Andrews A.

Andrews A.

Python Developer

Ghana
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About Me

I am a Python Developer with a hunger for new technologies, empathy for people and mastery in coding best practices - developing elegant solutions to complex problems. I identify, evaluate and drive new opportunities through an expert-level comprehension of software design, APIs and web technologies. I have mastery of multiple development languages, products, frameworks and software packages.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Python Developer
2021 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participate in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

Koldchain
Koldchain
Technical Lead
2020 - Present (4 years)
Nairobi, Kenya
  • Lead and manage a distributed team of engineers and DevOps to implement new solutions on the Koldchain project.

  • Worked on end-to-end processes to operationalize the PanaBIOS platform for clients across 20+ countries.

  • Led and handled the integration of the Koldchain solution with 500+ medical laboratories worldwide.

mPedigree
mPedigree
Software Engineer
2017 - 2020 (3 years)
Ghana
  • Contributed robust, scalable solutions for the PURL app - converting 200k SMS users to online platforms with personalized pages.

  • Actively participated in delivering deep learning-based apps, implementing microservices and web services on projects.

  • Handled CI/CD processes, worked on infrastructure upgrades and recommended tools and libraries to enhance dev efforts.

Portfolio

Tech Lead - PanaBIOS
Tech Lead - PanaBIOS

PanaBIOS is a secure, standardized, tamper-proof transcontinental digital application suite for disease contagion monitoring, spatial risk factors analytics, mass testing, process traceability, and outcomes tracking. It has biosurveillance and bio screening technology, data, and insights to assist in creating Public Health Corridors within the broader AU Open Corridors Initiative. I worked as tech lead on the project. Some of the tech stacks used include Django, React, Celery, Redis, Memcached, Kubernetes, gRPC, Tensorflow.

Software Developer - Paalup
Software Developer - Paalup

Sharing your ride should be a fun, social activity and PaalUp is here to create that experience! By introducing matching for shared rides, you can now select a ride pal from a plethora of travelers on your route to share your Uber or Lyft. The platform connects people to share rides and reward them with crypto tokens as a way to reduce carbon emission. I built the backend for this project with Python, Django, Kafka, FCM, Docker, RabbitMQ.

Software Developer - Seed Codex
Software Developer - Seed Codex

The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has revamped the national infrastructure for the testing, registration, release, production, marketing, distribution, certification, quality control, supply, and use of seeds in Nigeria. The platform is used by Nigeria's National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) for seed authentication as a way of providing farmers with quality assurance through tracking, traceability, and provision of quality seeds. I worked on the backend and the authentication.

Software Engineer - TaxStamps+
Software Engineer - TaxStamps+

TaxStamps+ is a robust and advanced tax stamps system designed to minimize the cost of adoption and maximize the benefits to stakeholders. It works as a fiscal and revenue protection solution for governments and regulators.

Software Engineer - SecretMe
Software Engineer - SecretMe

Worked on a blockchain-based chat/communication app that uses my salty-nacl honey implementation protocol within NaCl encryption to make verifiable messages visible to all but only decodable by the intended receiver.

Education

Triplebyte Certified
Triplebyte Certified
TripleByte
2021 - 2021
Mobile Web Specialist
Mobile Web Specialist
Google
2018 - 2018
BSc. Computer Science
BSc. Computer Science
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
2013 - 2017 (4 years)