Python-first backend engineer and founder building production-grade digital products, from music platforms to security tooling out of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Background in cybersecurity and digital forensics informs everything he ships.
Utee Jacob (Utibe-Abasi Jacob Udoh) is a Nigerian software developer, technology entrepreneur, and business developer. He is CTO of Ciel Tech Ltd and founder of Vibe Garage Entertainment, the company behind VibeGarage — a digital music platform helping independent artists distribute, promote, and monetize their work.
His technical focus sits in Python backend development FastAPI, Django, and Flask paired with React/TypeScript on the frontend and Supabase or SQLite underneath. A background in cybersecurity and digital forensics, including ethical hacking training, shapes how he approaches authentication, payments, and user data.
He doesn't stop at code. Product strategy, monetization, compliance, and marketing are part of the same job to him building something people can actually pay for and trust.
A digital music platform connecting independent artists and listeners, streaming, promotion, an earnings ledger with real payout infrastructure, and a smart-link product (FanLink) for fan growth. Rebuilt from the ground up on FastAPI and Supabase.
Built after losing ~$271 in SOL to an uninitialized wallet address. PathGuard verifies a crypto destination address live on-chain before you send, checking network match and account readiness across Solana, Ethereum, and Bitcoin.
A Python-based automation system built around a Poisson goals model seeded with 2024/25 European league data, delivering match predictions to Telegram as Castle Predictions. Runs on GitHub Actions with a Cloudflare Worker webhook and a live Chart.js performance dashboard.
A medical records management system built to prioritize data privacy and transparency, with a focus on cybersecurity risk management and regulatory compliance.
API design and development in FastAPI, Django, or Flask auth, database modelling, and everything that has to hold up in production.
Schema design, RLS policies, migrations, and debugging the kind of race conditions that only show up under real traffic.
Paystack integration, earnings ledgers, platform fee logic, and payout automation, built and shipped on a live product.
FastAPI or Django backends paired with React/Vite frontends, deployed via GitHub Actions and Cloudflare Workers.
Founded and leads the technology company behind VibeGarage and PathGuard, from architecture through deployment, payments, and compliance.
Building web applications in Python and Django, collaborating cross-functionally on functionality and scalability.
Contributed to a medical records management system with a focus on cybersecurity risk management and compliance.
Diploma, Cyber Security & Digital Forensics · Associate's Degree, Computer Software Engineering · Diploma, Ethical Hacking (CEH V10).