portfolio
My Resume
EDUCATION
Cousera
May 2024 - July 2024
Certification, Google IT Support
Bloom Institute of Technology (prev. Lambda School)
June 2021 - November 2021
Bootcamp, Software Engineering
University of Indianapolis
August 2018 - December 2020
Mechanical Engineering
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Northwestern Mutual
Software Engineer II
Franklin, WI, USA
October 2024 - Present
- Reduced data transfer latency from 24 hours to less than 1 second by leading the modernization of a legacy mainframe backend to Java/Node.js microservices on Azure, supporting seamless integration with open source GIS solutions.
- Drove $2.7B in revenue growth by architecting and deploying scalable microservices for enterprise-level risk servicing, enabling real-time data analysis and supporting advanced GIS tool capabilities.
- Improved API health visibility and reduced production issue resolution time by 40% by integrating Dynatrace for proactive system monitoring, ensuring dependable operation of web-based GIS products and AutoCAD-based tools.
- Accelerated junior engineer onboarding and productivity by mentoring 3 team members in Agile practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing, supporting the delivery and maintenance of open source GIS solutions.
Northwestern Mutual
Associate Software Engineer
Franklin, WI, USA
April 2022 - October 2024
- Streamlined code deployment processes for mainframe applications by analyzing, designing, and developing robust PL/I and JCL solutions, supporting business-critical insurance operations and ensuring reliability.
- Facilitated cross-functional collaboration between engineering and non-technical teams by translating technical solutions and system architecture into accessible explanations, supporting informed decision-making on complex software development projects.
- Enhanced product quality and maintainability by researching and recommending open source methodologies for integration into legacy system workflows, supporting future transitions to web-based and GIS tools.
PROJECTS & OUTSIDE EXPERIENCE
- Delivered a responsive web application for the NASA Photo of the Day project by programming with React and styled-components, leveraging open source libraries to ensure seamless navigation and cross-device compatibility.
- Integrated external data sources efficiently for the NASA Photo of the Day application by creating Axios calls to connect with the NASA API, enabling dynamic content updates without page reloads.
- Enhanced user experience and performance in a web-based frontend development project by optimizing component transitions in React to eliminate delays and improve usability, following best practices in modern web development.
- Improved UI consistency and maintainability during development of a scalable frontend for an educational web application by centralizing styling through the conversion of CSS into LESS, enabling easier updates and collaboration.
- Enhanced application scalability and state management in a React-based project by implementing Redux to efficiently manage requests to the backend and handle complex state logic.
- Increased development speed and usability in the creation of interactive UI components for the Coder Heroes platform by utilizing Ant Design, an open source UI library, to design and deploy a custom calendar component tailored to user needs.
- Streamlined data flow across multiple frontend components for an educational platform by extracting and managing initial state values to ensure accurate and seamless data presentation throughout the application.
SKILLS
Skills: HTML/CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Redux.js, Jest, Figma, Digital Ocean, Docker, Node.js, Express.js, MySQL, Python, Heroku, Ruby on Rails, Kubernetes, Git, Vercel, AWS, end-to-end, Shell Scripting, code review, command line, HTTP, automated testing, MySQL
Languages: English, Kiswahili