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Curriculum vitae

Matthew Idungafa

Full-Stack & Web3 Engineer · Lagos, Nigeria

Full-stack and Web3 engineer in Lagos. Four years across mobile, APIs, payments, and contracts on Base. I build products that solve real problems.

mattidungafa@gmail.comgithub.com/kemsguy7LinkedIn@kemsguy7Medium

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01Experience

  1. 2025 — 2026Lagos

    React Native / Full-Stack EngineerContract

    Coil Africa

    Fuel wallet, geospatial station search, Paystack webhooks and ledger, and the admin, HQ, branch, and business portals on the same API.

  2. 2025 — 2026Lagos

    Founding Full-Stack Engineer

    Softfood by Buyinbytes

    Scheduled-meal platform: ordering, organization admin, kitchen workflows, payments. 60+ companies onboarded, 400+ meals delivered, $2,000+ revenue.

  3. 2024 — 2026Remote · Nigeria

    Full-Stack & Smart Contract DeveloperContract

    Vestpad

    Built a production hybrid dApp from the ground up: EVM contracts on Base, React frontend, Web2 backend, and a task platform that earned $1,000+ in client revenue.

  4. 2025Remote

    Outreachy Intern '25

    Dune

    Identified the minimum information Dune needs to build non-OCaml projects, shipped a proof of concept, and documented it for the project.

  5. 2024 — 2025Lagos

    Frontend Developer

    Ankur Technologies

    Websites and dashboards for startups, including the Kinnect admin dashboards, working directly with designers and project managers.

  6. 2023 — 2024Lagos

    Associate Software Engineer

    Decagon

    MERN-stack engineering program and real-world builds across JavaScript, TypeScript, Node, Express, React, and SQL/NoSQL databases, run Agile.

  7. 2021 — PresentNigeria

    School systems developerContract

    Holy Family College

    School site, blog, student records, and result computation for hofaco.sch.ng. Still maintained.

  8. 2021 — 2022Uyo

    Web3 Community Manager & Content Creator

    Chaindustry.io

    Moderation and campaigns across projects including Telos Network, Spellfire, Ertha, and Roseon, reaching 100,000+ community members.

02Projects

  1. 2025 — 2026

    Coil — Fuel you pay for in the app and collect at the pump.

    Mobile · API · Operator portals

    Drivers see which nearby stations have fuel, fund a naira wallet, and pay with a QR code. The ledger moves only when an attendant scans it. No card on the terminal.

    Case studycoil.africaiOS App Store

  2. 2025 — 2026

    Softfood — Scheduled meals for schools, offices, and organizations.

    Product · Orders · Admin

    Schools and offices order ahead so delivery is batched. 60+ companies onboarded, 400+ meals delivered, $2,000+ in platform revenue.

    Case studybuyinbytes.comSoftfood

  3. 2024 — 2026

    Vestpad — A launchpad where participation is an on-chain event.

    Web3 · Base mainnet

    A launchpad for African projects. I built the contracts, the React app, and the API. Mining on Base has processed 4,000+ transactions.

    Case studyMining contractBasescanVPD tokenBasescan

  4. 2024

    Kinnect

    Admin dashboards

    Admin dashboards for the Kinnect app at Ankur: users, chats, bookings, communities, and reports. I built the dashboards. The app is public. The dashboards stay private.

    Kinnect on Google Play

  5. 2025

    Dune

    Open source · OCaml

    Outreachy on Dune. Scoped what it needs to build non-OCaml projects and shipped a proof of concept. Mentor: Stephen Sherratt.

    Write-ups on Medium

  6. 2021 — Present

    Holy Family College

    Contract · School site · Student records

    School site, blog, student records, and result computation for hofaco.sch.ng. Still maintained. About 90% less time on results.

    hofaco.sch.ng

  7. 2021 — 2022

    Chaindustry

    Web3 community · Content

    Community, AMAs, and writing for crypto projects. Moderation reached 100,000+ people. Where the on-chain work started.

03Verifiable numbers

04Skills

Languages
TypeScript · JavaScript · Solidity · PHP · OCaml
Interface
React · React Native · Expo · Next.js · Tailwind CSS · SASS · Bootstrap · Vite
Services
Node.js · Express · REST · Swagger / OpenAPI · JWT & OTP · Rate limiting
Data
MongoDB · Mongoose · PostgreSQL · MySQL · SQL
Payments & comms
Paystack · Webhooks & HMAC · SendGrid · Nodemailer · Web Push
Web3
Base · Solidity · Foundry · Hardhat · wagmi · viem · ethers.js · Merkle proofs
Cloud
AWS · Designing scalable systems
Security
Endpoint hardening · Common web vulnerabilities · Vulnerability analysis · Cloud security

05Education & certifications

2015 — 2021

BSc Human Anatomy

University of Uyo

  • Cisco cybersecurity certifications
  • Scrum Fundamentals
  • Decagon software engineering program