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Victor Akujobi

Victor Akujobi

Senior Software Engineer

London, GB
+447413897937

Background


About

About

Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years building web applications across security, finance, and retail. I work across the full stack—from React frontends to API design—and pick up new technologies quickly. I'm comfortable working with both engineers and business stakeholders to ship features that matter.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer, Beauty Pie

    Aug, 2023 - Present

    Led conversion optimization projects and built testing infrastructure for Beauty Pie's e-commerce platform

    • OpenGate Initiative: Built Guest Price-First checkout flow with A/B testing framework, rolling out to 50% of UK traffic after successful US results. Monitored conversion improvements while tracking membership cannibalization

    • Strikethrough Pricing (Black Friday): Pioneered Beauty Pie's first-ever strikethrough pricing feature, which became the company's most profitable promotional period—nearly 4x the previous record. This work set the template for all future discount campaigns

    • Collections Landing Pages: Built custom CMS-driven collection pages that increased ROAS by 40% and CVR by 73%. Simplified the journey from ad click to product page while keeping AOV stable

    • META CAPI Integration: Improved Facebook Conversion API accuracy by implementing eventId tracking, Browser ID (fbp) integration, and GTM data layer variables. Improved match rates and ad targeting precision

    • SMS Opt-In Initiative: Added SMS opt-in touchpoints to registration and order confirmation flows, increasing US opt-in rates by 79% and UK rates by 43%

    • Playwright Testing Migration: Migrated E2E testing from CodeceptJS to Playwright, cutting CI/CD pipeline time by 50% and P1 incidents by 90%. Improved developer tooling and made the test suite easier to extend

    • Built multivariate testing (MVT) framework with CMS-driven experiments in Contentful, making it faster to run user tests and iterate on ideas

    • Built 'Pinned Products' feature that increased membership sign-ups by 25% by improving product discovery in the conversion funnel

    • Presented at sprint demos and tech meetings, working with both engineers and business stakeholders

    • Part of on-call rotation, handling production incidents and improving platform reliability

  • Senior Software Engineer, T.Rowe Price

    Aug, 2021 - Jul, 20231 year 11 months

    Built an event management system handling cross-timezone scheduling for global teams

    • Built the user interface in ReactJS with GraphQL (Apollo) and React Suspense for data loading

    • Created API layer with NestJS, TypeORM, Postgres, and SQS for event processing

    • Worked with stakeholders across product, design, and engineering teams

    • Ran scrum ceremonies and managed release coordination

  • Senior Software Engineer, Sainsbury's

    Feb, 2018 - Aug, 20213 years 6 months

    Led Active Kids, homepage migration, and Net Promoter Score programme

    • Led Sainsbury's Active Kids project from concept to launch using React

    • Pioneered 'Lettuce Know' NPS programme, including the raffle system still in use today (visible on store receipts)

    • Migrated company homepage from legacy PHP to Gatsby with Contentful CMS—a high-visibility page requiring coordination with marketing

    • Coordinated with advertising team to synchronize Christmas ad release across TV and web

    • Set up CI/CD pipeline with sandbox environments, functional tests, and feature flags

    • Moved project to serverless architecture using AWS Lambda and Terraform

    • Built Our Community Hub volunteer platform using React, Microsoft AD SSO, S3, and DynamoDB

    • Mentored junior developers and worked with internal teams and external partners

  • Software Engineer, Tesco PLC

    Feb, 2017 - Feb, 20181 year

    Built features for Tesco Direct and designed internal management tools

    • Built features for Tesco Direct storefront with cross-browser compatibility

    • Designed architecture for internal management tool, working with security ops on design decisions

    • Built features using React, Redux, GraphQL, NodeJS, and Terraform on AWS

    • Created automated deployment pipeline from scratch using Jenkins and Amazon ECS

  • Full Stack Developer, Selectamark Security Systems

    Feb, 2016 - Feb, 20171 year

    Lead developer for BikeRegister and SelectaDNA security platforms

    • Led development of BikeRegister and SelectaDNA web applications in Laravel

    • Pioneered and led BikeRegister mobile app project from concept to app store deployment, beta tested by Met Police officers

    • Managed codebase and infrastructure to meet ISO 27001 and LPS 1224 security standards

    • Ran penetration tests on company infrastructure and wrote security reports

    • Worked with London's Metropolitan Police and Cambridge University on bike theft reduction research

  • Web Developer, MIME Consulting

    Aug, 2014 - Nov, 20151 year 3 months

    Built education technology products for students and early years providers

    • Skills Route: Built tool to help A-Level students visualize how their grades affect college and degree options

    • EYFS Tracker: Built early years tracking application for nurseries and preschools

    • Used Sass, ReactJS, D3, and PHP across projects

    • Handled data analysis and reporting using Excel, Microsoft Reporting Services, and scikit-learn

  • Web Developer, CremeGlobal

    Jun, 2012 - Aug, 20131 year 2 months

    Built web platform for Food4Me EU-funded nutrition research project

    • Built web software for Food4Me project, used by nutritionists across 7 European countries

    • Handled data acquisition, interpretation, and visualization

    • Provided technical support for nutritionists and research volunteers

  • Network Engineer, HEAnet

    Apr, 2011 - Sep, 20115 months

    Network operations for Ireland's education internet infrastructure

    • Worked in Network Operations Centre, monitoring and troubleshooting network issues

    • Maintained equipment providing internet infrastructure to Irish education institutions

    • Contributed to software development projects alongside network operations work

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

  • OneW3rld AI

    - Present

    AI-powered multi-tenant voice chat application with custom UI builder and admin backend. Built workflow integration system that lets admins create custom workflows and interfaces without code.

Skills

Skills

  • Frontend Development

    React

    Redux

    NextJS

    Remix

  • Programming Languages

    TypeScript

    JavaScript

    Python

  • Cloud & Infrastructure

    Cloudflare

    AWS

    SST

    Pulumi

    Terraform

    Docker

  • Databases & ORMs

    PostgreSQL

    DynamoDB

    Prisma

    DrizzleORM

  • Testing & Automation

    Jest

    Puppeteer

    Playwright

  • Backend Development

    NestJS

    GraphQL

    Apollo

    NodeJS

Education

Education

  • Bioinformatics and Theoretical Systems Biology, MSc, Imperial College

    Jan, 2013 - Jan, 2014

  • Physics and Biomedical Science, BSc, Dublin City University

    Jan, 2008 - Jan, 2012