Senior Frontend & Forward Deployed EngineerLagos, Nigeria · UTC+1

I take products from idea to launch.

I'm Daniel. For 5+ years I've built web and mobile products in React, Vue, TypeScript and React Native, for banks, payment companies, law firms and AI teams.

me@dhaniel.site
Daniel Adekoya sitting on a sofa, smiling
Daniel Adekoya, Lagos
5+years shipping production frontends
10+live products across fintech, law tech, media and AI
5+interns and junior developers mentored
LASUtakes student payments through Payloft, which I helped build
TM30HopePSBPayloftWhitecrustAlpharithminvDigitslawRecitalToken VaultNASIDA

Selected work

06 projects I led or built end to end
01

HopePSB

Frontend lead, TM30

Digital banking for Hope Payment Service Bank. I led the frontend for the core banking flows and set the component and state patterns later reused on Token Vault and PayMyBills.

React · TypeScript · CryptoJShopepsbank.com
02

Whitecrust Internet Banking

Built end to end

Internet banking for Whitecrust Finance. I built the whole app: architecture, UI, API integration and release to production.

React · Next.js · Fintechibanking.whitecrustfinance.com
03

Payloft

Frontend engineer

A payment gateway platform. I built a plug-and-play frontend library so businesses can embed Payloft checkout in their own apps, plus feature work across the product. Lagos State University uses it to collect payments.

Next.js · React library · Paymentsmypayloft.com
04

Digitslaw

Frontend engineer

Practice management for law firms. I shipped task management, in-app chat and calls, and a subscription model for firms.

React · Next.js · Real-timedigitslaw.com
05

Recital Finance

Frontend engineer

AI-powered finance operations: reconciliation and cash management in one place. I designed and built the dashboard architecture and secure sign-in with PropelAuth.

React · Next.js · PropelAuthrecital.finance
06

AI-WK

Frontend engineer, Alpharithminv

AI financial analysis tools. I built the frontend layer that brings outputs from several ML models (Orion, Olympus) into one consistent interface.

React · Next.js · TypeScript · AIaiwork.app

Also shipped

Product, stack, live link

Experience

Nov 2022 – PresentLagos
TM30Senior Frontend Engineer / Forward Deployed Engineer

Led frontend for HopePSB, Token Vault and PayMyBills. Work on-site with clients to build custom portals and transaction monitoring dashboards, including for PayArena Exchange. Mentor interns and junior developers through biweekly code reviews.

Jun 2025 – Jan 2026Contract, remote
AlpharithminvFrontend Engineer

Built the AI-WK frontend alongside ML engineers, plus an internal CRM and an email campaign platform.

Jan 2021 – Sep 2022Abuja
Dork DiscoveryFrontend Engineer

Worked on NASIDA and Takeout Media in Vue. Refactored legacy code into modular components and designed a navigation and hero pattern reused across projects.

Apr 2020 – Sep 2020Remote
HNG InternshipFrontend Developer

Built responsive interfaces in team projects and shipped QuickThink, a quiz app, as the final assessment.

Stack

WebReact, Next.js, Vue 3, Nuxt, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
MobileReact Native, Expo, Mapbox
State & dataZustand, Pinia, REST APIs, WebSockets
ToolsGit, Vite, Figma, EAS Build

Certificates

Secure Coding: Secure Application DevelopmentUdemy · Jan 2025 · View certificateLearn JavaScript: Full-Stack from ScratchUdemy · Oct 2022 · View certificate
Where I'm headed

To keep leading product architecture from idea to launch, take on wider technical leadership, and mentor the developers coming up behind me.

Hiring, or need a product built?me@dhaniel.site