Roch Apetoh

Software engineer, 3 years of experience across full-stack, mobile, and AI.

From Problem to Solution.

I like solving people's problems, and software is how I do it. Sometimes that's an app I build on my own, sometimes a system for a client, sometimes a support ticket from someone who's stuck. The part I care about is the same everywhere: understand the problem, build the fix, and then see it work.

Products

PocketChef

App Store Website

A meal planning app for iOS. You take a photo of what's in your fridge, or say what you're in the mood for, and it comes back with recipes, a weekly plan, and a grocery list.

Live Plans: Free, Plus, Premium 14-day meal planning

React Native

TypeScript

Node.js

OpenAI

RevenueCat

Cloudinary

Render

Murmur

Website

An expense tracker you talk to. You say something like "eight dollars at the gas station" and the purchase gets filed, or it picks up your Apple Pay purchases on its own. It never connects to your bank, and the speech never leaves your phone.

Live 3 platforms: web, Mac, Windows 4 languages iOS in App Store review

React Native

TypeScript

Node.js On-device speech

Apple Pay capture

AI Reply by Roch

Chrome Store

A Chrome extension that writes Gmail reply drafts in whatever tone you pick. The backend is Spring Boot with Gemini.

Live 5.0 rating Replies in under 3 seconds ~70% less drafting time

Java

Spring Boot

Gemini API

Chrome MV3

SmartMate

Website

Takes your resume and a job description, tells you how well they match, and points out what's missing.

Live

React

Node.js

Express

MongoDB

LangChain Cohere

AI Marketing Agent

GitHub

A group of AI agents that put together digital ad creatives, built for the DevFest DC AI Challenge.

Demoed at Google DevFest DC 2025

Python

Vertex AI Google ADK

Biometric Identification System

GitHub

A fingerprint and facial identification system for a fintech client in Lomé. It replaced a manual verification process.

~90% faster authentication Deployed in production

Python

Flask

PHP

Laravel

MySQL WebSocket

Work

IT Technician, The 20Cedar Rapids, 2025 to present

I diagnose production issues across Windows, macOS, networking, identity (Active Directory and Entra), endpoint security, and SaaS integrations for SMB customers in a managed-service environment. I write runbooks, root-cause analyses, and reproduction steps for the team knowledge base, and I translate non-technical customer reports into reproducible engineering tickets.

20+ tickets a week 75%+ first-contact resolution ~80% closed within SLA
Fullstack Web Developer, SUISCO ITPLEX CONSULTLomé, 2023 to 2024

I led development of the biometric identification system above, coded the backend in Python, PHP, and SQL, and integrated it with fingerprint hardware for a fintech deployment.

~90% faster authentication Production fintech deployment
Flutter Developer, SIB SARLLomé, internship, 2023

I built a Flutter application for Windows desktop and mobile with QR code-based visitor check-ins and real-time parking slot tracking.

Jury rating 4.5/5