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Experience

A complete record of professional roles, responsibilities, and achievements.

Work History

Technical Support Engineer

A global WordPress.com engineering company that delivers enterprise-grade web publishing and digital commerce solutions, helping organisations build, scale, and manage high-performance digital experiences.

  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex WordPress.com issues across core, themes, plugins, performance bottlenecks, and server-level environments.
  • Diagnose and resolve DNS, SSL, hosting, and server configuration issues across diverse infrastructure setups.
  • Provide multi-channel client support through structured troubleshooting, consultative guidance, and educational walkthroughs.
  • Document technical findings, resolutions, and repeatable workflows to improve team knowledge sharing.
  • Participate in on-call rotations, ensuring timely resolution of high-priority production issues.
  • Debug PHP, JavaScript, REST API, and database-related issues using WP-CLI, SSH, and Git-based workflows.
  • Proactively identify recurring pain points and recommend process improvements and automation opportunities.

Nov 2025 - Present

Technical Support Engineer

A leading African integrated payments and digital commerce platform company.

  • Provided seamless integration support for payment and bill payment services, assisting merchants with API-related issues and guiding them through live deployment on platforms like Quickteller, Paydirect, and Card Payments.
  • Troubleshot transaction failures, authentication errors, and customer validation issues, maintaining a resolution success rate of 90% within established SLA timelines.
  • Led a cross-functional support team of 3+ members to resolve high-priority API integration issues, resulting in a 40% improvement in ticket resolution time.
  • Resolved complex API integration challenges, ensuring over 7,000 billers were accessible for services such as Quickteller, airtime/data top-up, Paydirect, Card Payments, and e-pin generation.
  • Facilitated the onboarding of merchants for platforms like Quickteller Business, ensuring optimal use of features such as Web Checkout and Card Payments API.
  • Contributed to a 50% reduction in escalations through proactive troubleshooting and efficient documentation of common integration challenges.

Oct 2024 - Jan 2026

Lead Integration Engineer

A full cycle software development company creating leading digital products.

  • Designed, developed, and maintained robust APIs and interfaces facilitating seamless communication between mobile/web applications and backend systems for products serving 500k+ users.
  • Designed support workflows using ClickUp that improved ticket triage speed by 50%.
  • Created internal API documentation and Postman test suites to streamline onboarding and reduce recurring support requests by 30%.
  • Ensured mobile applications met integration standards and requirements for multiple platforms on iOS and Android.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams across engineering, quality assurance, and product management to comprehend and implement integration requirements.
  • Created, documented, and standardised integration processes, procedures, and configurations.

Mar 2023 - Jul 2025

IT Support - End User (Intern)

A full-service national commercial bank with over 60 years of operations.

  • Managed the automation of IT asset tracking, covering warranty information, refresh dates, and end-of-life data using advanced spreadsheet functionalities.
  • Collaborated with the technical support team to reduce escalations and enhance overall user satisfaction by increasing the resolution rate of hardware and software issues.
  • Assisted engineers in conducting surveys and installations, ensuring seamless deployment of IT solutions that streamlined processes and improved infrastructure efficiency.
  • Recorded all customer contacts in the appropriate ITSM tool.
  • Ensured new equipment such as laptops and mobile phones were deployment-ready prior to release.

Jul 2022 - Feb 2023

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

Business Analytics

Nexford University, Washington, DCGPA: 3.58

Feb 2023

Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS)

Business Administration and Management

Nexford University, Washington, DC

Nov 2022

Certifications

Business Intelligence & Data Analysis (BIDA)

BIDA

Oct 2023

Machine Learning & Predictive Analytics

Nexford University

Jan 2023

Project Management

Nexford University

Feb 2023

Data Analytics Foundations

LinkedIn Learning

Mar 2023

Advanced Google Analytics 4

LinkedIn

Aug 2022

Digital Marketing

Google

2020-2022

Leadership & Teams

Google

2020-2022

Certified Talent Manager

2020-2022

Volunteer

Peer-to-Peer Mentoring

Nexford University

  • Guided students academically and provided career support.
  • Shared study resources and explained complex concepts to improve learning outcomes.

Nov 2022 - Feb 2023