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Larry K

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Software Engineer Preferred Title
$19.00 /hr $ 28.0K /yr Hourly Rate and Yearly Salary
Overview Vetting Experiences LD Experiences Qualifications Reviews
Overview
Basic Summary
LD Talent History
  • Worksession Approval 100.0%
  • Average Response Time 12.0 hours
  • Average Count of Messages/Day 0.5
  • Project Completion Rate 2/4
  • Interview Acceptance Rate 4/6
  • Timezone Overlap 5h PST, 40h UTC
  • No. of Passion Projects 1
  • Earned Hours 3.50
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
  • More details
Talent's Devices
  • Desktop Mac
  • Phone iPhone
  • Tablet Android Tablet
General
  • Member Since Oct 17, 2019
  • Profile Last Updated May 03, 2023
  • Last Activity May 3, 2023, 8:21 p.m. UTC
  • Location Kenya
Profile Summary
I am a result-driven full-stack software engineer with skills in Python (Flask & Django) and JavaScript (React and Node). I am not only focused on building reliable systems but also focused on building systems that impact people’s lives and that of an organization positively.
Skills
Total Experience: 5+ years
  • React (7E, 4Y)

    7 experiences, across 4 years
  • Nodejs (2E, 3Y)

    2 experiences, across 3 years
  • JavaScript (8E, 3Y)

    8 experiences, across 3 years
  • Typescript (2E, 2Y)

    2 experiences, across 2 years
  • GraphQL (1E, 2Y)

    1 experience, across 2 years
  • Python (4E, 1Y)

    4 experiences, 1 year
  • Redux (3E, 1Y)

    3 experiences, 1 year
  • Apollo GraphQL (1E, < 1Y)

    1 experience, less than a year
  • Webflow (1E, < 1Y)

    1 experience, less than a year
  • HTML (1E, < 1Y)

    1 experience, less than a year
  • CSS (1E, < 1Y)

    1 experience, less than a year
  • No-Code (1E, < 1Y)

    1 experience, less than a year
Weekly Availability
Timezone Overlap with 06 - 21 per Week: 5h PST, 40h UTC
Day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
UTC
05 - 14
05 - 14
05 - 14
05 - 14
05 - 14
PST
22 - 07
22 - 07
22 - 07
22 - 07
22 - 07
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
Feb 2021 - Present
OLD MUTUAL INSURANCE LTD Company
Travel Industry
Project: CAR INSURANCE TRAVEL JOURNEY
  • Typescript
  • Nodejs
  • GraphQL
  • React
  • I used React JS to create the user interface of the the car insurance journey
  • I used GraphQL to write the mutations that queried the data
  • I used Typescript to type check my react components.
  • I used Nodejs to create a proxy server
Software Engineer
Contract
Jul 2021 - Dec 2021
PLUSPLUSMINUS Company
Finance Industry
Project: Macllelan Inventory
  • Typescript
  • JavaScript
  • Apollo GraphQL
  • React
  • Built UI components using React.
  • Queried data from a headless CMS using Apollo GraphQL
  • Used JavaScript event listeners to create on click and other application logic
  • Used Typescript to type check React
Software Developer
Passion Project
Oct 2020 - Oct 2020
Learning Dollars Company
Ecommerce Industry
Project: Cake website
  • CSS
  • No-Code
  • Webflow
  • HTML
  • I used Webflow, a no-code tool, to design and develop a landing page for an online bike selling store.
  • I used CSS to style separate sections of the Webflow components
  • I used HTML elements to develop different sections of the landing page developed using Webflow
Website Links
  • https://bizzbooster.webflow.io
Software Engineer
Employment
Mar 2020 - Jul 2020
IgniteBinary Company
Technology Industry
Project: Vitea
  • JavaScript
  • Redux
  • React
  • I worked as a front-end software engineer to Create an online clinic system. Used React. JavaScript and Redux.
  • Worked as the scrum master organizing and leading daily stand-ups
  • Wrote unit and integration tests using jest and Enzyme
Software Engineer
Contract
Jan 2020 - Jun 2020
Julla Company
Ecommerce Industry
Project: Julla merchant portal
  • JavaScript
  • Redux
  • React
  • Created online stores for merchants
  • Created a dashboard for merchants using Javascript, React and Redux
  • Create report and analytics for both online and offline sells
Website Links
  • https://merchantwebportal.netlify.app/
Software Engineer
Employment
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Andela Company
Telecommunications Industry
Project: Activo
  • JavaScript
  • Nodejs
  • React
  • Implemented a mass upload feature using Javascript, Nodejs, React and Redux
  • Created a feature that log repairs logs for assets
  • Wrote unit and end to end tests
  • Created skeleton loaders that improved user experience
Software Engineer
Passion Project
May 2019 - Aug 2019
Andela Company
Technology Industry
Project: TwitterAnalytica
  • Python
  • I used Python to created a sentimental analysis software that scraped data from twitter and conducted sentimental analysis on it
  • I used visualization tools such as matplotlib to visualize the analyzed data
Software Engineer
Contract
Mar 2019 - Apr 2019
Andela Company
Technology Industry
Project: Authors Haven
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Authors Haven is a blog application project. In this project I worked as a full-stack software engineer. I created API's using Python (Django) and UI's using React and Redux and JavaScript
  • Wrote unit tests, integration tests and end to end tests using jest and enzyme.
Website Links
  • https://selene-front-staging.herokuapp.com/
Github Links
  • https://github.com/LarryKarani/ah-the-answer-frontend
Full Stack Developer
Internship
Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
Andela Company
Ecommerce Industry
Project: iReporter
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • I used Python to create the API
  • I consumed the created the UI using javascript
Github Links
  • https://github.com/LarryKarani/iReporter
Full Stack Developer
Passion Project
Feb 2018 - May 2018
Andela Company
Technology Industry
Project: RideMyWay
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • I created a car pooling application called RideMyMay. I used python to create the API.
  • I created Highly responsive UI's using javascript
Github Links
  • https://github.com/LarryKarani/ride_my_way_v2
LD Experience
Blog Projects
How to test Asynchronous Redux actions using jest
Jul 2020 - Aug 2020
Developer
Technology Industry
  • JavaScript
  • Redux
  • React
  • Using Javascript , React and Redux I created a sample Todo application. Then wrote unit tests using Jest and Enzyme.
  • Demonstrated the best way to structure Redux action creators to make them more testable.
Blog Links
  • https://blog.learningdollars.com/2020/04/09/how-to-test-asynchronous-redux-actions-using-jest/
Github Links
  • https://github.com/learningdollars/larry-async-redux-jest-enzyme
Coding Challenges
Skill:
  • React
  • Nodejs
  • JavaScript
  • Typescript
  • GraphQL
  • Python
  • Redux
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
  • Nodejs
  • JavaScript
  • Typescript
  • GraphQL
  • Python
  • Redux
  • 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
  • Nodejs
  • JavaScript
  • Typescript
  • GraphQL
  • Python
  • Redux
  • 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
Lifelong Learning Projects Reviewed
How to diagnose hypothyroid disease using Deep Learning
Qualifications
Education
Jomo Kenyatta University
Feb 2014 - Oct 2018
Computer Science (Computer Science)
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