David Kalu
Fullstack Software Engineer
Email:-• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-kalu/
SUMMARY
Results oriented software engineer with over half a decade of experience across diverse sectors.
Extensive experience in writing high quality and maintainable production code in different industry
standard programming languages and managing end-to-end software development processes.
EDUCATION
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Sept 2022 – Oct 2023 • Masters in Cyber Security and Penetration testing • Middlesex
University • Mauritius
Sept 2010 – Jan 2015 • BSc in Computer Science • University of Ibadan • Ibadan, Nigeria
SKILLS
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Frontend development: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript & TypeScript, React.js, Redux, Relay,
Bootstrap, jQuery, Google Closure Templates, Remix, NextJS, Asynchronous programming
Backend development: Node.js, Express, Python, Django, Java EE, Spring Framework,
Spring Boot, Spring HATEOAS, Spring Data, Spring Cloud, C#, ASP.NET (Core/Web API)
Mobile Development: Android, React Native
Databases: DynamoDB, MongoDB, MySQL, Postgresql, Memcache, Redis, NoSQL
APIs and Protocols: GraphQL, REST, gRPC
Cloud Technologies: GCP, AWS Lambda, SQS, SNS, AWS X-Ray, CloudFormation, AWS
SAM
Monitoring and Logging: ELK stack, GCP Logging and Error Monitoring, Sentry, Grafana,
Splunk
DevOps and CI/CD: Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Circle CI, Jenkins, CI/CD
Testing: TDD, Jest, Enzyme
Programming Principles and Methodologies: OOP, SOLID, Data structures and
algorithms, Agile, SCRUM
Other Skills: webpack, WebSocket, Git, RxJS, Problem-solving skills, Team player
E-COMMERCE: Shopify app development
WORK EXPERIENCE
Andela
New York, United States
Senior Software Engineer
April 2020 – Present
Working alongside Andela’s partners, Sevenrooms and Praxent to deliver exceptional results on their
software engineering projects, ensuring that all objectives are met and exceeded.
Sevenrooms Inc
Fullstack Software Engineer (Contract)
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New York, United States
May 2020 – January 2024
Working to improve the user experience and expand revenue streams for the company by
implementing core features on various customer-facing applications.
Helping to accelerate market penetration by developing features that enables foreign
language support (7 languages) on all customer-facing widgets.
Built out the policy bank tool to improve clients’ visibility and management of policies.
Contributing to growing the frontend UI library using React, Typescript, and Webpack.
Improving application reliability and availability by rapidly rolling out of fixes for several
legacy and new bugs on the platform.
Acting as the first line of contact on several occasions during on-call rotations.
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Things I am working on: Reservations, Waitlist, and Events & Experiences.
Technologies I work with: Python, Django, webapp2 server framework, React, Redux, GCP,
Google closure templates, Typescript, Google Appengine, Circle CI, Docker, Elasticsearch,
Redis, Kubernetes.
Praxent
Texas, United States
Fullstack Software Engineer (Contract)
Jan 2021 – Nov 2021
• Collaborated with clients to tackle tough challenges and create highly engaging products
and solutions that disrupt their industries.
• Built out the front end for a real estate platform that allowed customers to create and
purchase custom home designs and furnishings.
• Helped a legacy financial institution disrupt its industry by developing a modern digital
lending platform.
• I worked with one of the most prominent Rodeo organizers to develop a mobile responsive
web application that allowed participants to enroll for events easily.
• I built the front end for a platform that made choosing health insurance plans delightful.
• Things I worked on: Signature Homes, Velocity Akouba Digital Lending Platform, WCRA
Rodeo App, MyHealthMath.
• Technologies I worked with: Javascript, React, Vue, Node JS, C#, ASP.NET, AWS,
Typescript, Flow, Graphql.
eProcess International S.A
Lagos, Nigeria
Fullstack Software Engineer
Mar 2018 – April 2020
• Developing and implementing predictive analytics solutions to enhance customer
experience and engagement across multiple channels
• Building a loan prediction system using credit risk modeling and machine learning algorithms
to optimize lending decisions and reduce default rates
• Coaching and mentoring agile teams to deliver high-quality products and services using
agile methodologies and best practices
• Leveraging robotic process automation (RPA) and data analytics tools to automate and
streamline business processes and workflows
• Designing, procuring, and deploying a private cloud infrastructure based on IBM Cloud
Private (ICP) to support the development and deployment of machine learning and deep
learning models for cognitive banking
• Applying natural language processing (NLP) techniques to analyze and extract insights from
customer text and speech data
• Providing cloud data center consulting, design, and architecture services to clients in various
industries
• Technologies I worked with: Java EE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring HATEOAS,
Spring Data, Spring Cloud, React, Angular, C#, ASP.NET, Node JS, IBM Watson,
Typescript, Node JS, Websockets, Android.
Calabar Free Trade Zone
Calabar, Nigeria
Software Engineer
Mar 2017 – Jan 2018
• Successfully implemented MV architecture using React and Redux frameworks for various
apps.
• Effectively created reusable, well-tested UI components in React.js and ensured a
consistent visual design across various apps.
• Consistently delivered an excellent user experience for applications by implementing frontend features using React.js.
• Technologies I worked with: Java EE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, jQuery, Django,
Python, Javascript Node JS, Android.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
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AWS Certified Developer Associate
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Udacity Cloud DevOps Nanodegree
