FAWAZ FARID
Nairobi
Summary
I’m a Senior Fullstack Engineer with over seven years of experience building systems that are both scalable and high-performing. I have working experience in, but not limited to, Go and JavaScript (React and other frameworks), while also being well-versed in PostgreSQL. I’m passionate about creating intuitive user interfaces and robust backend services that deliver real business value. I thrive in collaborative, distributed team environments, and enjoy mentoring peers to foster a culture of technical excellence.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Full Stack Engineer
Ujenzi
Nairobi
09.2023 - Current
- Designed and implemented user interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to enhance user experience.
- Spearheaded the development of a construction project management tool, implementing features such as task assignments, activity logs, project scheduling with Gantt, Kanban, etc.
- Created a post-signup onboarding page and project creation flow.
- I moved our jobs to Solid Queue from Sidekiq/Redis for simplicity, managing fewer infra/dependencies, and hence lowering costs.
Backend Engineer
Netlify
San Francisco
10.2020 - 12.2022
- Delivered the log drains feature, enabling function logs to be batched and sent to third-party monitoring tools, such as Datadog and S3, for analysis and alerting. This drove up the number of enterprise customers and improved developer productivity.
- Led the backend work for building and deploying sites on Netlify, using Azure DevOps repositories.
- Enhanced the scalability and maintainability of backend services using Go and PostgreSQL, improving system performance.
- Optimized database queries for improved performance and scalability.
- Collaborated with my distributed team, including SRE, Support, Product, and Design, to spike out and develop features.
- Identified opportunities for process improvements to decrease in support calls.
Contract Software Engineer
Github Inc.
San Francisco
10.2019 - 10.2020
- Collaborated with project managers to ensure deadlines were met within budget parameters.
- Shipped an onboarding page with Click-to-Actions (CTAs) that helped new users and beginners navigate the app and find the most use out of it. This helped reduce churn for new users who had no prior experience working with GitHub.
- Shipped a feature that allows users and organizations to send email invitations to non-GitHub users, inviting them to collaborate on their repositories and assign them roles post-signup. This helped increase the number of user sign-ups.
- I shipped an organization checklist for users creating an organization for the first time, which helped facilitate feature adoption and retain existing users.
Full Stack Software Developer
Andela
Nairobi
10.2016 - 10.2020
- Company Overview: Andela provides companies with access to the top 1% of global tech talent. They identified high-potential developers on the African continent, shape them into world-class technical leaders, and pair them with companies as full-time, distributed team members. This allows Andela's partners, which range from startups to Fortune 500s, to accelerate their product roadmaps while minimizing time spent interviewing, onboarding, and training new hires.
- At Andela, I've worked on a couple of Andela's products, and also Andela's partners, such as the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Brightwheel, Rentgrata, and GitHub.
- I was the engineering lead for a group of new junior engineers. Provided mentorship and technical guidance to on coding standards, debugging techniques, and best practices. We managed to build from scratch and ship an internal tool.
Contract Full Stack Software Engineer
Rentgrata
Chicago
07.2018 - 01.2019
- Company Overview: Rentgrata is a referral reward-based, community-building, and apartment listing service that connects people searching for apartments with current apartment residents.
- Shipped a redesigned chat system that inserted a sign-up flow for new users before engaging with apartment residents, thus driving up user signups.
- Built an automated system to sync with Entrata (a property management software) to generate more listings and property managers' info into our system.
- Maintained code quality through unit testing, integration testing, peer reviews.
- Participated in design meetings to develop new features for existing products.
- Worked closely with product owners and stakeholders to ensure requirements were met.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics and Computer Science
Maseno University
Maseno05.2016
Skills
- Golang
- JavaScript
- React
- HTML
- CSS
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- REST APIs
- Testing
- CI/CD
- Product Engineering
Personal Information
Nationality: Kenyan
Timeline
Full Stack Engineer
Ujenzi
09.2023 - Current
Backend Engineer
Netlify
10.2020 - 12.2022
Contract Software Engineer
Github Inc.
10.2019 - 10.2020
Contract Full Stack Software Engineer
Rentgrata
07.2018 - 01.2019
Full Stack Software Developer
Andela
10.2016 - 10.2020
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics and Computer Science
Maseno University
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