Ricky Jay Erese

I’m Ricky Jay Erese, a Senior Software Engineer with 9 years of experience designing and delivering secure, scalable software across healthcare, financial services, ecommerce, and blockchain industries. I have built solutions for web, mobile, and cloud environments, working across backend, frontend, DevOps, and architecture.

Work Experience

• Full Stack Developer – Celo Foundation (Jul 2023 – Jun 2025)
• Built and optimized blockchain-based wallet applications with React/Next.js, React Native, Node.js, and Go microservices. Deployed high-performance APIs with MongoDB, Redis caching, and Azure Kubernetes Service.
• Software Engineer – MPAC Healthcare (Feb 2021 – Jun 2023)
• Modernized healthcare portals using React/Next.js and Spring Boot, integrated GPT-based chatbots, migrated Oracle to Azure SQL, and deployed secure, scalable services with Docker and Terraform.
• Full Stack Developer – Emergemarket (Mar 2018 – Nov 2020)
• Created Laravel/Vue.js ecommerce platforms, integrated Stripe payments, implemented real-time order tracking, built product recommendation engines, and optimized PostgreSQL/Redis search systems.
• Full Stack Developer – YouTrip (Jul 2015 – Nov 2017)
• Developed secure financial transaction workflows with Angular and Java Spring Boot, integrated fraud detection, and delivered AWS-based reporting and data migration services.

Skills & Services

• Backend: Go, Java (Spring Boot), Node.js, Laravel, Python
• Frontend: React, Next.js, Angular, Vue.js, TailwindCSS
• Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Oracle
• Architecture: Microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, CI/CD automation