Larry Agbana | Software Engineer

January 2022 - Present

Designed and implemented backend features for a Node.js and Python microservices API backed by several AWS infrastructure stacks, taking ownership of several key services.
Architected and developed Properly homes mobile application from scratch contributing to a 300% increase in user retention. The application demonstrated positive reception among users by attaining a 4.6-star rating in the iOS app store.
Optimized email notification system by reducing real estate data processing time by 90% through effective task sequencing and parallelization. This significantly increased system throughput and consequently user engagement.
Optimized the implementation of Properly Homes core map feature, enhancing user experience by making the feature more responsive and reducing memory utilization by 60%.

January 2021 - December 2021

Architected and implemented full stack features for a system of micro frontend react applications and a backend written in Go creating a great marketplace user experience that led to yearly 110% user growth.
Developed overall CD infrastructure utilising Github actions and several AWS stack including (EC2, S3, CloudFront, Aurora DB) for automatic deployment of Frontend and backend applications. Reducing the overall deployment time by 60%.
Led a team of 4 engineers to guide the team on scoping of core product features, system design, and the breakdown of features into manageable tickets.

August 2020 - January 2021

Developed a white-label travel safety application that integrates with various APIs, providing safety scores, access to global care providers, geolocation, etc., thereby enabling partnerships with approximately 50% of insurance companies in Canada.
Developed healthcare mobile application focused on concussion management for all schools that run sporting teams in Ontario.
Pioneered UI Testing strategies using Static analysis tools to ensure high quality, efficient software delivery, coding standards, reducing regression and undetected bugs by 20%.
Implemented mobile, web, backend application features in TypeScript, React Native, Node.js, Firebase, and GraphQL API’s.

June 2019 - August 2020

Guided the development of an employment marketplace. Led full cycle development efforts, meeting deadlines that aided in securing a partnership with Invest Ottawa.
Designed and Implemented frontend and backend web application features to deliver dynamic and performant web application using React.js, Node.js, Express, Jest, MongoDB, and RESTful APIs.

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