Kingsley Chinaka

Senior Software Engineer

Cova Inc.•  March 2022 - July 2023

Engaged in a collaborative effort with fellow team members to strategize, conceptualise, construct, evaluate, and uphold technical solutions, ensuring adherence to quality benchmarks such as code coverage and timely product releases. Generated comprehensive reports, manuals, and other relevant documentation to provide insights into the current status, functionality, and upkeep of the software. Executed the implementation of data extraction and synchronisation procedures, utilising third-party APIs, while simultaneously managing statistical data for consistent maintenance. Offered valuable technical guidance to colleagues through effective coaching and mentorship, fostering an environment conducive to professional growth and development. Maintained a steadfast commitment to upholding high-quality development standards, facilitating the timely delivery of solutions within budget constraints. Managed (CI/CD) processes through the utilisation of GitHub Actions and AWS cloud services.

Software Engineer

STEMuli•  June 2020 - March 2022

At STEMuli, I work as a software engineer (backend heavy) consisting of four teams of frontend, backend, mobile and game engineers. Orchestrated seamless integration of server-side Agora video recording, leveraging AWS S3 for streamlined storage solutions. Successfully implemented a dynamic chat feature using Socket.io, seamlessly incorporated within the microservice architecture. Implemented robust queuing systems utilising Redis for swift and scheduled job executions. Facilitated the smooth transition of a NodeJS legacy application from ES5 to ES6, employing the benefits of TypeScript throughout the implementation process. Contributed significantly to the migration of monolithic legacy applications, effectively restructuring them into agile microservices.

Software Engineer

Printivo•  March 2017 - June 2020

Collaborated with Partner stakeholders, including print companies and Business Analysts, to elicit user requirements and propose effective technical solutions. Enhanced application performance by streamlining database queries and strategically indexing frequently accessed columns within the database tables. Co-created diverse platform modules, notably contributing to the development of a Sell-On-Printivo feature. This feature empowered users to generate designs on their stores and sell them to customers after approval by the platform, resulting in a 15% share of the sales of these printed products. This initiative not only boosted the company's monthly sales but also decreased overhead costs associated with in-house designers. Designed and implemented a secure and high-performance REST API using PHP, serving a mobile application that enabled dispatch riders to verify the delivery status of orders. Orchestrated the smooth migration of existing platform images, previously hosted on AWS S3, to Cloudinary, enhancing access speed and minimising request overhead.

Ahmadu Bello University

Computer Science, BS•  January 2010 - March 2014

Finished with Second Class Upper