I am Victor Steven, a self-taught full-stack developer that loves researching about doing things differently. I have a degree in Engineering and over 4 years of experience as a software developer. I'm interested in designing and building scalable APIs.
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Petroleum Engineering.
University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria., Bachelor's Degree
2016
Arbeit & Erfahrung
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Software Engineer
Synollo
Feb'2020 - May'2021
Synollo is a members only Real Estate Contributory Investment and Process Simplification
Platform, used to aggregate resources via shared participation and co-ownership. At Synollo, our
platforms aim to provide accessibility, process simplification, efficiency and enhanced
productivity to participants within the entire real estate value chain.
Company Stack: Golang, ReactJS, PostgreSQL, Docker, DigitalOcean, SendGrid, Netlify.
● Redesigned and built the authentication system to support users with different privileges.
● Built systems like notification, and other "fire and forget" systems asynchronously
(concurrently), with the aid of Goroutines and Channels.
● Collaborate with other members using the team tools (Github, Slack, Skype), coding
conventions (domain driven design, linting rules, file structure), and workflow (Git flow)
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Golang Technical Writer and Speaker
Nexmo/Vonage
Jan'2020 - May'2021
Vonage(previously Nexmo) is a company based in the UK, which is on a mission of reinventing
communications all over again using technology. More about the company can be found here:
https://www.vonage.com
● Technical Writing. Written and mentored developers in the Vonage community. A sample article, which is one of the most read in the Vonage Developer community can be
found here:
https://www.nexmo.com/blog/2020/03/13/using-jwt-for-authentication-in-a-golang-appli
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● Speaker. Spoke in the Vonage Developer Day event on May 14, 2020. In my talk I explained how JWT can be used for authentication in a Golang application.
● A Voyager in the Vonage Developer Community.
○ Participate in pre-release product feedback sessions.
○ Create content showcasing Vonage APIs together with other technologies.
○ Contribute to Vonage Open Source projects and provide feedback on developer documentation.
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Software Engineer
EasyTicket
Apr'2019 - Nov'2019
EasyTicket is the first Saudi Arabia white label ticketing and registration system. As the largest
event and ticket platform in Saudi Arabia, they have as clients, the Government of Saudi Arabia,
top entertainment companies, and they manage almost all famous events in the kingdom of Saudi
Arabia.
● Rewrote Jquery legacy code with VueJS
● Implemented advanced filter for events and location.
● Automate code deployment on all servers by setting up hooks.
● Collaborate with other members using the team tools (Github, Slack, Skype, Zoom),
coding conventions (model view controller, linting rules, file structure), and workflow
(Git flow)
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Software Engineer
Pharmaceuticals AND Healthcare
Nov'2018 - Apr'2019
Kessington Global Synergy (RC ) is a specialist investment firm and company that
operates in four key business sectors: Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Online services/ E-commerce and Real Estate & Hospitality.
● Contributed greatly in the company lead generation tool.
● Integrated third party APIs such as MailChimp, Get Response, and Active Campaign to the company's mailing list platform.
● Automate code deployment on all servers by setting up hooks.
● Collaborate with other members using the team tools (Gitlab, Slack, Trello), coding
conventions (model view controller, linting rules, file structure), and workflow (Git flow)
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Software Engineer
Hotels.ng
Apr'2018 - Oct'2018
Hotels.ng is the largest online hotel booking company in west Africa, Headquartered in Lagos,
Nigeria. They help customers book hotel rooms online, provide comprehensive help and support to our clients and make the hotel booking process smooth and easy.
● Worked on some of the company's products such as www.spendtrim.com where i implemented and managed authentication systems and notifications.
● Worked in a team of about 25 engineers in the design of https://roomcenter.app, an
easy-to-use booking system for hotels and other types of accommodations. An app that
accommodates speed and efficiency with guests' reservations and every other thing,
including payments and services
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Junior Software Developer Intern
Integral Computers/Mastech
Feb'2013 - Dec'2017
Integral Computers is a programming school where enrolled students are taught the fundamental
principles of computer programming and software development.
● I built engineering software for computation using Matlab and a gaming application using
C++.
● Learned the fundamentals of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.