Profile Victor(Nyxox) neural nets and chill

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Victor

Full-stack engineer · Backend architecture · Systems programming · Modern web

Experience

Backend Engineer — ITSA Hackathon TypeScript, Node.js, Backend Development, Testing

Competed in the IT Services Desk Africa hackathon, enhancing ITSA’s device health management system.

  • Collaborated with a cross-functional team to improve system performance
  • Diagnosed, reported, and resolved software issues
  • Wrote, reviewed, and validated backend code and tests to ensure reliability

Backend Engineer — HireusLogistic Recent TypeScript, MongoDB, Redis, OAuth 2.0, Docker, Kubernetes

Designed and implemented backend services for the HireusLogistic platform, supporting thousands of users with a robust rider dispatch and management system.

  • Scaled real-time rider tracking and dispatch system using WebSockets and Redis pub/sub
  • Implemented OAuth 2.0 authentication and role-based access control across all API surfaces
  • Designed MongoDB schemas optimized for geospatial queries and high-throughput rider matching
  • Containerized services with Docker and orchestrated deployments with Kubernetes

Frontend Engineer — Uniskill Hackathon React, Next.js, TypeScript

Built a decentralized e-learning platform with blockchain-based certificate storage for a hackathon.

  • Developed an interactive frontend with React and TypeScript, leveraging reusable components to accelerate feature delivery
  • Integrated Solana smart contracts to securely store and verify course certificates on-chain
  • Implemented Next.js App Router for server-side rendering and static generation, optimizing performance
  • Managed complex client-side state and REST API interactions for real-time course progress tracking
  • Ensured WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance and responsive cross-browser functionality

Backend Developer — UNITE Hackathon IPFS, Decentralized Storage, Node.js, TypeScript

Worked on the backend team for UNITE, collaborating on the implementation of a decentralized file storage system using IPFS.

  • Designed and integrated IPFS-based storage for secure, distributed file management
  • Developed backend APIs for seamless file upload, retrieval, and indexing
  • Collaborated with the team to optimize data consistency and storage efficiency

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science FUTO Ongoing Notable coursework: Data Structures · Operating Systems · Computer Architecture · Compiler Design · Distributed Systems · Linear Algebra

Selected Projects

Bat (Interpreter from scratch) · Go, A complete interpreted language built from scratch — lexer, Pratt parser, AST evaluator, closures, and an interactive REPL. First-class functions with closures via environment capture.

Synap (Autograd / ML Framework) Recent · C++, Python, pybind11 Minimal ML framework implementing tensors, reverse-mode autodiff, and MLP primitives from scratch. C++ core with Python bindings via pybind11. Zero-copy tensor views through shared storage.

3d Model Renderer (OpenGL) Recent · C++, OpenGL, GLSL Real-time renderer with OBJ loading, multi-texture support, custom GLSL shaders, and a first-person camera. Full MVP transform pipeline, delta-time camera movement, no game engine.

GitHub Code Analyzer · Go, Python, tree-sitter Clones any public GitHub repo and performs static analysis using ASTs across 25+ languages — extracting complexity metrics, structure, and dependencies.

Mini-Fig · C++, TypeScript, Emscripten A vector graphic editor and lightweight 2D drawing engine built with C++ and WebAssembly, backed by a React frontend.

Hackathons

ITSA 🥇 Grand Prize — Best Fintech Hack · Node.js, TypeScript, MongoDB Competed with 15 teams to identify issues and propose improvements on a live production codebase.

Hack4Futo 2023 🥈 5th Place — 25+ teams · Python, TypeScript, React, OpenAI API, Rust, Solana Built an AI-powered education platform that tracks learning progress and stores user certificates on-chain.