
Lewis M
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Software Engineer Preferred Title
$25.00 /hr $ 80.0K /yr Hourly Rate and Yearly Salary
Overview
Basic Summary
LD Talent History - Worksession Approval 100.0%
- Average Response Time 15.2 hours
- Average Count of Messages/Day 1.0
- Project Completion Rate 2/4
- Interview Acceptance Rate 4/6
- Timezone Overlap 17h PST, 38h UTC
- Projects Worked in Last 2 Weeks 1
- Hours Worked in Last 2 Weeks 1.0
- No. of Passion Projects 4
- Earned Hours 108.00
- 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 Linux
- Phone Android
- Member Since Oct 03, 2019
- Profile Last Updated Jan 31, 2023
- Last Activity June 2, 2023, 2:50 p.m. UTC
- Location Kenya
Profile Summary
Experienced Software Engineer in Python and JavaScript programming languages. Proficient in creating efficient and scalable software solutions. Currently expanding skill set by learning Rust programming language. Proven ability to quickly learn new technologies and apply them to solve complex problems. Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail and passion for delivering high-quality software.
Skills
Total Experience: 5 years
Postgres (7E, 4Y)
7 experiences, across 4 yearsREST (5E, 4Y)
5 experiences, across 4 yearsDjango (8E, 4Y)
8 experiences, across 4 yearsSendgrid API (2E, 4Y)
2 experiences, across 4 yearsSlack API (1E, 2Y)
1 experience, across 2 yearsRedis (1E, 1Y)
1 experience, 1 yearReact (3E, 1Y)
3 experiences, 1 yearPostman (1E, 1Y)
1 experience, 1 yearPython (1E, < 1Y)
1 experience, less than a yearGraphQL (2E, < 1Y)
2 experiences, less than a yearCSS (2E, < 1Y)
2 experiences, less than a yearGoogle Cloud (1E, < 1Y)
1 experience, less than a yearJavaScript (1E, < 1Y)
1 experience, less than a yearHTML (1E, < 1Y)
1 experience, less than a yearFlask (2E, < 1Y)
2 experiences, less than a yearSass (1E, < 1Y)
1 experience, less than a yearBootstrap (1E, < 1Y)
1 experience, less than a year
Weekly Availability
Timezone Overlap with 06 - 21 per Week: 17h PST, 38h UTC
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
UTC
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PST
01 - 06
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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 Developer
Contract
Sep 2021 - Present
Cantieri Digitali Company
Healthcare Industry
Project: Medicilio API
- Redis
- REST
- Django
- I used celery and Redis to run background tasks for the hubspot integration.
- I used Django and DRF to maintain an existing REST based API.
Junior Backend Engineer
Employment
Nov 2019 - Present
Jenga Company
Technology Industry
Project: Jenga HR and Payroll
- Postgres
- REST
- Django
- Sendgrid API
- I used Django REST Framework package to create authentication endpoints in the API, that made it possible for the end user to sign up to the platform and login afterwards.
- I used the Sendgrid API to send email verification emails upon initial registration to the platform as well as send password reset link emails in the case a user forgot their password.
- I used the Postgres Database to implement a multi-tenant DB architecture using a single Postgres database but individual db schemas to isolate tenant data.
Front End Developer
Passion Project
Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
Passion Project Company
Arts and Entertainment Industry
Project: Rick and Morty Characters
- Bootstrap
- CSS
- React
- I created a frontend facing React Single Page App for an existing RickandMorty API. I created reusable cards in React to display the content fetched from the API.
- I used Bootstrap which minimised the amount of CSS I had to write by providing helper classes for styling the rendered cards.
- I also used the CSS grid feature to ensure that the displayed cards were mobile responsive without the need of adding media tags.
Junior Fullstack Engineer
Employment
Apr 2019 - Oct 2019
Andela Company
Technology Industry
Project: Authors Haven (FullStack Web App)
- Postgres
- Django
- Postman
- React
- REST
- I used the Django REST Framework to develop endpoints that enabled users to create and edit their profiles including a profile picture option.
- I used the React framework to develop a comments threading feature that also enabled users to view comment history if a comment had been previously edited.
- I integrated the Django Rest Framework with Postgres as a persistence layer for the backend data. This ensured seamless integration with the Django ORM which made querying the DB easier.
- I used CSS to style the threaded comment section of an article to visually indicate the history of the comment.
- I used Postman to test out the functionality of the API, testing HTTP success and error responses as well as testing for edge and corner cases expected from the frontend integration.
Junior Backend Engineer
Employment
Jun 2019 - Oct 2019
Lifestores Pharmacy Company
Healthcare Industry
Project: HealthID Web API
- Postgres
- Python
- GraphQL
- Django
- Sendgrid API
- I used graphene (Django GraphQL package) and Sendgrid API, to develop a feature that enabled end users to receive email verification prompts on initial registration to the platform.
- I used the Python language independent of the Django framework to develop a feature that enabled the end-user to upload mass data using a csv/excel file in the Postgres database.
- I used Postman to test out the functionality of the API, testing HTTP success and error responses as well as testing for edge and corner cases expected from the front-end integration.
Software Developer
Course Project
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
Passion Project Company
Arts and Entertainment Industry
Project: Conduit Django Graphene
- Postgres
- GraphQL
- Django
- I used the Django package(django-graphene) to implement a GraphQL API that mocked the popular reading site medium.com. I implemented endpoints for creating, editing, reading, and deleting articles.
- I integrated the Django Rest Framework with Postgres as a persistence layer for the backend data. This ensured seamless integration with the Django ORM which made querying the DB easier.
Full Stack Developer
Course Project
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019
Andela Kenya Company
Technology Industry
Project: iReporter Frontend
- JavaScript
- CSS
- HTML
- I used HTML for the markup of the client facing site.
- I used CSS for the styling of the already implemented HTML markup.
- I used vanilla JavaScript to implemented multiple features key being one that integrated Google maps onto the site and enabled a user to select a location.
Full Stack Developer
Passion Project
Dec 2018 - Dec 2018
Personal Project Company
Technology Industry
Project: Apex Self Taught Monolith App
- Postgres
- Sass
- Flask
- I used Flask to create a full-stack monolithic application that had a backend that used flask views to route requests and used Postgres database as a persistence layer for user data.
- I used Sass in styling the Jinja templates to also reuse my CSS code as well as implement functions in the SCSS file to have a DRY stylesheet.
Full Stack Developer
Course Project
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Andela Kenya Company
Technology Industry
Project: IReporter API
- Postgres
- REST
- Flask
- I used the flask-restful package to develop a Flask REST API and created endpoints among which included an endpoint that allowed end users to post complaints about corruption.
- I implemented a Postgres persistence layer that integrated with the SQLAlchemy ORM to ensure that queries were modelled into classes and methods, instead of the verbose SQL syntax.
LD Experience
Client Projects
Developer
Contract
Nov 2020 - Present
Learning Dollars Client's Company/Project
Arts and Entertainment Industry
- Slack API
- Django
- I used the Django framework to develop the web facing app.
- I used the Slack API to automate mundane tasks linked to the web app.
Got setup very well and is doing good work. Very impressed by his dedication and ability to handle complex backend refactoring, testing, and system level engineering. He is a backbone of our company
Blog Projects
How to implement django-tenant-schemas with a fixed URL
Jul 2020 - Aug 2020
Developer
Technology Industry
- Postgres
- REST
- Django
- 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 isolated.
- I used the REST architecture in designing my API.
How to host a Django + React app on an Apache server on GCP
Dec 2019 - Jan 2020
Developer
Arts and Entertainment Industry
- React
- Google Cloud
- Django
- I used Google Cloud as the hosting platform generating a server instance to host my Django API.
- I used React as the frontend library to server my backend routes.
Coding Challenges
Skill:
- Postgres
- REST
- Django
- Sendgrid API
- Slack API
- Redis
- React
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
- Postgres
- REST
- Django
- Sendgrid API
- Slack API
- Redis
- React
- 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
- Postgres
- REST
- Django
- Sendgrid API
- Slack API
- Redis
- React
- 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
Kenyatta University
Oct 2011 - Oct 2016
B.A (Arts)
Courses
Associate Cloud Engineer
Jan 2020 - Jan 2022
Google Cloud Platform
- Google Cloud
Reviews
Client Project Reviews
LD Talent
Got setup very well and is doing good work. Very impressed by his dedication and ability to handle complex backend refactoring, testing, and system level engineering. He is a backbone of our company