Onah, Kenneth Chidozie
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Lagos, Nigeria--
WORK EXPERIENCE
Backend Developer, Softcom Limited - November/2019 - Present - Lagos, Nigeria
Softcom is a thinking company on a mission to connect people and businesses with meaningful
innovation, at scale. - https://www.softcom.ng/
★ Develop and maintain a Backend Server of a Learning Management Platform powering 8
schools and over 30,000 students thereby enabling delivery of quality education to the
society.
★ Write units and integration tests for existing application to foster automated tests for the
implementation of Continuous Integration and Deployment.
★ Build Microservices in Node.js and Golang utilizing Google Remote Procedure Call (gRPC) to
communicate between the microservices.
★ Create REST API applications using Node.js/Express, MongoDB, Golang.
★ Work with the Product Manager in assigning tasks and establishing timeliness and priorities
within the team. And also involve in code reviews and pair programming.
Software Developer, ITEX Integrated Services - Sep/2018 - October/2019 - Lagos, Nigeria
An innovative FinTech company that designs, deploys and manages secured Point-of-Sale (POS)
Terminals in Nigeria and beyond. - https://www.iisysgroup.com/
★ Optimized MongoDB queries taking statistics from a database containing over 15 million
records, thereby increasing application performance.
★ Developed and maintained a transaction monitoring, settlement and dispute resolution
system for Point Of Sales(POS) Terminals Applications System.
★ Created REST API applications using Node.js/Express - ES6 and MongoDB, PHP/Laravel and
PostgreSQL, applying SOLID principles in creating modular, flexible and reusable modules
for application processes.
★ Built a real-time monitoring system using web-sockets increasing user experience and
fostering user engagement.
★ Built Excel (xlsx) files processing system handling over 200,000 rows of data in a separate
child process there still maintaining the high performance of the entire system.
★ Worked effectively in a team of software developers using the AGILE/SCRUM Methodology.
Software Developer, Gigasec Services - May/2017 - Aug/2018 - Portharcourt, Nigeria
Provides solutions to monitor and control assets and resources in the field from anywhere
leveraging on Internet technologies. - http://www.gigasecintl.com/
★ Built and maintained a full-stack application for a transport management system for
ticketing, manifest management, and vehicle monitoring, exposing REST APIs for external
consumption.
★ Created and maintained Responsive web pages using HTML5, CSS and Javascript, and
developed REST API using PHP/Laravel and MySQL.
★ Integrated online payment using Paystack as the payment gateway.
★ Built and maintained a flexible online marketplace where people could trade skills and
services, using Node.js/Express, Firebase Firestore, EJS, Bootstrap, and JQuery. And wrote
Firebase functions for automated processes.
★ Worked closely with the product owner, marketing team, android developers and graphic
designers to develop a strategy and plan website and mobile application releases.
Web Developer, ValidProfits Consulting - Sep/2016 - Nov/2017 - Portharcourt, Nigeria
One of the most respected web development and digital marketing agency that changed the way
businesses speak, listen and share online in the country. - https://www.validprofits.com/
★ Created full-stack applications using PHP/Laravel, Node.js/Express, Vuejs, Bootstrap,
Socket.io, JQuery, HTML, CSS, Javascript, and MySQL.
★ Worked with the client from the start to finish of a project and providing support via email,
phone, and other electronic communications.
★ Integrated online payment using Paypal and Stripe payment gateways on a Laravel
application using their respective PHP SDKs.
★ Fixed website-related design problems and implemented new features based on user
feedback.
★ Developed e-commerce website encompassing planning, design, coding, and maintenance
using PHP/Laravel, Bootstrap, and jQuery.
★ Managed all stages of website creation, from initial design and architecture to development,
deployment, and management of Web sites.
Web Developer and Tutor, Dnelix Technologies - Nov/2015 - Aug/2016 - N
sukka, Nigeria
A technology company that deals with website designing, graphics creation and includes an academy
where others are given the opportunity to learn the art of designing and development.
★ Designed Frontend Web Component with HTML and CSS.
★ Created interactions on UI designs with JavaScript.
★ Implemented UI designs using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, and jQuery.
★ Tutored students on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
★ Fixed website-related design problems and implemented new features.
SIDE PROJECTS
Politico: Politico is an application that enables citizens to give their mandate to politicians
running for different government offices while building trust in the process through
transparency. It is built with Nodejs, Express, Postgres, ES6. Development tools used include
Mocha,
Chai,
ES
Lint,
Heroku,
Swagger,
CodeClimate,
TravisCI,
Coveralls
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https://poli-tico.herokuapp.com/
StackReflow: This is a stackoverflow-lite application built with Nodejs, Express, Postgres, ES6.
Development tools used include Mocha, Chai, ES Lint, Heroku, API Blueprint, CodeClimate,
TravisCI, Coveralls - https://stackreflow.herokuapp.com
My Products: This is a basic CRUD application for product management. It is built with Nodejs,
Express,
SQLite,
ES6.
Development
tools
used
include
ES
Lint,
Heroku.
https://productz.herokuapp.com/
EDUCATION
2011 - 2016
B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
2003 - 2009 West Africa Examination Certificate, St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School
Ibagwa-Aka
EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
NASA International Space App Challenge - October 2018, Portharcourt Nigeria.
Google Africa Challenge, Android Developer - August 2018, Portharcourt Nigeria.
Andela Learning Community Mentor, Android Beginner ALC3.0 - May 2018, Portharcourt Nigeria.
Andela Android Beginner Bundle, Android Developer - May 2018, Portharcourt Nigeria.
Open Farm Hackathon - March 2018, Portharcourt Nigeria.
Andela Learning Community Facilitator ALC4.0 - April 2019 - present, Lagos Nigeria.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
★★★★★
Node.js, Express, ES6, MongoDB, Javascript, PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Postgres
★★★★
Git, Scrum Developer, SOLID, Mocha, Chai, Jest, React, Firebase.
★★★
Golang, TypeScript, SCSS, CI/CD, Socket.io, EJS, Android(Java).
★★
Vuejs, Angular, TravisCI, Heroku, Electron, Behat, PHPUnit.
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Jenkins, Cloud Engineer - Google Cloud Platform, AWS.
OTHER SKILLS
Management Skills, Leadership Skills, Mentoring Skills, Excellent Interpersonal Skills,
Troubleshooting Skills, Good Team Player, Fast Learner, Microsoft Suite.
HOBBIES
Traveling, Table tennis, Video games, Swimming.
LANGUAGES
English - Level of Proficiency (Fluent)
Igbo - Native
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