Abimbola Balogun
Frontend Engineer
Ottawa,ON
Summary
With 5+ years of experience in React, React Native, and Javascript. Specialized in building and maintaining web and mobile applications for thousands of users, focusing on application security, responsiveness, and scalability. A team player with strong communication skills, committed to creating effective solutions that align with business needs.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Frontend Developer
Tunga
04.2023 - 06.2024
- Utilized React Native to design and implement responsive, high-performance user interfaces for a mobile application called Fanect, ensuring a seamless user experience across both iOS and Android platforms.
- Collaborated with UI/UX designers to translate wireframes and mockups into interactive and visually appealing mobile app screens, focusing on user engagement and accessibility
- Employed ReactJS to build and enhance the admin dashboard, creating intuitive and efficient management tools for administrators to monitor and manage user activities, content, and analytics.
- Managed deployment processes using Cloudways and AWS, ensuring reliable and scalable hosting solutions for both the mobile application. This included setting up continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, monitoring server performance, and optimizing resource usage to ensure high availability and low latency.
- Utilized Firebase to ensure secure and scalable delivery of the admin dashboard application updates and real-time database management for user-generated content.
Fullstack Software Developer
OnePort 365
02.2022 - 06.2024
- Co-Led a cross-functional team to develop West Africa's first digital freight forwarding management application, serving 10,000+ clients.
- Developed a comprehensive booking system for freight forwarding using Typescript for the front end development, allowing customers to select shipment types (Import/ Export) and desired services including Ocean Freight, Haulage, Air Freight, Custom Brokerage and Warehousing
- Built, styled, and shipped high quality websites, design systems, mobile apps, and cross-platform digital experiences for a diverse array of clients using technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, CSS, WordPress, Contentful, and more.
- Championed the setup and configuration of a React based application, accurately translating complex designs into functional interfaces, architecting optimized database schemas, and crafting robust API endpoints.
- Provided leadership within engineering department through close collaboration, building tools to improve developer experience, and mentorship
Frontend Developer
LeniLabs
12.2019 - 02.2022
- Implemented a highly developed GraphQL APIs for a high-traffic e-commerce web applications (https://www.artgidi.com/), improving data retrieval efficiency by 30% as well as building GraphQL queries and mutations to streamline data access, resulting in a 25% reduction in backend response times.
- Deployed and developed scalable GraphQL schemas for a SaaS application (https://www.mayfairdesignstudio.ng/), enhancing client-side data fetching and reducing payload sizes by 20%
- Created intuitive admin dashboards for e-commerce and e-Library applications, improving user management and data analysis, resulting in a 30% boost in productivity and data-driven decision-making.
- Crafted professional and responsive websites for corporate firms, showcasing their brand identity and driving online presence, resulting in a 40% increase in website traffic and user engagement.
- Engineered a web application for dispatch operations, integrating Google Maps for precise geolocation services, optimizing delivery efficiency by 25% and reducing transportation costs by 15%.
- Solicited and incorporated feedback from colleagues to streamline the software development life cycle, resulting in a 20% reduction in development time and improved team efficiency.
Education
Bsc in Chemical Engineering -
University of Lagos
Lagos, Lagos 10.2014 - 05.2019
Skills
Programming Languages
JavaScript (ES6), TypeScript, HTML&CSS, Sass, PHP, GraphQL
Libraries & Frameworks
React, React Native, VueJs, NextJs, Gatsby, NodeJs, ExpressJs, Tailwind CSS, Styled Components, Laravel
Tools & Platforms
Git, GitHub, BitBucket, Netlify, Vercel, Heroku, Digital Ocean, AWS, Firebase, Storybook, Webpack, Figma, MongoDB, phpMyAdmin
Interests
Web Accessibility, Anime, Gaming, Gym
Timeline
Frontend Developer
Tunga
04.2023 - 06.2024
Fullstack Software Developer
OnePort 365
02.2022 - 06.2024
Frontend Developer
LeniLabs
12.2019 - 02.2022
Bsc in Chemical Engineering -
University of Lagos
10.2014 - 05.2019
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