Joel K
Software Engineer Preferred Title
$19.00 /hr $ 28.0K /yr Hourly Rate and Yearly Salary
Overview
Basic Summary
LD Talent History - Average Response Time 12.0 hours
- Average Count of Messages/Day 0.4
- Project Completion Rate 2/4
- Interview Acceptance Rate 4/6
- Timezone Overlap 49h PST, 35h UTC
- 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 More details
- Desktop Windows
- Phone Android
- Tablet Android Tablet
- Member Since Feb 17, 2020
- Profile Last Updated Mar 01, 2023
- Last Activity March 1, 2023, 11:39 a.m. UTC
- Location Kenya
Profile Summary
Hi! I am Joel, a software engineer who specializes in mobile/web development. I have done projects in the property management system, student class attendance to capture an e-commerce WordPress website. I have taken courses in Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Cybersecurity, and Machine Learning. What sets me apart from other engineers is that I am an enthusiastic software developer eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills.
Skills
Total Experience: 6 years
Weekly Availability
Timezone Overlap with 06 - 21 per Week: 49h PST, 35h UTC
Day
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PST
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Vetting
- Interview Data
- Agile Development Process
- Productivity and Responsiveness
- Teamwork
- Software Engineering
- Logical Thinking
- Technical Strength
- Intellectual Merit
- English Communication
- Documentation
- System Design
- Coding Challenges60%
- Algorithms Score60%
- General Score60%
- Easy Algorithm
- Correctness60%
- Performance60%
- Medium Algorithm
- Correctness60%
- Performance60%
- Hard Algorithm
- Correctness60%
- Performance60%
- Expertise2/3
- Design Patterns and Architectures2/3
- Debugging2/3
- Stack Traces2/3
- Testing2/3
- System Administration2/3
- Soft Skill Attributes60%
- Entrepreneurial60%
- Whole Brained60%
- Divergent Thinking / Creativity60%
- Design Ability60%
- Empathy60%
- Project Management Ability60%
- Security60%
- Code Quality60%
- Complex Logic60%
- Models60%
- Controllers60%
- Templates60%
- APIs60%
- Training/Testing Data Models60%
- Code Readability60%
- Ongoing Evaluation
- Number of Lifelong Learning Project2
- Number of Coding Challenge Completed3
Experience
Software Engineer
Contract
Jan 2022 - Present
J-class Solutions Company
Technology Industry
Project: RFID/NFC/BLE programming
- This project is for controlling electronic devices that are in close vicinity by scanning tags using radio-frequency(RF), Near-field communications(NFC), and Bluetooth Low Energy(BLE) technologies
- The project is based on the Java pi4j framework, which is an object-oriented I/O API that grants Java developers full access to the input-output capabilities of Raspberry Pi and Arduino, and Python.
Software Engineer
Internship
Nov 2020 - Jan 2021
ThreeModern Systems Company
Technology Industry
Project: Property Manager
- The application not only helps in managing all kind of individual and cooperate properties but also keeps track of all financial records in an automated fashion. It generates all financial statement.
- It also allows the transactions to be carried out within the system with the help of Mpesa APIS therefore it helps in complying with financial accounting standards.
- I used Java and php for backend. the database is MySQL
- Material design was implemented on the UI
Web Developer
Contract
Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
Kibabii University Company
Consumer Goods Industry
Project: Darwin’s Liquor
- I used WordPress because it is free to install, deploy, and upgrade. Thousands of plugins and templates power a flexible and simple interface, which reduces development costs and deployment time
- I used CSS to design the content and the interface of different web pages on the website
Android Developer
Course Project
Feb 2019 - Jul 2019
Kibabii University Company
Education Industry
Project: StudentAttendanceCapture
- I used Java to develop the components of my application and also the GUI for the application
- I used SQLite because it supports standard relational DB features: SQL syntax, transactions and prepared statements. This database requires limited memory at run-time (say 250 KB).
LD Experience
Coding Challenges
Skill:
- Java
- Raspberry Pi
- Arduino
- Python
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
- Java
- Raspberry Pi
- Arduino
- Python
- 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.
LD Ventures
Thea
Sep 2020 - Jan 2022
Frontend Developer
Technology
- Java
- Raspberry Pi
- Arduino
- Python
- 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.
Lifelong Learning Projects Reviewed
Qualifications
Education
Kibabii University
Sep 2016 - Sep 2020
B.SC in IT (Information Technology)
Courses