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Godwill Barasa

@godwillbarasa

Senior Frontend Engineer focused on performant, accessible, and scalable web experiences.

Kenya
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What I'm looking for

I want to build high-impact, accessible web products at scale with cross-functional teams, focusing on performance, CI/CD, mentorship, and measurable user growth.

I am a Senior Frontend Engineer with 5+ years building performant, accessible, and scalable web platforms using modern frameworks like React, Vue, Angular, and TypeScript. I specialize in end-to-end delivery—from design systems and state management to API integration, CI/CD automation, and performance optimization.

I have led technical initiatives that improved reliability, reduced technical debt, and increased user engagement: handling traffic surges, achieving WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance across multilingual products, and migrating high-traffic platforms to cloud-native deployments with Kubernetes and Terraform. I mentor engineers, drive code quality with comprehensive testing (Jest, React Testing Library), and iterate rapidly through A/B experimentation and data-driven feature improvements.

I seek to partner with cross-functional teams to build inclusive, high-performance products that scale globally, while fostering engineering best practices, observability, and continuous delivery to accelerate product growth.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Web Platform Engineer

Belva Digital Agency

Apr 2020 - Jun 2024 (4 years 2 months)

Architected and migrated high-traffic platforms to Angular/Universal on AWS with Kubernetes, supporting 1.2M+ monthly users and 99.95% reliability; designed REST/GraphQL APIs with Postgres and doubled release frequency via Terraform/GCP automation.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology logoJT

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Bachelor of Business Information Technology, Business Information Technology

Completed a Bachelor of Business Information Technology program focusing on the intersection of business processes and information technology.

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