Samuel A.

Samuel A.

Full Stack Engineer

Nigeria
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About Me

Samuel is a Full Stack Engineer with dynamic and intuitive problem-solving skills, having 7+ years of experience in software development. He enjoys creating a strategic vision of an organization's technological solutions and coming up with optimum implementation throughout the development process through Agile development principles. Samuel has hands-on experience with databases, server and client code, and integrating different systems.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Full Stack Engineer
2021 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Create and develop innovative software solutions for different 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.

Academic Application
Academic Application
Python Developer
2018 - Present (6 years)
Nigeria
  • Championed the use of advanced queries/optimized Python algorithms and techniques, proficient JavaScript techniques, to develop a robust project called “Tertiary Academic Records and Result Management Application” that works regardless of curriculum structures and complexities.

  • Adopted Restful API’s that make integration with existing systems easy and reliable, including every element of Student records – 100% accuracy, and automatic generation of certificates, transcripts, and other supplements.

  • Managed to cut around 75% of administrative and management process involved in academic and curriculum management in a distributed system. Designed a process framework that is easily adopted, maintained and reused, thereby achieving around 80% code quality which makes it easier to test, refactor, and read.

Freelancer
Freelancer
Full Stack Developer/Architect
2017 - Present (7 years)
Remote
  • Championed the use of advanced queries/optimized PHP algorithms and techniques, proficient JavaScript techniques, to develop a robust project called“Tertiary Academic Records and Result Management Application” that works regardless of curriculum structures and complexities.

  • Adopted Restful API’s that make integration with existing systems easy and reliable, including every element of Student records – 100% accuracy, and automatic generation of certificates, transcripts, and other supplements.

  • Managed to cut around 75% of administrative and management process involved in academic and curriculum management in a distributed system. Designed a process framework that is easily adopted, maintained and reused, thereby achieving around 80% code quality which makes it easier to test, refactor, and read.

Freelancer
Freelancer
Product Owner/Manager
2016 - Present (8 years)
Remote
  • Managed product planning, strategy, and marketing for multiple software products. Gathered product and customer requirements, also creating product vision and road-map.

  • Performed product demos for clients and stakeholders, also developing branding and messaging for the products.

  • Set pricing information for the products and created product proposals requested by clients.

Brookes Professional Services
Brookes Professional Services
Full Stack Developer
2013 - 2016 (3 years)
Remote
  • Spearheaded the development of a “Computer-Based Assessment Application” that eliminated the use of paper in a conventional examination condition, while increasing efficiency to around 75%.

  • Demonstrated good leadership ability by helping team members to record success via project/task appraisal, graphical communication and code reviews, thereby improving team productivity by 50% via feedbacks.

  • Implemented effective coding skills and techniques that enhances security and prevents code vulnerabilities - PHP the right way.

Portfolio

Full Stack Engineer - Computer Based Assessment Application
Full Stack Engineer - Computer Based Assessment Application

This happened to be one of the projects I did while working at Brookes Professional Services Ltd. The Project is aimed at helping small and medium firms with the conduct of Computer Based Assessment both for current Employees during appraisals and of course, job seeker that is yearning to be employed as well. This application created some level of efficiency in the overall employee appraisal process and helped to transform recruitment into a seamless activity for clients. I acted as a Full Stack developer. In this role, I created database table, Schema, and table indexing using MySql, I worked on Front-end development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery. I also worked on server-side development using JQuery, Ajax, Php, JSON, NetBeans IDE, and Basic OOP(Object Oriented Programming).

Full Stack Engineer - Human Resource Application
Full Stack Engineer - Human Resource Application

This particular application manages the overall employee journey in a Small and medium firm. It helps to gather records of applicants for a Clients' vacancy. This includes their degrees, skill type, work experience, certificate obtained, interview details, interview schedule among other information. I also acted as a Full Stack developer where I worked on tech stacks such as PHP, Mysql, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, JQuery, JSON, AJAX, NetBeans IDE.

Full Stack Developer/Architect - Tertiary Academic Records and Result Management Application
Full Stack Developer/Architect - Tertiary Academic Records and Result Management Application

The aim of the project is to streamline Academic records processing whilst reducing various pain points especially as it concerns Result processing. I was able to help my clients to better understand their needs, map out user journeys, redesign their product from a "design thinking" perspective, conduct proper user requirement analysis by means of interrogation, created proper algorithms that helped achieve great results. Acting as a Full Stack Engineer/Architect, I was able to help with business-critical issues as highlighted above using technologies such as Python, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, NetBeans IDE, Python, JSON. I also acted as a Product Manager during this period. My ability to conduct effective research and demonstrate great decision-making was key to the success of this project.

Education

Master of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), Computer Science
Master of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), Computer Science
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
2012 - 2014 (2 years)
Bachelor of Science (Education), Computer Science
Bachelor of Science (Education), Computer Science
Tai Solarin University of Education
2006 - 2010 (4 years)
Certified International Project Manager
Certified International Project Manager
CIPM