Stephen Ekeh

STEPHEN EKEH Professional Summary: Innovative and performance-driven Full Stack Developer with over six years of hands-on experience building scalable web applications using Angular and Django. Proficient in building RESTful APIs, implementing user authentication, developing responsive UIs, and integrating secure backend systems. Passionate about creating user-focused, secure, and maintainable software with a strong understanding of modern web architecture and DevOps principles. Technical Skills      Frontend: Angular, React, JavaScript, Typescript, RxJS, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, Angular Material, Chart.js. Backend: Python, Django, Django REST Framework (DRF), PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, JWT, Session Authentication. Spring Security, Microservice DevOps/Tools: Git & GitHub, Docker, Postman, Gunicorn, Heroku, VS Code Security: JWT, AES & Blowfish Encryption, Tokenization, CSRF/XSS Protection, Session Management, .Spring Security Other: RESTful API Design, Agile Development, Unit Testing (PyTest/Jest), Swagger/OpenAPI Education  B.Tech(Hons) in Computer Science -- : Second Class Upper Division Federal University of Technology Owerri 2010 - 2015  CISCO Certified Network Associate National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) 2015 - 2016  Comptia A+/N+ National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) 2017 – 2018 Software Developer Intern ADMAS IT Place Port Harcourt, Nigeria | January 2017 - Dec 2019     Contributed to frontend development of an internal employee portal using Angular 14. Integrated REST APIs developed in Django for employee attendance, payroll, and announcements. Assisted in securing login endpoints using Django’s built-in auth + JWT token strategy. Built unit tests for Django models, views, and serializers Professional Experience Frontend Developer National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT- Developed flexible, maintainable and responsive frontend applications Python/Java Developer Admas IT Place- Contributed in building and deploying secured and complex backend Systems Software Engineer Freelance/Private IT Contractor 2019 – Till Date  Designed and deployed secure full stack applications using Angular, Django, and Spring Boot.  Integrated JWT-based authentication and tokenization for financial and enterprise systems  Created responsive dashboards using Angular Material, Chart.js, and REST APIs Key Projects:  End-to-end encryption for secure credit card transaction and fraud detection: This system is a secure, scalable platform designed to protect credit card transactions on third party websites using hybrid encryption, tokenization, and real-time fraud detection. It integrates cryptographic security, token-based payment authorization, and suspicious activity monitoring to ensure data confidentiality, integrity and trust.  Login monitoring and admin alert system: This is an authentication system that has fake attempt login reporting and admin monitoring alert incorporated to it. It uses Blowfish algorithm and AES to encrypt user credentials for strong security  Spring Security and JWT Authentication: The project showcases user login, token generation, and route protection based on roles, ensuring stateless and scalable authentication Referees Available on request.