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Hi, I'm Taiwo 👋
Software Engineer at Fidelity. I love building things and helping people. Very active on Twitter.
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About

I am a Software Engineer and I specialise in full-stack development using ReactJS, Angular, TypeScript, Node.js, and Spring Boot.

Proficient in deploying scalable applications on AWS and Google Cloud Platforms, I have implemented microservices architecture and established CI/CD pipelines to enhance system performance and scalability.

Work Experience

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Fidelity Investments

January 2024 - Present
Associate Software Engineer
Creating and optimizing dynamic components to enhance user experience, while seamlessly integrating with backend services. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve internal tools, fostering better communication and issue resolution across various disciplines. Advocating for clean coding practices and contributing to architectural improvements for more maintainable and scalable systems. Designing and implementing automated unit tests using modern testing frameworks to ensure robust, maintainable code. Playing a key role in replatforming efforts, modernizing legacy codebases to enhance performance, maintainability, and scalability.
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Fidelity Investments

January 2022 - August 2022
Intern Software Engineer
Collaborated with a team of cybersecurity professionals to analyse and enhance software systems ensuring that security and regulatory requirements were met. Developed SQL scripts to manage database operations, including creating and removing database objects working closely with associates to finalize and optimize SQL queries. Played a pivotal role in achieving team unit testing code coverage goal.
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Freelance - FMR

July 2021 - December 2021
Graphic Designer & Video Editor
Created YouTube video graphics using Adobe Photoshop and After Effects, achieving up to 6K views. Edited and enhanced audio using DaVinci Resolve, adding effects and removing unwanted sounds for better quality. Assisted with launching e-books and paperback books via Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, resolving technical issues with Adobe Acrobat.

Skills

Java
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
ReactJS
Angular
Node.js
Spring Boot
Hibernate
MySQL
MongoDB
Docker
Kubernetes
Git
Jenkins
JWT
AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, S3)
GCP
My Projects

Check out my latest work

I've worked on a variety of projects, from simple websites to complex web applications. Here are a few of my favorites.

Church Website

Church Website

Deployed Spring Boot and Angular SSR application using AWS Elastic Beanstalk. Implemented auto-scaling, load balancing, and managed DNS and SSL for secure HTTPS traffic. Handled authentication with Spring Security and used microservices architecture with REST APIs. Managed MySQL database with Hibernate ORM and ensured secure data transmission.

AWS
Angular SSR
Spring Boot
Stripe
Hibernate
MySQL
JWT
microservice
REST
Torch: Electric Scooter Rentals Site – College Personal Project (A Grade)

Torch: Electric Scooter Rentals Site – College Personal Project (A Grade)

Developed with Spring Boot (backend) and Angular (frontend). Deployed on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with Google Cloud Buckets for image storage. Integrated Google Maps API for scooter locations and distance calculations. Set up a CI/CD pipeline using Google Cloud Build.

Spring Boot
API
Angular
REST
Google Cloud
Stripe Subscriptions
CI/CD Cloud
Book Store Project (Ecommerce) – College Group Project (A Grade)

Book Store Project (Ecommerce) – College Group Project (A Grade)

Implemented Manager Account Authentication to restrict certain functionality. Integrated Stripe and PayPal for seamless checkout. Designed site using HTML and CSS(Flexbox). Created User Dashboard for profile, reviews, wishlist, orders, and blog entries.

Django(Web Framework)
HTML5
CSS
Agile Methodology
Bootstrap
Python
MrShips - Instacart Clone

MrShips - Instacart Clone

Developed an Instacart clone focused on providing same-day delivery for ethnic groceries. Implemented features for browsing, ordering, and tracking deliveries, ensuring a seamless user experience.

Angaulr
NgRx
Spring Boot
TailwindCSS
Google Bucket
MySql
Stripe
Hackathons

I like building things

During my time in university, I attended 21+ hackathons. People from around the country would come together and build incredible things in 2-3 days. It was eye-opening to see the endless possibilities brought to life by a group of motivated and passionate individuals.

  • H

    Hack Western 5

    London, Ontario

    Developed a mobile application which delivered bedtime stories to children using augmented reality.
  • H

    Hack The North

    Waterloo, Ontario

    Developed a mobile application which delivers university campus wide events in real time to all students.
  • F

    FirstNet Public Safety Hackathon

    San Francisco, California

    Developed a mobile application which communcicates a victims medical data from inside an ambulance to doctors at hospital.
  • D

    DeveloperWeek Hackathon

    San Francisco, California

    Developed a web application which aggregates social media data regarding cryptocurrencies and predicts future prices.
  • H

    HackDavis

    Davis, California

    Developed a mobile application which allocates a daily carbon emission allowance to users to move towards a sustainable environment.
  • E

    ETH Waterloo

    Waterloo, Ontario

    Developed a blockchain application for doctors and pharmacists to perform trustless transactions and prevent overdosage in patients.
  • H

    Hack The North

    Waterloo, Ontario

    Developed a virtual reality application allowing users to see themselves in third person.
  • H

    Hack The 6ix

    Toronto, Ontario

    Developed an open platform for people shipping items to same place to combine shipping costs and save money.
  • S

    Stupid Hack Toronto

    Toronto, Ontario

    Developed a chrome extension which tracks which facebook profiles you have visited and immediately texts your girlfriend if you visited another girls page.
  • G

    Global AI Hackathon - Toronto

    Toronto, Ontario

    Developed a python library which can be imported to any python game and change difficulty of the game based on real time emotion of player. Uses OpenCV and webcam for facial recognition, and a custom Machine Learning Model trained on a [Kaggle Emotion Dataset](https://www.kaggle.com/c/challenges-in-representation-learning-facial-expression-recognition-challenge/leaderboard) using [Tensorflow](https://www.tensorflow.org/Tensorflow) and [Keras](https://keras.io/). This project recieved 1st place prize at the Global AI Hackathon - Toronto and was also invited to demo at [NextAI Canada](https://www.nextcanada.com/next-ai).
  • M

    McGill AI for Social Innovation Hackathon

    Montreal, Quebec

    Developed realtime facial microexpression analyzer using AI
  • O

    Open Source Circular Economy Days Hackathon

    Toronto, Ontario

    Developed a custom admin interface for food waste startup <a href='http://genecis.co/'>Genecis</a> to manage their data and provide analytics.
  • M

    Make School's Student App Competition 2017

    International

    Improved PocketDoc and submitted to online competition
  • H

    HackMining

    Toronto, Ontario

    Developed neural network to optimize a mining process
  • W

    Waterloo Equithon

    Waterloo, Ontario

    Developed Pocketdoc, an app in which you take a picture of a physical wound, and the app returns common solutions or cures to the injuries or diseases.
  • S

    SpaceApps Waterloo

    Waterloo, Ontario

    Developed Earthwatch, a web application which allows users in a plane to virtually see important points of interest about the world below them. They can even choose to fly away from their route and then fly back if they choose. Special thanks to CesiumJS for providing open source world and plane models.
  • M

    MHacks 9

    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Developed Super Graphic Air Traffic, a VR website made to introduce people to the world of air traffic controlling. This project was built completely using THREE.js as well as a node backend server.
  • S

    StartHacks I

    Waterloo, Ontario

    Developed at StartHacks 2017, Recipic is a mobile app which allows you to take pictures of ingredients around your house, and it will recognize those ingredients using ClarifAI image recognition API and return possible recipes to make. Recipic recieved 1st place at the hackathon for best pitch and hack.
  • Q

    QHacks II

    Kingston, Ontario

    Developed a mobile game which enables city-wide manhunt with random lobbies
  • T

    Terrible Hacks V

    Waterloo, Ontario

    Developed a mock of Windows 11 with interesting notifications and functionality
  • P

    Portal Hackathon

    Kingston, Ontario

    Developed an internal widget for uploading assignments using Waterloo's portal app
Contact

Get in Touch

Want to chat? Just shoot me a dm with a direct question on twitter and I'll respond whenever I can. I will ignore all soliciting.