Chide Ogan

Cary,NC

Summary

Hands-on engineer with experience designing and operating live merchant payments systems, with a focus on payments infrastructure and customer-facing technical problem solving.

Overview

years of professional experience

Work History

Product Lead / Founding Engineer

Megrim

Blacksburg, VA

11.2023 - 11.2025

Led end-to-end development across iOS, Android, web, and backend systems for a live merchant payments platform
Designed and shipped production payment flows using Stripe APIs, processing ~$16K in real transaction volume
Built and deployed applications to major app stores supporting ~2,000-3,000 end users
Implemented backend systems for authentication, user management, transactions, and merchant tooling using Spring Boot, PostgreSQL and Redis
Developed merchant-facing analytics dashboards for sales visibility and inventory tracking
Led a team of 3 engineers and 2 sales/marketing collaborators to ship product and execute go-to-market pilots
Worked directly with merchants across Virginia to onboard, iterate, and close pilot deployments
Engaged with venture capital firms and startup studios around fundraising feedback, cap table considerations, and early-stage strategy
Iterated product based on real user feedback, performance constraints, and operational edge cases

Research Assistant

Sergio Barrera

Blacksburg, VA

01.2025 - 05.2025

Worked with large-scale IPUMS Census microdata to clean and analyze individual-level datasets, supporting empirical research on policy impacts
Used Stata to run regression analyses (OLS and IV) under data constraints
Developed strong instincts around data integrity, edge cases, and reproducibility

Education

Bachelor of Science - Economics & Data Science

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

05-2026

Skills

Languages: Python, Java, Kotlin, Swift, Dart, JavaScript/TypeScript, R, Stata

Frameworks & Platforms: Flutter, React Native, Nextjs, Spring Boot, Stripe API (Direct Payments), Stripe Connect

Databases: PostgreSQL, Redis

Infrastructure & Tooling: Docker, AWS, Git, Nginx

Timeline

Research Assistant

Sergio Barrera

01.2025 - 05.2025

Product Lead / Founding Engineer

Megrim

11.2023 - 11.2025

Bachelor of Science - Economics & Data Science

Virginia Tech