Nigeria

Technical Product Management

Platform Product Management

Back-end

Site Reliability

Okoro (Zero) Divinewill

Head of Product Engineering

Public Speaking

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Leadership

Cloud computing

Product roadmap

Docker

GitHub

Golang (Go)

JavaScript

Jenkins

Jira

Mixpanel

Notion

React

Node.js

Kafka

PostgreSQL

RabbitMQ

Redis

MongoDB

gRPC

Cursor

Windsurf

REST API

Postman

Time management

Team player

Presentation skills

Integration Testing

Unit Testing

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

How to determine what is a good balance of skill sets for your organization's needs

Building balanced teams

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

Best practices for documenting projects, epics, and stories

Writing product requirement documents

• Backend Pipelines & Data Processing
Build and maintain backend pipelines that consume data from Kafka, apply business logic/ETL, and produce reliable outputs at scale
• Implement and optimize event-driven architectures (producers/consumers, streaming patterns, batching where relevant).
• Design systems around high volume / high
throughput requirements (autoscaling, high
availability, resilience) 
• Database & Performance (Postgres-heavy) own data modeling and performance work in PostgreSQL: query tuning, indexing strategies, schema design, troubleshooting slow queries

• Led the design, development, and optimization of backend services with a focus on scalability, security, and performance. Collaborated cross-functionally with frontend and product teams to deliver high-quality solutions within tight deadlines. Championed best practices in API design, code quality, and system integrations to drive efficiency and business growth.
• Developed and documented RESTful APIs with comprehensive Postman collections, reducing frontend integration time by 50% and accelerating product delivery cycles.
• Spearheaded code reviews and mentorship of 3 junior engineers, improving overall code quality metrics by 35% and fostering a culture of engineering excellence.
• Integrated 3 UK-based payment providers (Stripe, PayPal, Wise) to enable multi-currency wallet functionality, enhancing payment flexibility and expanding global transaction capabilities.

Oversaw the design, development, and optimisation of backend systems powering user investment operations. 
• Spearheaded large-scale system migrations,
implemented distributed architectures, and improved platform reliability to support business scalability and user growth.
• Spearheaded system architecture and scalability initiatives, designing distributed remittance platforms across 15 African countries.
• Directed and optimized Kubernetes infrastructure across multiple product lines, reducing cloud infrastructure costs while improving deployment frequency by 3x and enhancing system reliability.
• Directed migration of a monolithic investment system (~1M plans) to a distributed microservices architecture.
• Established a scalable, stable distributed foundation that enabled faster feature development, improved system performance, and supported long-term
product innovation

• Led the design and implementation of distributed backend systems powering critical B2C energy infrastructure in Nigeria. Developed scalable, secure, and
high-availability platforms to support millions of electricity consumers. Drove cross-functional initiatives to enhance system performance, optimise
transaction processing, and safeguard against fraud in prepaid energy services.
• Engineered and deployed distributed systems architecture supporting millions of electricity consumers, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance
across B2C energy platforms.
• Optimized real-time prepaid meter transaction processing, achieving seamless handling of thousands of daily transactions and reducing processing
latency by over 30%.
• Designed and implemented a secure prepaid electricity token generation engine, enabling scalability for thousands of concurrent users while
strengthening fraud prevention and compliance

• Successfully migrated a critical enterprise application from PHP to Node.js/TypeScript, improving overall system performance by 60% and reducing maintenance overhead by 40%.
• Optimized AWS infrastructure by streamlining EC2, RDS, and Lambda resource utilization, achieving a 25% reduction in operational costs while maintaining high availability and scalability.
• Delivered backend architecture improvements that enhanced system reliability and maintainability, enabling faster deployment cycles and increased engineering productivity.

• Directed engineering initiatives to design, scale, and optimize a subscription-based ride-sharing platform spanning multiple cities. Oversaw cross-functional
teams to deliver reliable infrastructure, implement robust payment systems, and ensure high service availability while driving cost efficiency and operational excellence.
• Designed and implemented subscription-based ride-sharing platform architecture, enabling scalable multi-city expansion and increasing user adoption across diverse markets.
• Integrated 5+ global and regional payment systems, streamlining transactions for riders and drivers while reducing payment failures and improving customer satisfaction.
• Built and managed cloud infrastructure achieving 99.9% uptime, optimizing resources to reduce operational costs without compromising platform
reliability.

Okoro (Zero) Divinewill🇳🇬