Beam is an app that builds connections between retail brands and customers by turning their purchases into a way to impact social issues that matter most to its users. As a remote back-end developer, I helped the company grow to a platform that supports thousands of users. Assisted with the migration of the app from a location-based to a transaction-based system. Implemented logging and error-reporting systems and improved efficiency by making parts of the platform asynchronous. Managed to increase user engagement by 15% and reduced the time it takes to resolve bugs in production by 50%. Provided the following enhancements for the app: reduced erratic requests by 30%, increased API response times by 50%, and increased test coverage by 50%. Technologies used in the project: Python(Django), PostgreSQL, Celery, Redis, AWS.

DStv Now is the web and mobile platform for DStv, the largest satellite television service in Sub-Sahara Africa. I helped build and maintain the mobile, tablet and TV Android applications. Implemented a feature that would stop a stream within a given period, as set by the user. Implemented a feature that allowed users to choose their desired streaming quality and a welcome app walk-through for new users. Assisted in building the Android TV version of the app. Managed to achieve the following enhancements for the platform: reduced user resource usage by 20%, increased user engagement by 10%, and launched the Android TV version of the application, further increasing user engagement with the platform. Also improved app-monitoring capabilities, thereby improving the team’s efficiency in catching bugs and maintaining user satisfaction Technologies used in the project: Java and proprietary systems.

Andela Engineers engage in various activities outside their day-to-day work, activities that not only help them grow career-wise but also help them give back to society. Andela rewards such initiatives, and as part of this, needed a platform that would help keep track of what activities the engineers engaged in. The Andela societies platform was built to help with this, as engineers would give details of what they had been doing, get the initiatives verified by different stakeholders and allow Andela to reward the effort put in. Led a team of engineers through the design, implementation, and roll-out of the platform. Worked with various stakeholders in transforming needs to viable features and distributing the work among the available engineers. Assisted the engineers with platform de-bugging and passed on knowledge on best-practices. Led scrum meetings, retro sessions, sprint planning, and deployments. Ensured the timely launch of the platform and successfully integrated a rolling batch of engineers into the development team and ensured that there were no man-power gaps left when they would leave the team. The project was successfully launched and used by over 1000 Andela employees. Technologies used in the project: Python(Flask), ReactJS, GCP.