Victor Ajayi Damilare

Building a production-grade Irish law exam prep SaaS platform from the ground up

• Architected a Node.js/Express/TypeScript REST API backend deployed on GCP (europe-west1) with Prisma ORM and Supabase PostgreSQL, serving a live exam prep product for Irish law students
• Implemented Stripe webhook integration with full subscription lifecycle management — TRIAL, STANDARD, PRO, and FREEMIUM tiers — gating content access via custom middleware
• Built an AI-powered essay grading engine using the Anthropic Claude API, evaluating student responses using IRAC legal methodology with band classification, feedback, and sample answers
• Implemented a complete production pipeline covering CI/CD releases, automated seeding and data migrations, background processing, observability, and rollback-safe deployments across services
• Seeded and managed 2,550+ MCQs and 3,500+ past questions across 255 lessons and 8 legal subjects, with dedicated development and production scripts powering a resilient multi-schema content pipeline
• Designed storage and delivery around Amazon S3 buckets and are actively migrating workloads from PM2-first hosting into broader AWS services to improve scalability, reliability, and long-term operability
• Engineered a Cloudinary media pipeline to upload, organize, and DB-seed 269 podcast audio files across 8 subject folders, then migrated the entire media library between Cloudinary accounts with zero application downtime
• Reduced infrastructure costs by co-hosting 4 production applications on a single GCP VM using PM2 cluster mode and Nginx reverse proxy with SSL — eliminating the need for separate server instances
• Implemented Google OAuth (Passport.js), Brevo transactional email, and cookie-based sessions with ITP/Safari compatibility fixes for the Irish market
• Built a real-time student dashboard tracking quiz performance (highest, lowest, average scores), weekly study streaks, daily activity logging, and podcast recommendations
• Migrated the production PostgreSQL database from DigitalOcean to Supabase with zero downtime, resolving SSH tunnelling, Nginx config conflicts, and PM2 ecosystem across multiple hosted apps
• Currently building the admin dashboard for content management, user subscription oversight, and podcast library management

Built a comprehensive logistics solution platform from the ground up

• Developing scalable backend services using Go (Golang) with Gin/Echo framework for a logistics management platform
• Designing and implementing RESTful APIs and gRPC services for real-time package tracking and driver management
• Building microservices architecture to handle order processing, inventory management, and delivery scheduling
• Implementing PostgreSQL database schemas optimized for logistics operations with geospatial queries
• Setting up Redis caching layers improving API response times by 45%
• Configuring CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Docker for automated deployment
• Implementing JWT-based authentication with role-based access control (RBAC)
• Utilizing Go's concurrency patterns (goroutines, channels) for high-volume concurrent requests

Led development of a feature-rich dating application with AI capabilities

• Architected RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express.js for 10,000+ active users
• Integrated AI-powered conversational APIs increasing user engagement by 35%
• Implemented secure payment processing with Stripe and Paystack ensuring PCI-DSS compliance
• Configured and managed VPS on AWS EC2 and DigitalOcean with optimized security
• Established CI/CD pipelines reducing deployment time from 2 hours to 15 minutes
• Configured Amazon S3 and CloudFront CDN reducing image load times by 60%
• Implemented Redis caching improving API response times by 50%
• Designed comprehensive security measures including OAuth 2.0, JWT, and rate limiting

• Led development of eCommerce platform using React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL improving page load times by 35%
• Built RESTful and GraphQL APIs for FinTech application reducing data retrieval times by 40%
• Managed cloud infrastructure on AWS (EC2, S3, RDS) reducing operational costs by 25%
• Automated deployment pipelines with Docker and Jenkins cutting deployment time by 50%
• Refactored database architecture improving query performance by 30%
• Implemented OAuth 2.0 and JWT-based authentication improving security and session management
• Developed unit and integration tests with Jest improving code coverage by 40%

Developed responsive web applications and cross-platform mobile solutions

• Developed responsive web applications using React.js, Node.js, and MongoDB for e-commerce, healthcare, and finance
• Built cross-platform mobile applications for iOS and Android using Flutter
• Integrated Firebase services (Firestore, Authentication, Cloud Messaging, Storage)
• Worked with UI/UX teams implementing Material Design principles
• Leveraged state management solutions like Provider, Riverpod, and BLoC
• Optimized mobile applications for performance ensuring fast load times and smooth animations
• Wrote unit tests, widget tests, and integration tests for app stability