Kizito Akhilome

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ABOUT ME

Solutions Driven Full-stack Javascript Engineer (5+ yrs of experience)

I am a backend-leaning full-stack software developer with over 6 years of cumulative experience working in tech.

I currently relish working with Javascript & Typescript technologies and I've worked on almost every facet of the entire stack.

Most notably, I have:

implemented simple and clear deployment pipelines using tools like Travis CI, Circle CI, Github Actions to platforms such as AWS, Heroku, Netlify, Vercel.
worked extensively on APIs used by thousands of users for both internal consumption, and external integrations.
managed databases (both relational – SQL, and non-relational) for products which I've worked on and done ETL to meet ever-changing business/product requirements.
also built frontends using React, Angular, and Vanilla Javascript manually manipulating the DOM APIs.

In addition to the above, I've also been a team lead on previous teams – responsible for pair programming, code reviews, and mentorship.

Lastly, before becoming a full-time software engineer, I founded and maintained a successful tech blog that was built from scratch using WordPress which, at its peak, averaged approximately 15k pageviews daily.

English

West Central Africa (+01:00)

Joined October 2019

EXPERTISE

JavaScript

4 years experience

I've been working with Javascript (and more recently typescript) since 2013 when I added interactivity to my first website. Since then,...

I've been working with Javascript (and more recently typescript) since 2013 when I added interactivity to my first website. Since then, I've moved on to build tools on both the frontend and backend using the language. Currently, I have an "Expert" rating on Pluralsight's Skills IQ for JS – I'm currently in the 98th percentile (https://kizi.to/iq).

HTML/CSS

5 years experience

I've been working with HTML & CSS professionally for well over 5 years now and I've used both in various contexts. I pride myself on writ...

I've been working with HTML & CSS professionally for well over 5 years now and I've used both in various contexts. I pride myself on writing semantic and accessible HTML which screen-readers and crawlers alike adore. I'm also a Pluralsight IQ Expert for HTML (95th percentile – https://kizi.to/iq)

Bootstrap Foundation HTML5 CSS CSS3

Node.js

4 years experience

I've built various cli tools, integrations, microservices, and application servers using NodeJS leveraging the asynchronous nature of the...

I've built various cli tools, integrations, microservices, and application servers using NodeJS leveraging the asynchronous nature of the JS and also the streaming capabilities Node provides – Expert Pluralsight IQ (https://kizi.to/iq)

Express.js

3 years experience

In conjunction with Node, I've employed the use of Express to build and work on both large web application servers responsible for servin...

In conjunction with Node, I've employed the use of Express to build and work on both large web application servers responsible for serving millions of requests per month, and microservices – Expert Pluralsight IQ (https://kizi.to/iq)

Pug Microservices Handlebars.js

Pug Microservices Handlebars.js EJS Web Development GraphQL Vercel

React

3 years experience

React is my goto tool for building view layers for applications that I write due to its relatively small footprint and expressive API. I...

React is my goto tool for building view layers for applications that I write due to its relatively small footprint and expressive API. I've been using React and its' accompanying tools since 2018 and I have an "Expert" Pluralsight IQ for the tool (https://kizi.to/iq)

Next.js JSX Gatsby

Next.js JSX Gatsby Gatsby.js Styled-Components Redux Webpack

SQL

4 years experience

I've been leveraging relational datastore for persisting data for over 4 years, and I've worked using various flavors of RDBMSes both usi...

I've been leveraging relational datastore for persisting data for over 4 years, and I've worked using various flavors of RDBMSes both using Object Relational Mappers (ORMs) and writing raw queries.

SQLite MariaDB Sequelize

SQLite MariaDB Sequelize Knex PostgreSQL MySQL

SEO

5 years experience

Prior to becoming a fulltime software developer, I worked for over 4 years as a digital marketer leveraging search engines to drive traff...

Prior to becoming a fulltime software developer, I worked for over 4 years as a digital marketer leveraging search engines to drive traffic to digital assets. I built a site (techviews.com.ng) which receives over 6 million page views from search engines alone over the course of its active lifetime.

Facebook Advertising Digital marketing

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EMPLOYMENTS

Product Engineer

Flutterwave

2019-08-01-Present

• Functioned as one of the contributors to v3 of our public-facing developer APIs. • Worked on multiple features as a backend product en...

• Functioned as one of the contributors to v3 of our public-facing developer APIs. • Worked on multiple features as a backend product engineer on the "Payouts" team, responsible for a component of disbursements through Flutterwave for Business (Rave). • Worked closely with the customer success team to help fast-track and resolve some technical issues which customers experienced. • Worked with the integration and (on some occasions) growth teams to fix identified bugs and feature enhancements.

Node.js

MySQL

MongoDB

Node.js

MySQL

MongoDB

SQLite

Unit Testing

GitLab

FinTech

RESTful API

Express.js

Software Engineer

Andela

2018-11-01-Present

I deliver immense value using technology for partner companies as a consultant through Andela.

Node.js

Redis

TypeScript

Node.js

Redis

TypeScript

Test driven development

React

JavaScript

Redux

Full stack web development

Backend Engineer

Andela

2019-05-01-2019-07-01

Worked on an internal team to build out tooling for automating the onboarding process when an engineer joins a new partner/client. We tu...

Worked on an internal team to build out tooling for automating the onboarding process when an engineer joins a new partner/client. We turned what was once an unceremonious dance between multiple platforms for a single engineer into a few button clicks on a single platform (for one, or multiple engineers at once).

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Redis

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Redis

Socket.IO

Sequelize

PROJECTS

sync-env-slackView Project

2019

was a core contributor to syncenv-slack – a tool that automates the process of keeping your teammates in the loop when .env file changes ...

was a core contributor to syncenv-slack – a tool that automates the process of keeping your teammates in the loop when .env file changes (locally) by securely notifying them on Slack.

Node.js

TypeScript

npm

Node.js

TypeScript

npm

Jest

NOPWView Project

2019

A proof of concept for a passwordless authentication system where API consumers can only authenticate with the service via either of a: ...

A proof of concept for a passwordless authentication system where API consumers can only authenticate with the service via either of a: - magic login link sent to their email, - OAuth 2 with Google, or, - OAuth 2 with Github

Node.js

MySQL

TypeScript

Node.js

MySQL

TypeScript

Jest

RESTful API

Express.js