Akorede Alao, Software Engineer

I build software
real businesses
run on.

Four years building web and mobile products for teams and businesses, from production APIs to software used on the restaurant floor.

Explore my work ↓Let's talk ↗CV ↓
Currently shipping↗ Servrr / QR ordering for restaurantsOpen for work · freelance & full-time
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Selected work

6 featured projects
My product / Built and operated end to end

Servrr

My restaurant operations product: multi-tenant ordering, staff-controlled table sessions, and the systems behind a live SaaS business. I own the product direction, architecture, implementation, and deployment.

01 / Multi-tenant SaaS
Beyond the website

Software for the restaurant floor.

From a diner scanning a table code to staff managing an active session: the product coordinates a real service workflow.

Product ownership
Direction, architecture, interface, code, and deployment.
System design
Permanent table identity, staff-controlled sessions, restaurant-specific menus and roles.
Live product
A shared SaaS deployment, subscription tiers, and email delivery.
2025 / Multi-tenant SaaS

StaffStack

People and payroll software for schools: staff records, monthly payroll, leave, attendance, and subject coverage in one connected workspace.

02 / HR & payroll product
StaffStack product preview
Beyond the public page

The whole school's team, connected.

Staff records, salary structures, payroll runs, and teaching assignments inform one another. StaffStack brings those workflows into one workspace.

Payroll engine
Typed salary calculations, configurable deductions, bank exports, and payslip delivery.
School operations
Leave and attendance alongside subject assignments, with visibility into teaching coverage gaps.
Connected data
Organisation-based PostgreSQL records with Supabase authentication behind a React interface.
2026 / HR & payroll product

Foleman Electricals

Cinematic two-page site for an electrical services company, built from a business card up — Three.js hero animation, GSAP scroll storytelling, a works page with video lightbox.

03 / Client site — Freelance
2025 / Client site — Freelance

StockLog

Inventory for phone and gadget dealers. Built around how they actually sell, not how software thinks they should.

04 / Mobile app
+1+1+1
2025 / Mobile app

CodeTech Gadgets

An e-commerce storefront for buying, selling, and swapping devices, with real-time inventory.

05 / E-commerce
CodeTech Gadgets product preview
2024 / E-commerce

CreditEase

Fintech landing page built from Figma, with a custom typewriter hook in TypeScript.

06 / Landing page
2024 / Landing page
More product & engineering work
Mobile engineeringAssessment prototype

LIV DOT Event Viewer

A mobile event viewer with explicit purchase, pending payment, live, replay, and offline states.

Network detection, manual retry, and restoration of the previous screen. Payment and playback are simulated.

React Native / TypeScript / Expo
Explore code ↗
Creative frontendPortfolio website

AssociateVisuals

A cinematography portfolio with project pages, scroll choreography, and on-demand video playback.

Typed project content and click-to-load Google Drive players keep video loading intentional.

Next.js / TypeScript / GSAP
Visit site ↗Explore code ↗
Backend engineeringSource showcase

FoodCo Backend

An ordering backend with explicit service and payment rules, plus subscription billing validation.

Tests cover unpaid orders, table closure, checkout configuration, and successful subscription payment events.

Node.js / Express / Firebase
Explore code ↗
Also shipped

Vestify.

Crypto investment dashboard with real-time asset prices and market analysis

Code ↗2024

Bakery Support

B2B site for rotary oven manufacturing and bakery equipment setup services

Code ↗2023

Educa.

EdTech course showcase with a streamlined student registration flow

Code ↗2023
Currently building · StaffStack, HR & payroll for SMBs

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Akorede AlaoThe person behind the products

Thoughtful interfaces. Reliable systems.

I care about what happens
after the demo.

I'm Akorede Alao, a full-stack software engineer with 4+ years of experience shipping production web and mobile software end to end. I'm currently a Software Engineer at Zashiron Org, full-time and remote, working across TypeScript, React, Next.js, and React Native, with LLM-powered features. Alongside that, I design, build, and run my own products — including Servrr, a live multi-tenant SaaS platform, and StockLog, inventory software built for phone dealers.

More about me ↗
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Skills

24+ tools
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Languages

TypeScriptJavaScriptSQL
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Frontend

ReactNext.jsTailwind CSSGSAPThree.js
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Mobile

React NativeExpo
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Backend

Node.jsExpressREST APIsPostgreSQL
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Platforms

SupabaseFirebaseVercelRenderResend
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AI & Tooling

LLMIntegrationGitViteWebpack
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Experience

4+ years
2026 – PresentCurrent

Software Engineer @ Zashiron Org

Remote · Full-time
  • Own frontend and API work on the core product.
  • Building with TypeScript, React, and Next.js, backed by Supabase (Postgres).
  • Integrating LLM-powered features into the product.
TypeScriptReactNext.jsSQLSupabaseLLM integration
2024 – 2025

Full-Stack Developer @ Dongmi Technologies

Hybrid
  • Built dynamic, type-safe interfaces with React and TypeScript, improving user retention by 15%.
  • Designed and implemented RESTful APIs with Node.js and Express.
  • Wrote unit and integration tests that reduced post-launch bugs by 30%.
  • Applied code splitting, lazy loading, and build optimisation via Webpack and Babel.
ReactTypeScriptNode.jsExpress
Sep 2021 – 2023

Full-Stack Developer @ ReadersPlug

Remote
  • Rebuilt core application pages with React and Node.js, increasing engagement metrics by 30%.
  • Integrated optimised RESTful APIs with Express.js.
  • Reduced page load times by 40% through dynamic routing and backend query optimisation.
ReactNode.jsExpress
2019 – 2023

Professional Diploma in Software Engineering

NIIT
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Field notes

writing

Long-form writing from inside the products as I build them — real tradeoffs and what actually happened, not tutorials.

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Building multi-tenant SaaS for a market that pays in cash

Every SaaS playbook you'll ever read makes one assumption so quietly you won't notice it until it breaks: the customer has a card …

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Why Servrr uses permanent table tokens instead of QR-per-order

The obvious way to build QR ordering is the wrong way. I know because I built it first.

4 min readRead note →
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Shipping to real restaurants: what the demo never shows you

The demo is a lie. Not a malicious one — every founder's demo is a lie the same way. It's your product performing under perfect co…

7 min readRead note →
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What people say

from collaborators

Four years of working inside real product teams leaves a trail. Here's what the people I built with have to say.

Akorede does not just build screens. He listens for the real workflow, finds the risky edge cases early, and ships the version people can actually use under pressure.
Mr P
Mr PCEO, Dongmi Technologies
Working with Akorede felt fast in the best way. He could move from product thinking to implementation without losing the details that make a system feel reliable.
Mr Emmanuel
Mr EmmanuelFoleman Electricals
Akorede brought clarity to rough product ideas and turned them into flows our team could reason about. He collaborates closely, communicates well, and keeps momentum high.
Mr Victor
Mr VictorFrontend Team Lead