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Divine

Hi

I am Divine —

glad you're here.

I engineer backend systems and Web3 protocols — with a bias for usability and precision.

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Companies & projects worked

Apeing MRide Stellus JollylifeHealth NNPC EPL Polymarq Apeing MRide Stellus JollylifeHealth NNPC EPL Polymarq

What I build

Working
across domains

High-Performance Backend

Rust Axum / Tokio Redis PostgreSQL FastAPI Celery

Protocol & Smart Contract Engineering

Solidity Hardhat Anchor Solana SVM EIP-712 UUPS Proxy

DeFi & Web3 Integration

Ethers-rs Web3.py Kamino CPIs UMA Oracle Polygon BSC

Security & Observability

AES-GCM PBKDF2 Prometheus RBAC Docker Azure

I sold.
I designed.
Now I build.

My background in Surveying, Marketing, and Design has given me a systems thinker's instinct: an obsession with constraints, precision, and usability.

"I don't ask if the code works. I ask if it holds at 20,000 concurrent connections, under adversarial conditions."

Background

Work Experience

Jul 2025 — Dec 2025
Apeing
Core Infrastructure & Protocol Engineer

Owned entire backend and protocol layer for decentralised prediction market.

  • Architected Rust/Axum/Tokio EVM gateway sustaining 20,000+ concurrent WebSocket connections
  • Reduced PostgreSQL read load by >90% with Redis JSON caching layer
  • Engineered async MetaRelayWorker for gasless EIP-712 meta-transactions with 100% state synchronisation
  • Decomposed monolithic smart contract into UUPS proxy system — cutting deployment payload by >50% and gas costs by ~30%
  • Integrated UMA Optimistic Oracle V3 for trustless market settlement
  • Mitigated DDoS and RPC spam via tower_governor at 50 req/sec per IP
RustAxumTokioEthers-rsPostgreSQLRedisSolidityHardhat
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Apr 2025 — Oct 2025
MRide
Backend Infrastructure Engineer
  • Replaced legacy long-polling with event-driven Pusher WebSocket dispatch system, cutting latency to <100ms
  • Implemented Haversine-based geospatial filtering in SQL to reduce irrelevant dispatch load by ~30%
  • Architected multi-tenant financial ledger supporting internal digital wallet and 15+ international payment gateways
  • Eliminated over-bidding exploits across 100% of platform rides via server-side bid validation
  • Deployed KYC pipeline enforcing 100% verified fleet onboarding compliance via Laravel Sanctum
Laravel 11Pusher WebSocketsMySQLStripeTwilioGoogle Maps API
Nov 2024 — Apr 2025
Stellus
Backend Systems & Web3 Engineer

Owned entire backend and EVM wallet infrastructure for a high-throughput blockchain API platform.

  • Scaled concurrent blockchain transaction throughput to 100+ by isolating Web3 workflows in dedicated Celery/gevent worker pool
  • Hardened EVM wallet infrastructure with AES-GCM encryption and PBKDF2 key derivation at 390,000 iterations
  • Reduced RPC lockout rate to <0.1% via exponential backoff with dynamic jitter
  • Resolved Proof-of-Authority consensus failures on Polygon and BSC via ExtraDataToPOAMiddleware injection
  • Built Prometheus telemetry engine tracking blockchain operations, gas consumption, and API latency in real time
FastAPICeleryRedisPostgreSQLWeb3.pyPrometheusDockerAzure
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Aug 2024 — Sep 2024
Freelance
Full-Stack Developer — Jolly Life Health
  • Engineered full-stack health e-commerce platform (jollylifehealth.com) using Python and Django
  • Launched to production serving average of 919 unique monthly users
  • Integrated Paystack for payment processing and Shipbubble API for automated shipping logistics
PythonDjangoPaystackShipbubble API
Jul 2024 — Aug 2024
NCMMS
Backend Developer
  • Reduced debugging time by 30% by developing comprehensive API and function tests using FastAPI
  • Optimised data management by integrating MongoDB database, cutting data retrieval times by 40%
FastAPIMySQLMongoDB
Jan 2024 — May 2024
HealthMate
Backend Developer
  • Collaborated with 10+ person team to build healthcare platform connecting users with medical practitioners
  • Architected scalable FastAPI backend integrated with LangChain for AI-powered self-diagnosis — driving 35% increase in user engagement
FastAPILangChainPostgreSQL
Jun 2023 — Oct 2023
NNPC EPL
Backend Developer Intern
  • Built scalable FastAPI backend and MySQL database system managing 500+ assets for Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
  • Streamlined asset tracking processes, reducing manual tracking errors by 30%
FastAPIMySQLPython
Jul 2023 — Sep 2023
Polymarq
DevOps Intern
  • Enhanced AI deployment efficiency by 25% by Dockerizing and deploying AI models on PaperSpace (Digital Ocean)
  • Optimised deployment pipeline, reducing system downtime by 20%
DockerPaperSpaceGitHub Actions

Fellowship & Capstone

Featured Protocol

2024 — 2025
Turbine Web3 2026 Cohort 1
Capstone — Solana Streaming Payroll Protocol
  • Replaced batch payroll cycles with second-by-second on-chain salary disbursements secured by global liability curve at 31,557,600 sec/yr
  • Engineered JIT liquidity engine via Kamino Finance CPIs — algorithmically deploying idle treasury capital into yield-bearing kTokens for 8–12% APY
  • Maintained 100% claim execution uptime via autonomous kToken burn fallback system
  • Bypassed Solana heap and compute limits with #[zero_copy] C-representations for 3.5+ KB configs
  • Enforced WAD precision (1e18) across all kToken-to-USDC conversions to eliminate mathematical underflow risks
  • Built deterministic mainnet-forked integration suite using RPC hijacking (surfnet_setAccount) for keeper logic validation
RustAnchorSolana SVMKamino Finance CPIsTypeScript
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Toolbox

My Stack

RustRust
PythonPython
TypeScriptTypeScript
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
RedisRedis
SoliditySolidity
SolanaSolana
Anchor
FastAPIFastAPI
DjangoDjango
FlaskFlask
CeleryCelery
PrometheusPrometheus
DockerDocker
Azure
AES-GCM
Hardhat
Web3.py

Writing

My Blog

Medium
Atlas Payroll: Streaming Payroll with Operational Capital Yield on Solana

A protocol that streams salaries per second, letting employees withdraw earned income anytime, while making operational funds earn +12% yield on Kamino.

Dev.to
Sending Your First Blockchain Transaction with web3.py

This is where your code interacts directly with the decentralized ledger by sending your first transaction!

Substack
Turbin3 Capstone - ATLAS PAYROLL

Atlas Payroll: a protocol that streams salaries per second, letting employees withdraw earned income anytime, while routing idle operational funds into yield‑bearing DeFi markets while protecting.

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