Talentcona

Problem

Students need a trusted way to fund education: enroll in programs, access loans and campaigns, get matched with mentors, and track progress to certification without juggling disconnected tools.

Context

Multi-sided platform with separate student, mentor, and admin apps. Currently in dev and testing on Netlify, not yet in public production. Wallet balances, Paystack payments, loan lifecycles, and mentorship matching need audit trails, queue-backed async work, and strict enrollment policy enforcement before go-live.

Approach

• Built modular NestJS domains (programs, wallet, payment, funding, loan, mentorship, certification) with Prisma on PostgreSQL.
• Used BullMQ for payments, mentor matching, payouts, notifications, and async certificate PDF generation.
• Enforced student policy centrally: max concurrent enrollments, aid caps, and wallet-only enrollment paths.
• Separated platforms via X-Client-App auth so students, mentors, and admins cannot cross into the wrong UI.

Architecture

Outcome

Backend in active development. Program enrollment, wallet top-ups, loans, campaigns, mentorship matching, LMS progress, and certificate issuance are wired through queue-backed payment and payout flows. Client apps are exercised on the Netlify dev/testing environment ahead of production launch.