Alajo
Period: Apr 2025 - Nov 2025Role: Frontend Engineer
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The Problem
Alajo's savings platform needed a stronger first impression and expanded customer-facing tools to support its mission of financial inclusion for low-income earners without smartphones or internet access.
The Solution
Alajo is a savings platform that digitizes traditional 'ajo' savings for low-income earners, helping millions achieve financial inclusion without needing smartphones or internet access.
My Role
Joined the frontend engineering team and started by rebuilding the landing pages, then moved into building new features for the platform's customer-facing tools, integrated with backend APIs in close collaboration with product and engineering teams.
The Impact
Shipped
Rebuilt landing pages + new customer tools
Platform reach
Millions of low-income earners
Key Features
- Role-based dashboards — Customer, Field Agent, Marketer, Entrepreneur, and Admin
- Finance and banking tools
- Third-party partner products — loans, airtime, data, and insurance
- Rebuilt landing pages
- New customer-facing savings tools
Technologies
Nuxt.js
Vue.js
Typescript
TailwindCSS
Pinia
Vue Router
Zod