a late-night conversation with a fellow student whose e-commerce side hustle was drowning in friction. It is now a social-commerce platform: a feed for discovering food, groceries and services, direct ordering and booking, and a network of shoppers who handle delivery and pickup.

  • Operations and company building
  • System design and architecture
  • Testing flows against real-world constraints
08Education

Mechanical Engineering

University of Jos

Mechanics, thermodynamics and design taught me to reason from first principles about load, failure and trade-offs. I bring the same discipline to software.

09Contact

Have an idea worth building?

I'm always interested in ambitious ideas, meaningful collaborations and opportunities to build something impactful.

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