Kobina Koomson Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Taxfix

Feb 2025 - Jul 2025 (6 months)

Senior Software Engineer

upbeat

Sep 2024 - Aug 2025 (1 year)

Engineering Manager

MassEnergize

Dec 2023 - Oct 2024 (11 months)

As an Engineering Manager, I oversee research, analysis, planning, and coordination of projects, supervising teams and effectively communicating with upper management. I work in an agile environment to design and execute strategies, manage budgets, and ensure successful project completion. My role involves collaborating with other managers, conducting code reviews, and managing deployment pipelines. I lead research and development of experimental solutions to niche problems while mentoring and assisting junior developers. Additionally, I plan and set KPIs for team members to drive performance. Although my primary focus has been on people management, my experience also includes active engineering work, which has encompassed front-end develop

Engineering Manager

Obsidian Achernar

Nov 2022 - Dec 2023 (1 year 2 months)

Lead Engineer

Kinsrock Technologies

May 2021 - Current (5 years 1 month)

Senior Software Engineer

Obsidian Achernar

Feb 2021 - Dec 2023 (2 years 11 months)

As lead frontend engineer, my major role is to oversee the design and development of applications that digitise and enhance remittance, forex brokerage and securities trading, and handling sections of developer recruitment. Working closely with backend engineers to design REST APIs with performance in mind. Designing, building and testing UI components to meet user stories. Conducting peer code review. Mentoring and assisting junior developers. Planning and setting KPIs for the frontend team and the members of the team

Software Engineer

Vodafone

Feb 2020 - Mar 2021 (1 year 2 months)

Built applications to enable customer on-demand self service for millions of customers as well as enabling customer service personnel efficiently address customer concerns and onboard new customers. Built in-house web applications that enable efficient feedback collection and office management. Working closely with back-end engineers to design RESTful APIs with performance in mind. Designing, building and testing UI components to meet user stories. Sprint planning and conversion of user stories into sprint activities. Documenting APIs using Confluence. Conducting peer code review.

Lead Designer / Developer

F Project Agency

Jul 2019 - Feb 2020 (8 months)

System design and implementation and UI/UX and Graphic Design. Overseeing the overall engineering goals and activities that make the company’s in-house applications and client facing applications. Developing the company’s strategy for using technological resources. Using stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology. Communicate technology strategy to top management. Delivery of graphic resources, client decks and UI designs.

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C.T.O (Cofounder)

Stored by Sharehouse

Aug 2018 - May 2019 (10 months)

Responsibilities : System design and implementation. Overseeing the overall engineering goals and activities that make the Sharehouse, warehouse on-demand platform. Developing the company’s strategy for using technological resources. Outlining and ensuring the strict following of the path to incrementally converting the sharehouse MVP to the planned minimum awesome product. Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance. Use stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology. Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors.

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Web Front End Lead

Codbit Ghana ltd

Aug 2018 - Dec 2018 (5 months)

Designing web and mobile UI and UX for a saas food ordering application application. Implemented web UIs that consume REST APIs and enable “tenants” admins manage their space in the system. Liaising with the backend developers to ascertain the need for or availability of APIs that enable user interaction. Communicate technology strategy progress and suggestions to fellow developers and top management. Standardised the mode of communication of available APIs with an API specification document.

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CPO, Lead Frontend Engineer (Cofounder)

Stored by Sharehouse

May 2018 - Aug 2018 (4 months)

Responsibilities : Designing and implementing the user facing side of the Sharehouse platform. Created UI wireframes and mock-ups aimed at enabling both the tech savvy and less tech savvy have an awesome user experience. Implemented applications' UI to mirror what had been designed with code. Implemented user interaction by writing extensible and maintainable JavaScript code. Managed design of dynamic widgets focused on client data entry. Implemented backend APIs that encapsulates and abstracts access to internal system functionality.

Lead Frontend Engineer (Cofounder)

BARGE Studios

Aug 2015 - Jul 2017 (2 years)

Responsibilities : UI/UX design and implementation. Created UI wireframes and mock-ups from which actual UI, aimed at creating the best user experience, would be built. Implemented applications' UI to mirror what had been designed with code. Implemented user interaction by writing extensible and maintainable JavaScript code as part of a team. Managed design of dynamic widgets focused on client data entry. Responsible for creative design for BARGE Abacus, A school management system. Built certain backend features in BARGE Abacus.

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Senior Graphic Designer

Upscale Communicatons ltd

May 2012 - Sep 2013 (1 year 5 months)

Responsibilities: Graphic designing. Created artworks for flyers, banners, organisational souvenirs among others using modern design tools, techniques and resources. Managed printing of artworks and documents on media including paper, PVC ID, SAV, Flexy etc. Handled maintenance of computers, network and printing Equipment.

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