Joseph Kossi A.

Fullstack Developer

Joseph is a highly motivated Fullstack Software Engineer with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & a Postgraduate degree in Software Entrepreneurship.

He has a rich 8-year professional history in building scalable web & mobile cloud applications in the fields of eCommerce, fintech, real estate, logistics, education & construction.

Moreover, he boasts extensive hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails, Ruby, JavaScript, React.js, TypeScript, Node.js, AWS & others. Joseph has also acted in the capacity of a CTO and team leader, hiring and mentoring junior developers, performing code reviews, managing teams, and utilizing Jira in the process. He is well-acquainted with the Scrum methodology and is capable of learning new tools and technologies.

Main expertise

  • Ruby
    Ruby 6 years
  • Ruby on Rails
    Ruby on Rails 6 years
  • PostgreSQL
    PostgreSQL 8 years

Other skills

  • Node.js
    Node.js 3 years
  • Microservices 3 years
  • GraphQL
    GraphQL 2 years
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Employment

  • Software Engineer

    Order.co - New York, US - 10 months

    • Partner engagement as a Senior Consultant at Andela;

    • Maintain and extend existing backend services;

    • Write production-quality advanced JavaScript (React and Redux);

    • Architect, design and build the recurring payments frontend and backend integration with Stripe;

    • Reviewing design docs and pull requests for relevant services and repositories.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Ruby Ruby
    • Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails
    • PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
    • React.js React.js
    • JavaScript JavaScript
    • Redux.js Redux.js
    • AWS AWS
    • Algolia Search Algolia Search
    • Docker Docker
    • REST API REST API
    • Git Git

  • FullStack Software Engineer

    Lessonly - Indianapolis, US - 2 years 10 months

    • Partner engagement as a Senior Consultant at Andela;

    • Translate non-technical business needs into a clear technical action plan and vice versa, seamlessly;

    • Design, build, debug, test and maintain backend services, third party integrations (Namely, Zoom & Salesforce);

    • Improved the search experience for learners on the learn dashboard. I optimise the query and code to help deliver a scalable and fast search experience. I reduced the time taken to search for content from ~10.08s to ~2.08s;

    • Built an integration with Zoom that allows managers automate attendance tracking after a meeting ends;

    • Built the usernames features that allows Lessonly to serve a whole new class of learners without work emails.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Ruby Ruby
    • Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails
    • PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
    • React.js React.js
    • JavaScript JavaScript
    • Redux.js Redux.js
    • Algolia Search Algolia Search
    • Docker Docker
    • Sidekiq Sidekiq
    • Git Git

  • Senior Consultant

    Andela Talent Accelerator - Accra | Lagos | San Francisco | New York - 1 year 11 months

    • Work as part of the partner engineering team to help in delivering software projects that meets or exceeds partner expectations;

    • Mentor junior engineers on software engineering topics, React & Ruby on Rails;

    • Conduct assessment for junior engineers when transitioning to a higher role to ensure
      they possess the right technical and soft skills;

    • Conduct interviews for new hires, mostly engineers.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Ruby Ruby
    • Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails
    • React.js React.js
    • React Native React Native

  • CTO

    BidiiBuild - Accra - 1 year 9 months

    • Managed design and dev teams;

    • Architecting our Web Api and Front End App;

    • Develop and deploy predictive models with Azure ML Studio;

    • Restful Web API development;

    • Optimizing UI components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers;

    • Debugging and testing codes;

    • Managed deployment and builds for our web apps;

    • Conducting Interviews for new dev hires;

    • Perform code review and analysis.

    Technologies:

    • Technologies:
    • Ruby Ruby
    • Ruby on Rails Ruby on Rails
    • PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
    • React.js React.js
    • JavaScript JavaScript
    • Redux.js Redux.js
    • Next.js Next.js
    • AWS AWS
    • Algolia Search Algolia Search
    • Docker Docker
    • Microservices
    • Git Git
    • GraphQL GraphQL

Education

  • Standalone courseSoftware Entrepreneurship

    MEST Africa · 2016 - 2017

  • BSc.Computer Science

    All Nations University College · 2011 - 2015

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