About
You obviously didn't come here to read aplenty. Good thing this isn't an autobiography 😁 So here's a summary of me...
Backend Engineer
- Website: www.nwimue.tech
- Phone: +234 916 224 2120
- Degree: B.Sc., Computer Science
- Email nwimueprogress@gmail.com
Despite bagging a Computer Science degree and coming up in the top 10 in my class of 120+ students, I like to think of myself as a self-taught engineer, with 4+ years of experience dabbling in backend services.
I've tossed around a couple of tools
I saw alot of portfolio websites adding this progress bar thing-y in the skills section, but I couldn't find a way that fit that in here 😊
Resume
You've probably seen this section before because that's where you'd most likely got the link to this amazing portfolio. Feel free to use the navigation on the left to skip to the next section...
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
2015 - 2019
Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
The four years I spent within the four walls of this great institution made me realize I'd make the "not-so-bad" engineer I've become.
Professional Experience
Backend Engineer
Techinnover Analytics
Remote
Since August 2023
- Inherited & continued two 1.5-year-old backend projects (10k+ lines of code each) with no supervision, implementing new features by my 3rd day on the job.
- Improved server response time by up to 20% via calculative database denormalization.
- Reconfigured and set up out-of-use CICD workflow.
Lead Backend Engineer (Contract)
Traders of Africa
Lagos
Since June 2022
- Led backend efforts in providing architectural design & implementation of microservices.
- Setup Utilized Docker for containerization and AWS ECS & Fargate for container orchestration.
- Implemented HTTP inter-process communication & messaging queues using RabbitMQ.
- Provisioned traffic routing with AWS EC2 Elastic Load Balancer & Target Groups.
- Configured the CI workflows & CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and AWS CodePipeline.
- Designed database schema hosted on AWS Relational Database Service MySQL.
- Implemented 3 of the 5 microservices for the system from development to deployment, including server management on Elastic Beanstalk.
Backend Engineer
Moohub Technologies
Lagos
Nov. 2022 - July 2023
- Led a team of 5 on the development & deployment of the SafeNaija app, implementing a recommendation algorithm, authentication, Push Notification, SMS, & location-based features.
- Improved performance, SMS, & cloud cost by 50% by implementing caching & rate-limiting.
- Deployed & managed the production & database servers and media assets on Google Cloud, MongoDB Atlas, and Cloudinary respectively within 2 months.
- Implemented logging, bug fixes & assessed performance through stress tests.
ICT Instructor (Full-Time)
Sure Foundation College
Port Harcourt
Jan. 2020 - July 2022
- Administering lectures on database concepts such as relations, database transactions, normalization; the Internet & World Wide Web, etc. in 6 classes of at least 30+ students each.
- Organized & revamped weekly social events, raising student participation from 60% to 80%.
Developer Intern
elitePath Software
Port Harcourt
Apr. 2018 - Sept. 2018
- Built a GPA Calculator app using Java Swing Technology on a 2-man team.
- Guided trainees (10+) in debugging web code & creating cross-browser compliant websites.
What I've been cooking...
I know my way around the kitchen, because why not? I need more on this trophy collection, so maybe the next item here might include something of yours... You can already perceive the aroma! Or like we say around here: "You don dey hear the odour!"
Contact
Location:
Lagos, Nigeria
Email:
nwimueprogress@gmail.com
Call:
+234 916 224 2120