Jared Bada

Engineered a reactive Live Starting Order system for multiple gymnastics disciplines, delivering smooth follow-live behavior with deep-linking and URL query synchronization while preserving manual selections during live score emissions. Built cross-tab deep-link navigation, redesigned ranking filters to prevent infinite-loop crashes, and expanded Playwright E2E coverage to reduce flaky tests in CI.

Built a Unified Trading API integrating nine broker platforms and implemented OAuth2 and API-key authentication, reducing response times by 30% and streamlining multi-broker trading. Developed secure cloud storage with Firestore (99.9% uptime) and improved frontend performance with Pinia, reducing API calls by 30%.

Delivered and launched 15+ SaaS features using Angular, Nest.js, and GraphQL, increasing user engagement by 20%. Built scalable Go services on AWS (reducing costs by 10%), integrated third-party payments/analytics, and improved support workflows by cutting escalation tickets from 80% to 30% with added Jest/Cypress automated testing.

Developed and launched 15+ features for a flagship SaaS product, increasing user engagement by 20%, and built Go services on AWS that reduced a client's operational costs by 10%. Improved customer support workflows, cutting escalation tickets from 80% to 30% and introducing 50% automated test coverage.

Pioneered a ride‑matching system using Google S2 Geometry, Django, and Redis that improved matching efficiency by 70% and led a 3-engineer team to implement real-time ETL across platforms. Implemented CI/CD with GitHub Actions and optimized data visualizations to reduce initial page load by 500ms.

Introduced microservice architecture and containerization, improving performance and deployment speed by 30%, and optimized SQL and database design to reduce query and pipeline execution times by up to 70%. Configured AWS infrastructure and led CI/CD updates to support Python 3 migrations.

Co-created a Kubernetes-based deployment platform and migrated a legacy monolith into microservices using Docker, improving performance and deployment speed by 30%. Optimized SQL query execution from 1 minute to 16 seconds and redesigned PostgreSQL schema to reduce pipeline execution time by 70%, while improving catalog search relevance with ML to boost adoption by 25%.

Implemented responsive UIs in Laravel from Figma designs, increasing mobile usage by 15%, and developed a Node.js scheduling algorithm that reduced missed maintenance by 20%. Assisted clients with M-Pesa API integrations, cutting integration time by 25%.

Implemented responsive Figma designs within a Laravel framework, increasing mobile usage by 15%, and built a Node.js scheduling algorithm to automate asset maintenance reminders, reducing missed maintenance by 20%. Supported 10+ clients with M-Pesa API integrations, troubleshooted issues to reduce integration time by 25%, and improved M-Pesa transaction processing stability using SOAP APIs.

Grade: Second Class Upper Division

Bachelor of Computer Science and Information Technology from The East African University, graduated Second Class Upper Division.

Grade: Grade A

Completed the Kenya Certificate for Secondary Education at Lenana School with Grade A.

Grade: Bardzo Dobry

Earned a Master of Data Science, Business Intelligence & Analytics at the University of Warsaw.

Grade: Second Class Upper Division

Completed a Bachelor of Computer Science and Information Technology, graduating with Second Class Upper Division.

Grade: A -

Completed the Kenya Certificate for Secondary Education with a grade of A-.