Dalton W.

Dalton W.

Senior Software Engineer

Amsterdam, Netherlands
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About Me

I am a Senior Software Developer with 8+ years of software engineering expertise in the building of advanced web applications using VueJs, ReactJs, Angular, NodeJs, Magento, Laravel, or Lumen on projects for clients. I have worked in and garnered experience from different startup ecosystems; delivering high-quality, efficient, and highly performant code and building RESTful APIs for implementation on various software solutions.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Software Developer
2019 - Present (6 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.

Contract (via Upstack)
Contract (via Upstack)
Senior PHP Developer
2021 - 2021
Remote
  • Worked as a contracted Senior PHP Engineer for a Luxembourg based company, contributing to its live streaming web applications and API services.

  • Developed the API (using PHP) related to the service's live streaming service. Used tools and services such as PHP Slim, Symphony, Swagger, Sysmon, MockAPI, Docker Compose, among others.

  • Worked on the new Account Settings feature for members, as well improvedSEO via additional tagging and meta data.

RTL (Videoland)
RTL (Videoland)
Senior Data Engineer
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Worked as a contracted Senior Data Engineer for RTL, Hilversum, contributing to its news and video streaming (Videoland) infrastructure and API services.

  • Worked on the API (using Python) related to RTL’s newsletter/video streaming service and its Kafka polling service. I used tools/services like AWS Lambda, Kinesis, Elemental, S3, WebRTC, FFMPEG, Terraform, Linkerd.

  • Also, as part of the plan to follow a cloud-agnostic approach, I helped migrate the AWS lambdas to OpenFaaS functions.

Lepaya
Lepaya
Full Stack Developer
2020 - 2020
Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Worked as a full-stack developer building an e-learning platform using AngularJS, NodeJS, MongoDB, Video Streaming, Twilio, ElasticSearch, AWS EC2, ECS, CloudWatch, SNS, SQS.

  • Worked on the quiz engine, result report PDFs, SMS notifications used in the app.

  • Worked on documenting the technology/architecture used in developing the platform.

Andela
Andela
Senior Software Developer (Remote)
2018 - 2019 (1 year)
New York, United States
  • Led and offered technical expertise for the building of innovative web applications for Andela's partners.

  • Produced well-written codes on projects and performed code reviews for other developers; leading to an 'up-sell' of the client's services.

  • Developed and enhanced software application modules on projects; increasing the profitability of Andela.

Attune Insurance
Attune Insurance
Senior Software Developer (Remote)
2018 - 2020 (2 years)
New York, United States
  • Actively participated in the development of the payment/billing and white-labeling feature of Attune's application.

  • Worked closely with the white-labelling team to successfully build and launch the company's product; acquiring a group of clients in New York.

  • Built new features in the Attune broker portal which reduced billing related support tickets by more than 40%.

Extended Content Solutions (ECS)
Extended Content Solutions (ECS)
Senior Software Engineer (Remote)
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
London, United Kingdom
  • Built the UI/UX front-end for ECS' Edge Search Engine using technologies different tech stacks.

  • Setup a machine learning recommendation engine that enhanced the search results shown to users on the application.

  • Provided technical support for the building of demo solutions; leading to the closing of deals with Hargreaves Lansdown and Global.

Hotads
Hotads
Project Lead (On-site)
2017 - 2017
Lagos, Nigeria
  • Successfully deployed a web app to manage the free WiFi hotspots provided by Hotads; delivering targeted ads to clients across the Nigeria.

  • Connected Hotads' portal to an API provided by hotspotsystem.com; providing real-time network and advert viewing monitoring for clients.

  • Led the distribution of free WiFi across Nigeria as part of a collaborative CSR scheme with Infil Petroleum to better serve the needs of various SMEs across the nation.

CDISL
CDISL
Senior Software Developer
2015 - 2017 (2 years)
Nigeria
  • Worked with a team at Century Data Integrated Services Limited, CDISL, to develop an enterprise app, similar to the LinkedIn professional network, called Global Performance Index.

  • Developed the algorithm that ranks individuals based on a set of predefined metrics and also creating an intelligent recommedation engine.

  • Built a Human Resource Manangement (HRM) system used by the GPI app.

Huitouch International Ltd
Huitouch International Ltd
Software Lead
2011 - 2017 (6 years)
Nigeria
  • Regularly build smart web and mobile applications and provide support services for clients of Huitouch.

  • Utilize emerging technologies on Big Data and machine learning solutions for products developed by the company.

  • Engineered a smart Human Resource Management Solution (HRMS) web application for a client.

Portfolio

Senior Software Engineer - Dalton Whyte Blog
Senior Software Engineer - Dalton Whyte Blog

Created a blog using state-of-the-art technologies to share my knowledge of software development with the world. The blog has posts on different software-focused subjects. It breaks down information on various subjects making them very informative for readers.

Senior Software Engineer - EDGE (Extended Content Solution)
Senior Software Engineer - EDGE (Extended Content Solution)

Edge is a solution that transforms investments in enterprise search into a fully fledged knowledge application for users. It uses world-class search technologies to help turn user information into knowledge. Provided support in building the app/demo solutions on the project.

Project Lead - Hotads
Project Lead - Hotads

Hotads provides state-of-the-art Free Wifi service at various business locations. It helps businesses improve their customer satisfaction through access to super fast free WiFi. Worked on the solution that linked the Hotads portal to a service API and developed a real-time network and advert viewing tool to monitor customers using the Free WiFi network at various public locations.

Magento Developer - Mylola
Magento Developer - Mylola

LOLA is the first lifelong brand for a woman’s body. It provides users with an ever-expanding portfolio of trusted products and candid information that empowers them to make deliberate decisions about their reproductive health. Worked on the development of the shopping cart feature on the solution; by adding custom UI components like sliders to enable users easily select items in the right order. Developed the billing feature to manage invoices for all purchases/payments.

Senior Software Engineer - Jiji
Senior Software Engineer - Jiji

JIJI is the biggest free online classified platform with an advanced security system in Nigeria. It provides users with a simple hassle-free solution that allows them to sell and buy almost anything. Developed the feature that allows users to create a mini-store on the platform to showcase their products and the notifications feature that informs users in real-time of events that occur on the platform.

Education

MSc. Signal Processing and Machine Intelligence
MSc. Signal Processing and Machine Intelligence
University of Surrey
2013 - 2015 (2 years)
IBM Database Administrator
IBM Database Administrator
IBM
2011 - Present (14 years)
BSc. Information Systems and Software Engineering
BSc. Information Systems and Software Engineering
Oxford Brookes University
2009 - 2011 (2 years)