About

I started working at 16, as a web developer and designer at Camsoft Group in Douala. Twelve years later, I still do both — which is the point.

I passed the scientific baccalauréat at 14 and the entrance exam of the École Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique de Yaoundé (ENSP) the same year. I graduated with a Master’s in Software Engineering in 2017, while working continuously since 2014 and teaching myself web, code and design on the side.

Since 2015 I have run Think Dev, a product studio in Douala, where I set the technical strategy and personally work on the architecture and development of each product, on a foundation shared across all of them. In parallel I work with teams in France, Canada, Senegal and elsewhere — as a senior engineer, a tech lead, or the one person who carries a product from the first schema to production.

How I work#

• One owner from design to deployment. I come from design, so the interface, the data model and the deployment are decided together, not handed over.
• Written decisions. Architecture choices are documented with their trade-offs, so the team can challenge them and keep going without me.
• Boring where it matters. Proven tools, explicit failure modes, audit trails on anything that touches money or identity.

What I’m learning now#

Application security and Rust. I’m documenting the process in public in the lab — as a learner, not as a confirmed pentester.