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In common
- Shared stack: none in common
- Both kinds of work: Web, Platform
- Order: Joel Transport (Dec 2022 – May 2023) → OrderEase (2025 – 2026) → ParcelNow (2025 – 2026)
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OrderEase ›
Branded online ordering for restaurants and retailers
ParcelNow ›
On-demand parcel delivery with real-time tracking
Joel Transport ›
Online booking platform on AWS
At a glance
- Role
- Technical lead, Smart Kitchen Co
- When
- 2025 – 2026
- Length
- 1 yr
- Status
- Live
- Type
- Web, Platform
- Role
- Technical lead, Smart Kitchen Co
- When
- 2025 – 2026
- Length
- 1 yr
- Status
- Delivered
- Type
- Web, Platform
- Role
- Lead Engineer
- When
- Dec 2022 – May 2023
- Length
- 6 mo
- Status
- Live
- Type
- Web, Platform
The problem
Direct ordering and order management: menus, orders, payments and fulfilment, with automated order intake and status updates that cut merchants' operational overhead.
Customer and operations dashboards with backend services for parcel lifecycles, tracking events and notifications, built for high-throughput transactional workflows.
Centralised the customer journey and operational data, reduced manual hand-offs and set up a documented AWS foundation.
What was built
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Led architecture and hands-on engineering for an online booking platform: Python APIs and the AWS deployment architecture, integrated with Paystack, Sage Accounting, Zoho Bigin and Zoho SalesIQ.
Stack
- Next.js
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Next.js
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Docker
- Python
- AWS
- Paystack
- Sage
- Zoho
Highlights
- Fast, responsive ordering on Next.js
- FastAPI services for menus, orders, payments and fulfilment
- Next.js dashboards over FastAPI services
- Live delivery updates through logistics and messaging integrations
- Python APIs and AWS deployment architecture
- Paystack, Sage Accounting, Zoho Bigin and Zoho SalesIQ integrations
Infrastructure choices
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- Docker-based development and deployment standards
- AWS
Outcome
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Centralised the customer journey and key operational data, reduced manual hand-offs and established a documented AWS foundation for future development.