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Sam-Lebechukwu Ikenna

Sam-Lebechukwu Ikenna

Certified Backend Engineer | Software Engineering Undergraduate


Background


About

About

Backend engineer and Software Engineering undergraduate at Miva Open University, with a Diploma in Backend Engineering from AltSchool Africa. Lead Engineer at an AI legal tech startup. Works in Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL and Django, with projects in real-time systems, authentication, payments, on-chain escrow and LLM workflows.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Lead Engineer (Part-Time), Klaro.ng

    Jun, 2026 - Present

    • Lead backend architecture and development for an AI platform that simplifies legal documents. Write core code and documentation.

    • Chose the AI models and providers, and designed the AI workflow: prompts, context and response handling.

    • Direct frontend strategy and implementation, turning design decisions into shipped features.

    • Deployed the public frontend and private backend inside a VPC, with the frontend proxying API requests to the backend.

    • Set up and maintain CI/CD with GitHub Actions for automated testing and deployment. Run end-to-end QA.

  • Software Engineering Intern (SIWES), Hemingway Global Services Limited

    - Present

  • Web Developer, 

    Sep, 2024 - Present

    • Built and maintain production e-commerce sites (NatureCare, KDK Phones): frontend, backend, checkout, payment integrations (including Paystack) and newsletters.

    • Built an admin dashboard with customer management, visitor metrics, product and image uploads, storage quotas and database backups.

    • Set up and secured the hosting server. Configured DNS and domains, Cloudflare policies, caching and rate limits, and set the deployment strategy.

  • IT Consultant, 

    Jan, 2024 - Present

    • Replaced core IT equipment with power-saving hardware, reducing operational costs and environmental footprint by 15%.

    • Trained over 15 staff on essential technology. Managed the video upload pipeline.

  • Playtester, 

    Jan, 2022 - Dec, 20232 years

    • Reported over 50 critical bugs and system vulnerabilities in remote testing.

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

Skills

Skills

  • Backend Development

    Node.js

    TypeScript

    JavaScript

    Express

    Python

    Django REST Framework

    REST APIs

    JWT

    role-based auth

    Socket.IO and WebSockets

    webhooks

    SMTP

  • Databases

    PostgreSQL

    MongoDB

    Sequelize

    data migrations

    database modeling

  • DevOps & Deployment

    GitHub Actions

    Linux

    VPC deployment

    Cloudflare

    DNS

    AWS

    Vercel

    Render

    PipeOps

    Dokploy

    Swagger/OpenAPI

    Scalar

    Postman

    PostHog

  • Frontend Technologies

    React

    Next.js

    Vue.js

    Vite

    Tailwind

    HTML

    CSS

  • AI & Machine Learning

    LLM orchestration

    prompt engineering

    structured output

    JSON schema validation

  • Cybersecurity

    OpSec

    secure authentication and authorization

    CORS

    rate limiting

Education

Education

  • Software Engineering, Undergraduate Degree, Miva Open University

    Sep, 2025 - Present

Certificates

Certificates