William Opondo Software Engineering Team Lead

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Software Engineer Team Lead

Kloeckner-i GmbH

Nov 2020 - Sep 2022 (1 year 11 months)

Key Achievements » Transitioned department towards asynchronous remote team culture through the introduction of checklist systems. Resulting in successful self-onboarding workflow cutting down new member onboarding from an average of 1.5 weeks to 3 days. » Co-established cross-team Bug Triaging strategy, reducing average open bug count to 10 per quarter. » Successfully lead team through migration of 4 legacy systems into more modern architectures. Resulting in faster development cycles and increasing client adoption rate by 138%. » Established Sustainability chapter for employees to engage on sustainability topics with external speakers. Resulting in a shift of company culture towards greener equipment and providers.

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Senior Software Engineer

Kloeckner-i GmbH

Dec 2017 - Nov 2020 (3 years)

Kloeckner-i specializes in digitalizing the Steel Industry by providing customized software solutions for multiple stages of the steel procurement process. Key Achievements: » Built entire user management, authentication and authorization flow. Resulting in robust detailed solution producing zero bugs in 4 years. Used as a template for building new applications thereafter. » Established a learning culture by installing a library and setting up developer learning budget with 1 day per week dedicated to learning. Producing one of the company's flagship product as an output of developer learning time. » Implemented first level of Ruby-Warrior open source project in Elixir. Implementation used as part of new Elixir developer onboarding and trai

Ruby On Rails Developer Lead

Financial Consultant Tezza Business Solutions Ltd

Jul 2017 - Oct 2017 (4 months)

Tezza is a service provider of Software Development, Quality Assurance and Software Testing services. As the Ruby Developer Lead, I am the main point of contact between the development team and our American based client: Technekes. Key Achievements: » Established cross continental collaborative work culture by coaching developers and introducing pair programming and peer review workflows. Preventing the loss of the largest customer for the consultancy. » Constructed an on-boarding curriculum for Ruby developers. Allowing the consultancy to onboard its largest group of junior developers.

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Speaker | Ruby Conference Kenya 2017

Nairuby

Jun 2017

Talk title: Leveling Up as a Developer using Open Source Software. Abstract: This session explores the different ways developers can leverage open source platforms to accelerate their growth and take their career to the next level. The talk consists of two related sections: » Leveling up by contributing to open source software » Substituting in-person mentorship with open source solutions The first section explores the benefits of contributing to open source including; how to identify projects, how to contribute, maintaining etiquette and managing expectations. The second session identifies and explores open source products and tools that can be used in place of a living mentor.

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Contract Software Engineer | Django

Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Trans Nzoia

Apr 2017 - Jun 2017 (3 months)

Trans is a train ticket booking system used to manage both freight and passenger transportation services. Key Achievements: » Built MVP prototype for Kenyan Government's SGR train launch, by coaching and managing agile processes for developers under strict deadlines. Resulting in successful production ready app produced in short time frame. » Built entire ticket booking system front end by designing and developing application wireframes and company brand kit.

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Founder, Software Engineer | Ruby on Rails + VueJS

UmpireRef

Jun 2016 - Feb 2017 (9 months)

UmpireRef is a startup aiming to improve the visibility of amateur sports through data capturing services. Key Activities: » Founded company, by building amateur sports management feasibility prototype in team of 3. Resulting in several startup awards. » Developed entrepreneurial skills by building company branding document, pitch deck, and pitched to investors. Resulted in Top 50 Tech-Sports Startups (magazine) award by Hype-Foundation and Top 30 Sports Tech Startups by One Zero Conference* (Dublin, Ireland). Awards & Recognitions: » Won Best African Tech-Sports Startup at Hype Foundation's 2016 Sports Innovation Challenge (https://web.archive.org/web/20180414090143/http:/ rio2016.hype-foundation.org/). » Ranked Top 30 Sports-Tech Startups

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Software Engineer | Ruby on Rails

Renstine Multimedia LTD

Feb 2016 - Sep 2016 (8 months)

Renstine Multimedia is a newly founded startup focusing on media services and software solutions. I led a group of developers collaborating closely with a team of designers. Key Achievements: » Successfully lead a team of 3 developers through the rewriting of a primary schools directory portal written in Joomla! to Ruby on Rails. Resulting in the acquisition of the first 3 customers of the platform. Project abandoned due to financial constraints. Code available. » Built a community portal prototype for a coworking space (iHub Nairobi), by developing wireframes, performing UX studies and implementing frontend independently of backend developers.

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Remote Software Developer | Django + ReactJS

GradConnection

Jan 2015 - Feb 2016 (1 year 2 months)

Built a generic university job search portal, customizable to individual university instances. Universities can apply their own branding. Worked remotely from main development office. Key Achievements: » Implemented user onboarding workflow by building admin panel and related application interfaces. Allowing customers to self-manage their onboarding process. Resulting in sales managers being able to allocate more time to new customer acquisition. » Tracked down and fixed high impact system bugs, by increasing test coverage from 75% to 92%, unblocking productivity for all developers. Resulting in the successful launch of the platform under strict deadlines. Work samples: » https://curtin.campus.gradconnection.com » https://rmit.campus.gradco

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Junior Software Developer | Django + Angular v1

GradConnection

Aug 2014 - Dec 2014 (5 months)

Key Achievements: » Devised and implemented templating model, like CMS systems, allowing multiple clients to customize the web app to their needs. Allowing four additional universities (customers) to be acquired.

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Cultural Education Exchange Participant

AIESEC Macquarie

Aug 2014 - Dec 2014 (5 months)

Developed leadership skills through professional working experiences in a foreign cultural environment. Exchange Participant Role: Software Development work based in Sydney, Australia. Key Achievements: » Learned fullstack web development in a professional environment, successfully helping the team ship their main product within target deadline by fixing bugs and building 4 university template portals. » Successfully integrated into Australian culture by actively participating in sports and networking events. » Landed first permanent contract as a web developer due to work completed during internship phase.

Resident Assistant

CIEE

Jan 2014 - Jun 2014 (6 months)

Assisted semester abroad exchange students primarily from the USA at the University of Cape Town on behalf of the ResLife and CIEE support staff. Key Achievements: » Top 3 highest rated Resident Assistants » Successfully integrated students into life at the university and city Responsibilities included: » Managing residence resources » Organizing events and activities within the residence as well as the greater Cape Town area » Providing consulting services » Showcasing and highlighting cultural differences in South Africa » Coordinating with fellow Resident assistants

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Software Developer Intern

J5 International (formerly St James Software)

Dec 2013 - Jan 2014 (2 months)

Built a maths competition website for the University of Cape Town, a client of J5 international. The website is used by university admin to register participants for the annual competition. Key Achievements: » Prepared website for annual UCT Maths competition by adding frontend form validation as well as setting up new user email confirmation flow. Resulting in 100% resolution of previous years open issues. » Improved onbarding experience for teachers and admins by writing up comprehensive documentation on how to use the app. Successfully completing contract agreements with UCT.

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Holdings Student Trainee

K2 Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Jul 2013

Pragma provides integrated physical asset management solutions. Project - Data Mining Analysis for Checkers Western Cape Division Course - Fundamentals of Asset Management Key Achievements: » Won best project presentation. » Successfully identified equipment failure trends over a five year period and provided recommendations to mitigate risks going forward. » Attained 82% average on the Fundamentals of Physical Asset Management Exam.

Orientation Coordinator

University of Cape Town

Jan 2013 - Feb 2013 (2 months)

Each year thousands of students enroll in UCTs Engineering faculty (EBE) and are in need of basic orientation services. EBE selects a team of top performers from the previous university year to orientate the newcomers. In 2013, I led such a team. My responsibilities included: » Planning and managing the Engineering faculty orientation week program » Training a group of orientation student leaders on the expectations and needs of first years » Liaison between faculty staff and trainers Major Accomplishment: Successful integration of first years into the university environment.

Orientation Week Leader 2012

University of Cape Town

Jan 2012 - Feb 2012 (2 months)

Part of the orientation team responsible for introducing first year students to university life. Developed skills in the following areas: » Crowd management » Public speaking » Event organization skills Major Accomplishment: Successful integration of first years into university life.

Student Front Desk Assistant

University of Cape Town

Jan 2012 - Dec 2012 (1 year)

Each university residence employs residents (students) to be stationed at the residence front desk. Student Front Desk Assistants (SFDA) work with the Res manager to provide assistance to visitors and students. My role primarily consisted of: » Performing administrative tasks » Offered reception services at a residence level » Orientating students and visitors to the layout and lifestyle of the residence » Assistance in managing residence resources Major Accomplishment: Successfully coordinated with the Res manager and other SFDAs. Completed all allocated hours assigned.

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Information and Technology Representative

University House Residence

Oct 2010 - Nov 2011 (1 year 2 months)

Part of the Residence House Committee responsible for integrating first year students into Residence Life. Portfolio responsibilities included: » Providing IT assistance to residence members » Promoting IT services offered by the university » General IT advice and consultation » Debugging and logging errors encountered by students using university services » Supporting the Deputy Head in the absence of a Head Student Major Accomplishment: Held a successful term despite encountering several setbacks including the loss of two team members. Served as acting Deputy Head in the absence of team members.

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