PAUL OJURI / PRODUCT ENGINEER & DESIGNER
Six years building across fintech, healthtech, and consumer software. I work across the full stack — from the first wireframe to production infrastructure — with a preference for early-stage work where every decision still matters.
I care about the craft. Not as an aesthetic preference but as a practical bet: software that feels right gets used. Software that doesn't, doesn't.
Currently based in Turnhout, Belgium. Founder of Prism, a privacy-first browsing analytics extension. Available for new projects now.
6+
YEARS
20+
PROJECTS
4
COUNTRIES
EXPERIENCE — TIMELINE
2025–NOW
PRISM
Founder · Product · Engineering · Design
Building a privacy-first browsing analytics extension. MV3, on-device classification, encrypted sync.
2024–25
FREELANCE
Product Engineer & Designer
Independent work across hardware brands, climate tech, and AI tooling. Clients in Nigeria, Belgium, and Switzerland.
2023–24
CARBONWISE
Lead Product Engineer
Built the core product from scratch: carbon tracking, offset marketplace, SME onboarding flow.
2022–23
HEALTHCARE NGO
Product & Engineering Lead
Offline-first EMR for Nigerian primary health centres. IndexedDB sync, PWA, designed for 2G and intermittent power.
2020–22
EARLY CAREER
Software Engineer
Full-stack roles across fintech and e-commerce.
SELECTED WORK — 2023–2025
2025
Privacy · Browser Extension · AI · Full-Stack
I built Prism because every privacy tool I tried still phoned home. Prism runs on-device: your browsing data is classified locally, encrypted with AES-256 before it ever touches a server, and the AI assistant (powered by Claude) only ever sees a summarised, anonymised digest — never raw URLs. 150+ tracker categories identified, 10 signals analysed per page, zero raw data sent to AI.
2025
AI · Productivity · Browser Extension · Claude
The average job application takes 47 minutes. Most of that is copying the same information into slightly different boxes. ApplyAI fills every ATS form from a single profile — and when an employer asks something your profile can't answer, Claude writes a response in your tone. 12+ ATS platforms, 30+ field classifiers, 0 servers see your profile.
2025
Brand Identity · E-commerce · Hardware · Web
The brief was to make Nigeria's homegrown laptop brand stand next to Apple and Nothing without flinching. Graphite and gold palette. Syne for display, DM Sans for body. Designed for the 3-second scroll and the 15-minute due-diligence read. 200+ pages of product documentation processed through a custom Python pipeline with PyMuPDF to extract product images automatically.
MORE WORK
CarbonWise — Carbon Tracking for SMEs
Climate Tech · SaaS · Data Visualisation · B2B
Virtual PO — AI Product Ownership
AI · Product Management · SaaS · OpenAI
Nigeria EMR — Offline-First Medical Records
Healthcare · PWA · Offline-First · Nigeria
TradeEasy — Personal Options Signal Tool
Python · AI · Options · Personal Tool
SERVICES — WHAT I DO
From first conversation to launch. No hand-offs to a junior team halfway through.
01
I build your idea into real, working software — website, app, or tool. You bring the vision, I handle the code and make sure it actually ships.
GOOD FOR: You have an idea but no product yet.
02
I figure out how your product should look and feel, then design every screen so it's easy to use and nice to look at. No confusing layouts, no guessing.
GOOD FOR: Your app looks rough or feels confusing to use.
03
Not sure why things are slow, breaking, or hard to build on? I look under the hood, tell you exactly what's wrong, and give you a clear plan to fix it.
GOOD FOR: Something is broken and you're not sure why.
04
A custom website built just for you — not a template, not a drag-and-drop builder. Something that actually reflects who you are and loads fast on any device.
GOOD FOR: You need a website that actually stands out.
AVAILABLE NOW · [email protected] · RESPONSE TIME: 24 HOURS
WRITING — FROM THE JOURNAL
On product, privacy, and building things that actually work.
LIBRARY — WHAT I READ
Books I've read, am reading, or keep around because they changed how I think about something. No ratings. If it's here, it was worth the time.
BROWSE THE LIBRARY →Humankind: A Hopeful History
Rutger Bregman
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
Continuous Discovery Habits
Teresa Torres
A Philosophy of Software Design
John Ousterhout
The Innovators
Walter Isaacson
CONTACT — LET'S BUILD SOMETHING
Tell me what you're working on. I read every message and reply within a day.
COMMON QUESTIONS
How quickly do you reply?
Within one business day. I'll usually suggest a short call.
Do you work outside Belgium?
Yes. Most of my work is remote. I've worked with teams in Nigeria, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands.
What's your minimum engagement?
No hard minimum. A focused two-week audit can be as valuable as a six-month build.
Do you do equity or deferred payment?
Occasionally, for the right project. It has to be something I genuinely believe in.
