01import { curiosity, craft } from './the-process';
02import { experience } from './real-world';
03 
04interface Product {
05  platform: 'web' | 'mobile';
06  designedFor: 'people';
07  builtWith: string[];
08}
09 
10const engineer = {
11  name: 'James Michael',
12  location: 'Abuja, Nigeria',
13  toolkit: ['React', 'Next.js', 'TypeScript'],
14  mobile: 'React Native',
15  backend: ['Node.js', 'Supabase'],
16};
17 
18async function buildSomethingMeaningful(idea: Product) {
19  const understanding = await discover(idea);
20  const experience = designInFigma(understanding);
21  const product = await develop(experience, {
22    thoughtfulInterfaces: true,
23    reliableSystems: true,
24    attentionToDetail: true,
25  });
26 
27  await test(product);
28  return ship(product);
29}
30 
31// Every great product starts with a conversation.
32export { engineer, buildSomethingMeaningful };

01import { curiosity, craft } from './the-process';
02import { experience } from './real-world';
03 
04interface Product {
05  platform: 'web' | 'mobile';
06  designedFor: 'people';
07  builtWith: string[];
08}
09 
10const engineer = {
11  name: 'James Michael',
12  location: 'Abuja, Nigeria',
13  toolkit: ['React', 'Next.js', 'TypeScript'],
14  mobile: 'React Native',
15  backend: ['Node.js', 'Supabase'],
16};
17 
18async function buildSomethingMeaningful(idea: Product) {
19  const understanding = await discover(idea);
20  const experience = designInFigma(understanding);
21  const product = await develop(experience, {
22    thoughtfulInterfaces: true,
23    reliableSystems: true,
24    attentionToDetail: true,
25  });
26 
27  await test(product);
28  return ship(product);
29}
30 
31// Every great product starts with a conversation.
32export { engineer, buildSomethingMeaningful };

01import { curiosity, craft } from './the-process';
02import { experience } from './real-world';
03 
04interface Product {
05  platform: 'web' | 'mobile';
06  designedFor: 'people';
07  builtWith: string[];
08}
09 
10const engineer = {
11  name: 'James Michael',
12  location: 'Abuja, Nigeria',
13  toolkit: ['React', 'Next.js', 'TypeScript'],
14  mobile: 'React Native',
15  backend: ['Node.js', 'Supabase'],
16};
17 
18async function buildSomethingMeaningful(idea: Product) {
19  const understanding = await discover(idea);
20  const experience = designInFigma(understanding);
21  const product = await develop(experience, {
22    thoughtfulInterfaces: true,
23    reliableSystems: true,
24    attentionToDetail: true,
25  });
26 
27  await test(product);
28  return ship(product);
29}
30 
31// Every great product starts with a conversation.
32export { engineer, buildSomethingMeaningful };

01import { curiosity, craft } from './the-process';
02import { experience } from './real-world';
03 
04interface Product {
05  platform: 'web' | 'mobile';
06  designedFor: 'people';
07  builtWith: string[];
08}
09 
10const engineer = {
11  name: 'James Michael',
12  location: 'Abuja, Nigeria',
13  toolkit: ['React', 'Next.js', 'TypeScript'],
14  mobile: 'React Native',
15  backend: ['Node.js', 'Supabase'],
16};
17 
18async function buildSomethingMeaningful(idea: Product) {
19  const understanding = await discover(idea);
20  const experience = designInFigma(understanding);
21  const product = await develop(experience, {
22    thoughtfulInterfaces: true,
23    reliableSystems: true,
24    attentionToDetail: true,
25  });
26 
27  await test(product);
28  return ship(product);
29}
30 
31// Every great product starts with a conversation.
32export { engineer, buildSomethingMeaningful };

JAMES MICHAELENGINEER. DESIGN THINKER.

02 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE PRODUCTS

A creative eye.
An engineering mind.

I’m a full-stack software engineer with a background in branding and visual storytelling. I combine design thinking, system design, architecture, and engineering to turn ideas into usable web and mobile products.

My work spans Figma interfaces, frontend development, backend APIs, data, and payments. I work independently and with product teams, connecting the customer experience to the systems that support it.

BASED INAbuja, Nigeria

FOCUSED ONWeb & mobile products

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MY EVERYDAY TOOLKITReactNext.jsReact NativeTypeScriptNode.jsSupabaseMongoDBFigma

EXPERIENCE IN PRACTICE

From solo builds to shared delivery.

Backend collaboration · Since August 2025

Diamour

Working with the CTO on user-interaction APIs, endpoint development, and integration for the mobile product.

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Solo design and development

Gbskincare

Building a regional skincare shopping experience, from interface design through frontend, backend, live payments, and catalogue management.

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Solo project · Design to deployment

Pacesetter Prints

Designing and delivering a custom-print commerce platform, from Figma and full-stack development to deployment, including product customisation, quotes, proof approval, payments, and staff operations.

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Two-person collaboration

Manzo

Contributing to the web app’s design, frontend, and backend, with a primary focus on backend development for the mobile app.

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03 / HOW I WORK

Good products start with good questions.

From understanding the problem to designing the experience, planning the system, and delivering working software.

Design thinking & Figma

Understand the people and the problem, then map user flows and shape the interface in Figma before development.

System design & architecture

Plan the data model, API boundaries, access controls, and integrations around the product’s scope.

Engineering & integration

Build reusable interfaces and backend services, connect the systems, and test the journeys people rely on.

Launch & improve

Test the details, ship with care, and keep making the product better.

A creative eye.An engineering mind.

From solo builds to shared delivery.

Diamour

Gbskincare

Pacesetter Prints

Manzo

Good products start with good questions.

Design thinking & Figma

System design & architecture

Engineering & integration

Launch & improve

A creative eye.
An engineering mind.