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  • Abuja, Nigeria

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josiahking/README.md

Hi, I'm Josiah Gerald

Senior Backend Engineer with 14+ years of experience building, integrating, modernising and maintaining production web platforms.

Core expertise

  • PHP and Laravel backend engineering
  • REST API development and third-party integrations
  • Payment gateway and mobile-money integrations
  • WordPress plugin and theme development
  • MySQL and PostgreSQL
  • Testing, debugging and production support
  • Legacy-system modernisation
  • Linux, Docker and web infrastructure

Current focus

I build and modernise maintainable business platforms across fintech, education, government services, export trade and digital commerce.

I am currently open to remote Senior Backend Engineer, Senior Laravel Engineer, API Integration Engineer and backend-focused Full-Stack Engineer roles.

Featured work

  • Africa Global Export Market — Live export marketplace serving 5,000+ users
  • EvolvePHP — Custom PHP framework
  • Mini Wallet App — Laravel and Vue wallet platform
  • Task Manager — Laravel, Inertia.js, Vue, GraphQL and automated tests
  • Portfolio Case Studies — Detailed production case studies covering marketplace delivery and public-sector workflow modernisation

Technologies

PHP · Laravel · WordPress · MySQL · PostgreSQL · REST APIs · JavaScript · Vue.js · React · Next.js · Docker · Linux · Git

Connect

  • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/josiah-g-0919763b

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  1. mini-wallet-app mini-wallet-app Public

    Full-stack digital wallet demo built with Laravel 12, Vue 3, PostgreSQL, Sanctum and real-time Pusher events.

    Blade

  2. taskmanager taskmanager Public

    Full-stack task and project manager built with Laravel 12, Inertia.js, Vue 3, Pinia, GraphQL, Sanctum and automated tests.

    PHP

  3. evolvephp evolvephp Public

    Lightweight component-based PHP framework with routing, MVC foundations, logging, sessions and reusable application modules.

    PHP 1 1

  4. fintechapp-demo fintechapp-demo Public

    Fintech backend demo with Node.js, Express, MySQL, Knex, JWT authentication, Raven virtual accounts, secure webhooks and automated tests.

    JavaScript

  5. applytrail-backend applytrail-backend Public

    Early-stage job application tracking API built with TypeScript, Express 5, PostgreSQL, Prisma, dependency injection and automated CI.

    JavaScript

  6. oidc_adminhub oidc_adminhub Public

    Laravel 12 admin-hub scaffold demonstrating OIDC login flow, organisation context switching, seeded subaccounts and JSON metrics.

    Blade