Great Okonkwo
Chief Technology Officer at Stealth AI Startup
New York, New York, United States
About Great Okonkwo
Great Okonkwo is Chief Technology Officer at Stealth AI Startup. Location: New York, New York, United States.
Product-focused full-stack engineer and former YC-backed CTO with 5+ years building and scaling consumer apps from zero to millions of users. Led engineering teams, shipped production-ready mobile and web platforms, and architected backend systems from scratch. Recently expanded into AI-native full-stack development, integrating LLMs, RAG pipelines, and multi-agent systems. Seeking high-impact contract roles where shipping product and driving growth • Founded and led engineering for Kiwi, a social music discovery app that grew to 5M+ downloads and 200K weekly active users at peak. • Raised $20M+ from top investors including General Catalyst, USV, and Lightshed Ventures. • Named to Forbes 30 Under 30: Consumer Technology (2023) for leadership in consumer tech. • Built and scaled full-stack platform (Next.js, React Native, Rails, Swift), architecting backend systems and APIs to handle explosive growth. • Managed a 6-person engineering team, overseeing code quality, mobile release operations, and scalable engineering practices. • Optimized infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Heroku), reducing costs and improving app performance through backend tuning and caching. • Integrated APIs, analytics, and custom push/in-app notifications to enhance user engagement and insights. • Led UX/product design using Figma, shipping features that increased retention by 50% and drove viral growth.
Skills
Additional experience
Advisor
Status
Started January 2024
Education
- Winter 22, Y Combinator
- Bachelor of Arts - BA, Baruch College