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Ian D

The star rating is calculated by averaging the reviews provided by all clients the talent has worked with for a significant amount of time.

If such data is not available, the star rating is calculated from the fraction of work sessions approved by their past clients versus the total tracked by the talent.

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Software Engineer Preferred Title
$31.25 /hr $ 60.0K /yr Hourly Rate and Yearly Salary
Overview Vetting Experiences LD Experiences Reviews
Overview
Basic Summary
LD Talent History
  • Worksession Approval 100.0%
  • Average Response Time 3.6 hours
  • Average Count of Messages/Day 3.7
  • Project Completion Rate 2/4
  • Interview Acceptance Rate 4/6
  • Timezone Overlap 24h PST, 54h UTC
  • Earned Hours 294.50
Vetting Summary
  • Code Quality 60%
  • Soft Skill Attributes 60%
  • Expertise 2/3
  • Coding Challenges 60%
  • No. of Lifelong Learning Projects 2
  • No. of Coding Challenges Completed 2
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Talent's Devices
  • Desktop Mac
  • Phone Android
General
  • Member Since May 04, 2020
  • Profile Last Updated May 16, 2021
  • Last Activity June 5, 2023, 2:37 p.m. UTC
  • Location Kenya
Profile Summary
Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in JavaScript (ReactJS/Redux, NodeJS/Express), Google Cloud Platform, AWS, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, Micro-services using gRPC and a strong urge for Software Architecture.
Skills
Total Experience: 6+ years

  • React native (4E, 4Y)

    4 experiences, across 4 years

  • Python (1E, 3Y)

    1 experience, across 3 years

  • React (3E, 2Y)

    3 experiences, across 2 years

  • Nodejs (2E, 2Y)

    2 experiences, across 2 years

  • MongoDB (1E, 1Y)

    1 experience, 1 year

  • PHP (1E, 1Y)

    1 experience, 1 year

  • Redux (1E, < 1Y)

    1 experience, less than a year
Weekly Availability
Timezone Overlap with 06 - 21 per Week: 24h PST, 54h UTC
Day
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
UTC
08 - 17
08 - 17
08 - 17
08 - 17
08 - 17
08 - 17
PST
01 - 10
01 - 10
01 - 10
01 - 10
01 - 10
01 - 10
Vetting
  • Interview Data
  • Agile Development Process
  • Productivity and Responsiveness
  • Teamwork
  • Software Engineering
  • Logical Thinking
  • Technical Strength
  • Intellectual Merit
  • English Communication
  • Documentation
  • System Design
  • Coding Challenges
    60%
  • Algorithms Score
    60%
  • General Score
    60%
  • Easy Algorithm
  • Correctness
    60%
  • Performance
    60%
  • Medium Algorithm
  • Correctness
    60%
  • Performance
    60%
  • Hard Algorithm
  • Correctness
    60%
  • Performance
    60%
  • Expertise
    2/3
  • Design Patterns and Architectures
    2/3
  • Debugging
    2/3
  • Stack Traces
    2/3
  • Testing
    2/3
  • System Administration
    2/3
  • Soft Skill Attributes
    60%
  • Entrepreneurial
    60%
  • Whole Brained
    60%
  • Divergent Thinking / Creativity
    60%
  • Design Ability
    60%
  • Empathy
    60%
  • Project Management Ability
    60%
  • Security
    60%
  • Code Quality
    60%
  • Complex Logic
    60%
  • Models
    60%
  • Controllers
    60%
  • Templates
    60%
  • APIs
    60%
  • Training/Testing Data Models
    60%
  • Code Readability
    60%
  • Ongoing Evaluation
  • Number of Lifelong Learning Project
    2
  • Number of Coding Challenge Completed
    3
  • Lifelong Learning Project 1
  • Lifelong Learning Project 1
  • Coding Challenges 1
  • Coding Challenges 2
  • Coding Challenges 3
Experience
Software Engineer
Contract
Jul 2018 - Oct 2019
Andela Kenya Company
Technology Industry
Project: Andela Meals
  • React native
  • MongoDB
  • React
  • Nodejs
  • Developed a Rest API for a meal check-in application that is being used by over 900 users across Uganda and Nairobi (Andela centers) to check-in for their meals daily.
  • Added a section that instructs a user on how to tap his/her NFC tag in order to check-in for a meal
  • Simplified data collection and reporting process for the operations department by developing a feedback collection tool for the meals offered.
  • Used JavaScript / React, React native, Nodejs and MongoDB
Front End Developer
Contract
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
OpenMRS Company
Healthcare Industry
Project: OCL
  • Redux
  • React
  • I helped centralize all names belonging to a specific disease into one major point of reference by developing a central platform that helps in mapping different terms for one disease.
  • JavaScript/React/Redux – Created a modal that has forms that are used when creating a new mapping
Software Developer
Employment
Apr 2017 - Dec 2017
Acculynk Systems Company
Food and Agriculture Industry
Project: Meru Farm
  • PHP
  • React
  • Nodejs
  • Improved the accuracy in milk quantity recording by introducing Bluetooth weighing machines that send the data to the company website for instant analysis.
  • PHP – Created a function that receives the weight of milk and sends the data to a spreadsheet for data analysis
  • React - Created the milk farm's SPA
  • Nodejs - Added cron jobs for frequent updates to client
LD Experience
Client Projects
Developer
Contract
Dec 2020 - Present
BILDIT, Inc. Client's Company/Project
Arts and Entertainment Industry
Project: BILDITInc
  • React native
  • React native - Creating an iOS for a bitcoin wallet
  • React native - Implementing wireframes from figma
Full Stack Developer
Contract
Jul 2020 - Present
Buffr Client's Company/Project
Healthcare Industry
  • Python
  • React native
  • Wrote out the logic of the application's backend in Python.
  • Wrote the app in React Native.
  • It was a COVID 19 app for nearby persons sensing.
Great engineer. Enthusiastic about tasks, responsive, takes time to explain things and willing to learn!
Review given by the client for this project.
Developer
Contract
Sep 2020 - Mar 2021
Ryze Client's Company/Project
Arts and Entertainment Industry
  • React native
  • React native - Creating an iOS for a bitcoin wallet
  • React native - Implementing wireframes from figma
Coding Challenges
Skill:
  • React native
  • Python
  • React
  • Nodejs
  • MongoDB
  • PHP
Basic
Sep 2020 - Jan 2022
Basic
Sep 2020 - Jan 2022
Basic
Sep 2020 - Jan 2022
Video Projects
How to implement django-tenant-schemas with a fixed URL
Sep 2020 - Jan 2022
Frontend Developer
Technology
  • React native
  • Python
  • React
  • Nodejs
  • MongoDB
  • PHP
  • Led user research for a new construction site documentation tool.
  • Hosted workshops to synthesize user insights into design requirements.
  • Designed 3D concepts and built prototypes to investigate new tool form factors.
  • Researched existing digital solutions and prioritized key features for app release.
Website Links
  • https://blog.learningdollars.com/2020/08/02/how-to-implement-django-tenant-schemas-with-a-fixed-url/
  • https://agile-headland-01373.herokuapp.com/
Github Links
  • https://github.com/MainaKamau92/rickandmortycharacters
  • https://github.com/learningdollars/mainak-django-tenant-schemas
LD Ventures
Thea
Sep 2020 - Jan 2022
Frontend Developer
Technology
  • React native
  • Python
  • React
  • Nodejs
  • MongoDB
  • PHP
  • I used the Django Rest Framework to create a multi tenant API with the aid of the django-tenant-schemas package.
  • I used the Postgres Database as the persistence layer and specifically the PostgreSQL Schemas to ensure that all tenants using the API had their data.
  • I used the REST architecture in designing my API.
  • Researched existing digital solutions and prioritized key features for app release.
Website Links
  • https://blog.learningdollars.com/2020/08/02/how-to-implement-django-tenant-schemas-with-a-fixed-url/
  • https://agile-headland-01373.herokuapp.com/
Github Links
  • https://github.com/MainaKamau92/rickandmortycharacters
  • https://github.com/learningdollars/mainak-django-tenant-schemas
Reviews
Client Project Reviews
Buffr
Great engineer. Enthusiastic about tasks, responsive, takes time to explain things and willing to learn!
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