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Balekage Gael

@balekagegael

Backend developer building Node.js APIs for SwiftGoma’s delivery marketplace and real-time rider tracking.

Rwanda
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On SwiftGoma, I built the API behind three mobile apps for buyers, sellers, and riders, along with a Next.js admin for deliveries in Goma, DRC. I implemented PawaPay mobile-money escrow and cash on delivery, with funds released at QR-code handoff.

I added real-time order updates and rider tracking over WebSockets, and moved slower work into BullMQ queues. The platform uses Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Mapbox.

For a desktop point-of-sale system, I made a local Express API run as a Windows service behind an Electron client. One Prisma schema supports PostgreSQL or MySQL, with JWT authentication and thermal receipt printing.

I also developed APIs for leave management and task tracking, including scheduled jobs and email notifications for the leave system. I completed an 11-month mobile development program with Rwanda Build Program and a six-month frontend web development internship at NFINIC.

Experience

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RP

Mobile Developer

Rwanda Build Program

Nov 2025 - Oct 2026 (11 months)

Completed an 11-month mobile development program.

NF

Frontend Developer Intern

NFINIC

Jan 2024 - Jun 2024 (5 months)

Six-month internship in frontend web development.

Education

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IG

Institut de Commerce de Goma

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Management

2022 - 2025

Pursued a degree in Computer Science and Management from 2022 to 2025.

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