Chigozie Madubuko

Lead, Backend Engineer at Kora

Chigozie Madubuko has a strong background as a software engineer, with experience in both leadership and senior roles. Most recently, Chigozie worked at Kora as the Lead Backend Engineer, starting in January 2023. Prior to that, Chigozie was a Senior Software Engineer at Kora from May 2021 to February 2023.

Before joining Kora, Chigozie worked at Open Banking Nigeria as the Technical and Standards Engineer, starting in December 2018. In this role, Chigozie played a key part in designing and developing the Open Banking API standard in Nigeria, with the potential to expand to the whole of the African continent.

Chigozie also had a position at Lendsqr as the Lead Software Engineer from July 2020 to June 2021, and as a Software Engineer from January 2019 to July 2020.

Prior to their employment at established companies, Chigozie was self-employed as a Software Engineer. During this period, Chigozie built various web applications, including an E-commerce system, a Hostel Management system for Nnamdi Azikiwe University, and a Lottery Platform called Home-Win.

Overall, Chigozie Madubuko has a diverse work experience in software engineering, with a focus on backend development and standards implementation in the financial technology industry.

Chigozie Madubuko completed their Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at Nnamdi Azikiwe University from 2014 to 2018. Following their undergraduate studies, they obtained a certification known as the NYSC Discharge Certificate from the National Youth Service Corps in March 2019.

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Timeline

  • Lead, Backend Engineer

    January, 2023 - present

  • Senior Software Engineer

    May, 2021