Personal details

Israel T. - Remote full-stack developer

Israel T.

Senior Software Engineer
Based in: 🇨🇦 Canada
Timezone: Central Time (US & Canada) (UTC-5)

Summary

Result-oriented web application developer with considerable training and enterprise experience in website design and layout and in all stages of coding, and testing of web applications.
Introduced agile methodology and scrum to the product team at Taproot Foundation which increased the continuous delivery of useful products and customer satisfaction by about 60%. Integrated bug reporting add-on (Sentry) to the web application which increased response to bugs and enabled the team to track down bugs faster.
Lead the integration, prototyping and architecture of payout systems for AZA Finance’s existing and biggest market (Nigeria) and new market in South Africa. An enthusiastic team player and deep creative thinker. In my free time, I enjoy watching sports and playing video games

Work Experience

Senior Sofware Engineer
Versapay Corporation | Aug 2021 - Present
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
jQuery
MySQL
JavaScript
MySQL Optimization
Versapay is focused on transforming accounts receivable efficiencies and accelerating companies’ cash flow by connecting AR teams with their customers over the cloud. Through the Versapay Network, we make billing and payments easy for buyers and sellers, reducing costs and eliminating paper, checks, and manual business processes. I design, develop, and test product features that meet our business and technical requirements on time and on budget. I support planning, scoping, design and implementation of new features. Triage and correct performance and/or data integrity concerns by reviewing and evaluating code and CI.
Software Engineer
AZA Finance (formerly Bitpesa) | Nov 2018 - May 2021
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
jQuery
JavaScript
BitPesa is a digital foreign exchange and payment platform that leverages blockchain settlement to significantly lower the cost and increase the speed of business. During my period here I did the following: Design and code application in an agile environment utilizing a test-driven development approach. Investigates bugs and new functionalities introduced to the system with a well-written report and presentation. Actively maintaining and working on a large codebase of internal, public projects and private gems combined Work on the main backend product TransferZero which processes large amounts of transactions every day. Lead the integration for Nigeria (NGN Bank) Payout system with NIBSS. Created the prototype integration and defined the payment process for South Africa (ZAR Bank) payout. Rotation as on-call/support engineer for our partners who integrate with our system. I was awarded the best collaborator in engineering.

Education

University of Ilorin
Bachelor's degree・Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Sep 2010 - Aug 2015

Personal Projects

Telemedicine and Scheduling Application
2022
Ruby
API
PostgreSQL
Sidekiq
JavaScript
Rust
Swagger
This easy-to-access application will allow medical professionals and Patients to follow up and have an up-to-date record of visits, prescriptions and also easy follow-up for treatments

Certifications & Awards

Diploma in Project Management (SDLC)
ALISON | Nov 2016
Full Tertiary Education Scholarship
NNPC-CHEVRON JV Scholarship Scheme | Sep 2010