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Awards and Scholarships
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Rowland I. Ekemezie

Rowland I. Ekemezie

Software Solution Architect
Hong Kong,New Terrorites

Summary

Enthusiastic Software Architect with a strong passion for Engineering leadership, team building, and crafting hi-tech distributed systems. I'm passionate about automated systems and proudly a team player with a great aptitude for mentorship.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Lead Software Engineer

GitStart
Hong Kong, New Territories
09.2020 - Current
  • Architect and build out GitStart platform for developer network and clients
  • Lead global Developer network expansion and growth
  • Setup automated testing infrastructure for reliability and scalability
  • Lead customer Engineering expansion initiatives by infrastructure to support seamless integrations.
  • Optimize Engineering processes for faster CI/CD, better automated testing, talent onboarding, and documentations.

Engineering Lead

Murcul Inc
San Francisco, California
04.2018 - 08.2020
  • Built MVP of Murcul Platform for YCombinator S19.
  • Led developer global community and network initiatives
  • Hired over 40 developers from 5 continents in 2 years.
  • Built developer tools for seamless integration with client systems.
  • Worked with partner's Engineering teams to break technical complexities for better utilization of Murcul services.
  • Created career growth and developer

Tech Stack: GraphQL, ReactJS, NextJS, Hasura, NodeJS, AWS, GCS and TypeScript

Software Engineer

2U Inc
New York, USA
11.2016 - 10.2017
  • Built and maintained static content generator for marketing producers.
  • Integrated communication mechanism for sharing data across products with AWS Lambda and AWS Kinesis.
  • Maintained content management systems for web content producers.

Senior React Consultant

Catholic Singles
(Remote), USA
09.2017 - 01.2018
  • Led front end development with ReactJS as core technology.
  • Architect frontend revamp and migration from Perl.
  • Built payment systems integrations for subscribers and marketing purposes.
  • Setup robust authentication and authorization systems for client consumption.
  • Finished initial launch phase in 3 months of active development.

Software Consultant

Andela
Lagos, Nigeria
08.2015 - 04.2018
  • Designed systems for internal operations and learning content
  • Provided technical consultancy services to partnering firm.
  • Led open-source projects and provide technical leadership for internal projects.

Expert Mentor (Part Time Consultant)

Codementor
San Francisco,, California
10.2016 - Current
  • Featured author on Codementor.
  • Have 5 star rating
  • Tech Stack: GraphQL, ReactJS, NextJS, Hasura, NodeJS, AWS, GCS and TypeScript, Provide reliable and real-time programming to help mentees and developers.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Awka
10.2008 - 08.2012

Higher National Diploma - Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Federal Polytechnic Oko
Oko
11.2004 - 10.2009

Skills

JavaScript

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Awards and Scholarships

  • African App LaunchPad Grant (2021)
  • OnDeck Founders Fellowship (2021)
  • Faculty of Physical Sciences Merit Award for Excellence (2011)
  • Award for Community Development Service in IT (2011)
  • Faculty of Physical Sciences Merit Award for Excellence (2010)
  • ACF Scholarship for Academic Excellence (2001)
  • ACF Scholarship for Academic Excellence (1998)

Timeline

Lead Software Engineer

GitStart
09.2020 - Current

Engineering Lead

Murcul Inc
04.2018 - 08.2020

Senior React Consultant

Catholic Singles
09.2017 - 01.2018

Software Engineer

2U Inc
11.2016 - 10.2017

Expert Mentor (Part Time Consultant)

Codementor
10.2016 - Current

Software Consultant

Andela
08.2015 - 04.2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Nnamdi Azikiwe University
10.2008 - 08.2012

Higher National Diploma - Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Federal Polytechnic Oko
11.2004 - 10.2009
Rowland I. EkemezieSoftware Solution Architect