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Oyinlola Abolarin

Oyinlola Abolarin

Software Engineer

Summary

I am a versatile and results-oriented Frontend and Mobile Application Developer with over six years of experience delivering high-end web and mobile solutions. My expertise spans modern technologies such as React.js, React Native, Flutter, TypeScript, and WordPress, allowing me to build seamless, user-focused digital products that enhance engagement and foster growth.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Frontend Engineer

KJK Africa
06.2023 - 08.2023

• Led the design and development of highly responsive user interfaces for the VTU platform, ensuring seamless mobile and
desktop experiences.
• Worked closely with backend engineers, product managers, and customer support to define feature scopes, resolve API
issues, and incorporate user feedback.
• Participated in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and demo sessions to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Implemented secure frontend interactions, including token-based authentication (JWT), 2FA flows, and input validation to
prevent fraud and injection attacks.
• Refactored codebase into reusable, modular components and hooks, improving maintainability and developer velocity.
• Integrated CI pipelines for automated linting, testing, and deployment.

Frontend Engineer & Flutter Engineer

Afriguild Limited
11.2022 - 08.2023

• Translated UI/UX designs and wireframes into clean, maintainable front-end code, ensuring consistency and pixel-perfect
implementation across platforms.
• Built cross-platform mobile applications using Flutter, integrating with backend services to deliver seamless mobile
experiences.
• Collaborated with backend developers to integrate front-end and mobile interfaces with RESTful APIs and cloud-based
databases.
• Debugged front-end and mobile app issues, resolving UI/UX glitches, and improving performance and stability.
• Applied on-site SEO best practices for the web app, including semantic HTML structure, metadata optimization, and page performance tuning.

Frontend / Wordpress Developer

07.2018 - 03.2019
  • Maintained and improved existing themes, plugins, and custom code
  • Troubleshooting website and technology issues across our managed platforms including WordPress, MySQL
  • Understanding of WordPress shortcodes, functions, The Loop, localization, and Wordpress Multisite
  • PHP and HTML development outside of WordPress for landing pages
  • Understanding WordPress Themes, Child Themes, Plugins, and Templates
  • Redesign and develop existing websites
  • Develop front-end web applications using HTML/CSS alongside Bootstrap
  • Assisted team with testing code in multiple browsers
  • Using the CMS to make updates to the site
  • Learning how to use tools like LESS and SASS for CSS development

Technical Support Engineer

CMC Interiors
01.2018 - 03.2019
  • Managed and maintained the company's official website
  • Lead digital transformation from offline and manual operations to digital
  • Dealt with identifying, investigating, and resolving staff problems with computer
  • National Business and Technical Examination Board (www.nabteb.com)

Software Engineer

Africhange
07.2022 - Current
  • Building and deploying new features and improvements
  • Participating in cross-team discussions about Africhanges system's top level architecture
  • Mentoring and coaching other engineers to facilitate long term growth
  • Reviewing code and design docs for other team members
  • Identifying and helping to prioritize opportunities for our team to invest in the codebase(s) in order to move faster
  • Helping others on the team navigate and learn the most complex technical concepts

Frontend Engineer

Africa Prudential Plc
03.2022 - 11.2022
  • Built single page applications (SPA), responsive web designs
  • Interacting with RESTful APIs (JSON, XML)
  • Liaised between marketing and IT on web development projects integrating front-end assets to back-end systems
  • Contributed to projects within Scrum project management environments
  • Collaborated with stakeholders during development processes to confirm creative proposals and design best practices
  • Advocated for well-tested and documented, high-quality code
  • Worked alongside UI/UX designers and backend engineers for web design features and development features

Senior Frontend Developer / PHP Wordpress Developer

Mactavis Digital Limited
03.2019 - 06.2022
  • Revamped frond-end architecture using ReactJS and Redux, thus improving code reusability
  • Developed a minimum of 10 fully functional end-to-end products using ReactJS and CSS 3 (Please refer to portfolio below)
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver revamped websites
  • Designed dynamic and browser compatible
  • Built single-page applications (SPA), responsive web designs
  • Worked alongside UI/UX designers for web design features
  • Customize themes to meet clients’ requirements
  • Created user guides to help clients understand site features and management of the website to increase visitor satisfaction
  • Provided technical support to clients
  • Implemented and maintained content management systems (primarily WordPress), including installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and creation of custom SLS plugins and content types
  • Develop and deploy upgrade/migration plans for content management systems
  • Developed websites with custom post types, custom fields, plugins, and themes for high-traffic Wordpress sites
  • Interacting with RESTful APIs (JSON, XML)
  • Understanding and developing WordPress Themes, Child Themes, Plugins, and Templates

National Youth Service Corps
11.2017 - 01.2018
  • Coordinated and engaged with over 1000 students in sensitization activities aimed at advising, counseling and guiding students through major career decisions
  • Assisting subject officers during examination processes; marking, proofreading, documenting and report writing
  • Implemented strategies and suggested ideas to the exams department that aided process optimization to increase efficiency.

Education

Bsc. - Geology and Mineral Science

University of Ilorin
2017

Skills

  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  • Javascript
  • HTML5
  • JQuery
  • SASS
  • Bootstrap
  • Vue
  • HTML
  • Nextjs
  • Reactjs
  • NuxtJs
  • Verbal and written communication skills

Projects

  • https://kiakiaprint.com/
  • https://buyletlive.com/
  • https://kilimanjaro-restaurants.com/
  • http://lasparkportal.lagosstate.gov.ng/
  • http://zalu-nua.com/
  • https://upbeatcentre.com/
  • https://desicongroup.com/
  • https://xcedehr.com/
  • https://orangeandsteel.com/
  • https://africhange.com
  • https://nairaex.com/
  • https://yolat.com
  • https://afriguild.com
  • https://kjkafrica.com
  • https://www.cryptofully.com/
Oyinlola AbolarinSoftware Engineer