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Solomon Akpuru

@solomonakpuru

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Problem-Solving Software Engineer | Crafting Efficient Code to Power the Future

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What I'm looking for

An environment that enables team collaboration yet time to work independently, Room for growth to develop myself and evolve within the business. A product that is providing a constant challenge that brings a sense of reward upon releases. Ability too deep dive into the needs of both the users and the business. A happy and supportive employee environment.

I'm a Software Engineer with a solid foundation in developing applications for users. I’ve successfully contributed to projects for both local and international firms. At Sollyverse, I developed an MVP for crypto exchange startup and a personalized recommendations algorithm for a food ordering platform.

At Digital Factory, I optimized website performance and accessibility. I also improved the asset delivery pipeline by optimizing images and migrating from Paperclip to Active Storage.

My technical expertise includes JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, React, VueJS, Laravel, Ruby on Rails, NodeJS, and PostgreSQL. I am skilled in industry best practices, including version control and testing, and am always eager to tackle new challenges and bring my skills to your team.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Founder and Lead Engineer

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Toucan

Oct 2024 - Present (1 year)

Founded and led Toucan, a social app focused on privacy, close connections, and real-time interaction.

Built real-time 1:1 chat with Phoenix Channels, custom presence, and seamless delivery.

Implemented secure auth with JWT & OAuth (Google, GitHub), ensuring 99.9% uptime.

Developed responsive, theme-aware UI with TailwindCSS & Redux Toolkit.

Elixir React TypeScript TailwindCSS PostgreSQL WebSockets Background Jobs

Web Developer

Digital Factory

May 2024 - Jan 2025 (8 months)

Improve site loading times by lazy loading images, improving animations optimizing js bundles leading to a 23% increase in page scan performance score.
Optimize site images to modern formats, reducing site network bandwidth footprint by 12%.

Ruby on Rails PostgreSQL AWS Lambda AWS EC2 Linux

Software Developer

Savasana AI

Nov 2023 - Feb 2024 (3 months)

Created a Chrome Extension with Plasmo.
Deployed an Express Backend to AWS as a Lambda Function.

TypeScript ExpressJS Lambda Chrome Firebase

Software Engineer II

Syntrix

Feb 2022 - Apr 2023 (1 year 2 months)

Shipped new features in a Django + React app, boosting engagement and usability.

Built background jobs and automated workflows for recurring heavy tasks.

Integrated email pipelines for transactional and bulk notifications with high deliverability.

Improved accessibility (WCAG), containerized with Docker, and set up CI/CD via GitHub Actions.

Python Django React TailwindCSS Docker GitHub Actions)MySQL Redux GitHub Actions

Gas Engineering Intern

Network Oil and Gas

May 2021 - Aug 2021 (3 months)

Documented operational activities, logs, and safety reports. Played a pivotal role in the calibration of flow meters and equipment, ensuring accurate functionality. Gathered and recorded data on hydrocarbon flow.

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Software Engineer I

Syntrix

Sep 2020 - May 2021 (8 months)

Built real-time chat with secure private channels using WebSockets.

Implemented OAuth-based auth, in-app/email notifications, and Sidekiq jobs for messaging and tasks.

Optimized Postgres with Redis caching and enhanced scalability through key architecture decisions.

Improved UI/UX with Next.js + Material UI and strengthened reliability via RSpec/Jest tests.