SHALON N. NGIGI
Software Engineer
Summary
Dynamic Software Engineer with over 4 years experience in Web Development. Skilled at building quality scalable web applications using JavaScript and Python libraries. Background in design, QA, leadership, and scripting. Great interpersonal, communication and team skills and passionate about continuous learning and delivery of quality work.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Software Engineer
ProdPerfect
01.2021 - Current
- Shipped new features using React and Django to new dashboard to make data normalization efficient and increase customer experience and interaction.
Quality Assurance Engineer
ProdPerfect
10.2019 - 01.2021
- Led team of 3 engineers in developing testing solutions for websites resulting in increase in customer base which had positive impact in company monthly revenue.
- Built automation script that reduced deployment circle time by 10 minutes.
- Detected major bugs on customer sites and resolved them within 24 hours helping customers maintain user experience.
Software Engineer
Andela
10.2018 - 10.2019
- Built a transport management application to automate trip booking and approval process for the company's taxi service.
- Built a serverless application to help candidates take in-house technical assessments reducing hiring budget from $3000 to $80.
- Led a team of 6 junior developers in creating blogging platform, led scrum meetings, and reviewed written code.
- Mentored 28 entry level developers through facilitating bootcamps by guiding them through building full-stack applications using good coding practices.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology
Carnegie Mellon University Africa
Rwanda 09.2020 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Tech.
Kenya 09.2014 - 11.2018
Skills
JavaScript
Nodejs
React
Python
DevOps, QA and Testing
Database programming: Mongo, PostgreSQL
React Native
Django
Agile
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
Every problem is a gift—without problems we would not grow.
Tony Robbins
Timeline
Software Engineer
ProdPerfect
01.2021 - Current
Master of Science - Information Technology
Carnegie Mellon University Africa
09.2020 - Current
Quality Assurance Engineer
ProdPerfect
10.2019 - 01.2021
Software Engineer
Andela
10.2018 - 10.2019
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Tech.
09.2014 - 11.2018