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FOKOUA PAUL EMMANUEL

Backend & Full-Stack Software Engineer

Software engineer with 3+ years of hands-on development across industry internship, paid client work, and independent product engineering. I build full-stack and backend systems with TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, Django, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, automated testing, CI/CD, and Docker.

Douala, Cameroonchipseremmanuel@gmail.comhttps://paulfokoua-dev.vercel.app
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Experience

Backend & Full-Stack Software Engineer

Independent Product Engineering

Jan 2023 - Present - Douala, Cameroon

Independent software engineering focused on backend APIs, full-stack products, AI-assisted workflows, databases, testing, and deployment.

  • - Built and deployed production-style full-stack applications using TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and Docker
  • - Delivered portfolio-grade systems with authentication, role-based access, API contracts, CI checks, and deployment documentation
  • - Developed AI-assisted product workflows including candidate evaluation, RAG knowledge retrieval, structured outputs, and tested API behavior

TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Docker, OpenAI API

Full-Stack Developer - Paid Client Project

Candy Beauty

Mar 2024 - Apr 2024 - Remote

Delivered a Cameroon-focused beauty e-commerce platform with a polished storefront, authenticated accounts, protected admin dashboard, FCFA pricing, and Vercel production deployment.

  • - Owned end-to-end delivery of the storefront, product catalog, customer accounts, and admin dashboard
  • - Implemented cart and checkout flows, product CRUD, image upload, order management, SEO metadata, and responsive UI
  • - Configured Prisma, PostgreSQL on Neon, NextAuth authentication, Stripe test checkout, seed data, and Vercel deployment

Next.js 14, TypeScript, Prisma, PostgreSQL, NextAuth.js, Stripe, Tailwind CSS, Vercel

Software Engineering Intern

VIM Solution

Jan 2022 - Dec 2023 - Cameroon

Software engineering internship focused on database-backed web functionality using PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, and MySQL.

  • - Developed and maintained web application functionality using PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, and MySQL
  • - Assisted with debugging, database queries, frontend/backend integration, and validation of application workflows

PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, AJAX

Selected Projects

Candy Beauty

A Cameroon-focused beauty e-commerce store built with Next.js 14, TypeScript, Prisma, PostgreSQL, NextAuth, Stripe test checkout, FCFA pricing, and a protected admin dashboard.

TalentOS

An AI-powered recruitment and developer evaluation platform built with React 19, Express 5, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle, OpenAI, Docker, and 25 passing tests.

Cameroon Tech Jobs

A Django 5 job board for Cameroon tech hiring with employer/job-seeker dashboards, search, applications, payments readiness, admin controls, and mobile-friendly PWA behavior.

Algorithmic Trading & Signal System

A Python trading and signal research system with MetaTrader 5 integration, PostgreSQL storage, Dockerized services, market-structure analysis, and robust error handling.