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Damilola Bakare

Lagos

Summary

Detail-oriented Front-End Developer with over 3 years of experience designing high-quality, responsive web solutions. Skilled in React, Next.js, and TypeScript, with a focus on optimizing user experience and performance. Proven ability to lead and collaborate in agile environments, and delivering projects efficiently.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Front End Engineer

Gamp Technologies
11.2024 - Current
  • Worked on customer-facing business and admin apps using Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Tanstack query/table and ShadCN UI. Building two modules per week as part of a sprint.
  • Worked with designers, product managers and backend engineers to define and execute the application logic. Set software requirements, code reviews, debugging, integrations and UI experience to help solve many problems.
  • Provided support for new engineers, providing guidance on the codebase, best practices, and development workflow, fostering a smooth onboarding process and improving team efficiency.

FRONTEND ENGINEER

GranularX
9 2023 - 10.2024
  • Worked in an agile environment with weekly stand-ups, kept track of user stories/bugs in GitHub projects, and conducted 2 hours of sprint planning and sprint retrospectives per week. This process allowed production to increase by 45% while decreasing overall time invested by 20%.
  • Contributed to migration of legacy API systems fetching from use effect to Tanstack Query, resulting in 60% improvement User experience.
  • Collaborated in pair programming with three engineers, reviewing the team's code to offer fresh insights and identify overlooked errors.
  • Supervised, Led and Mentored 3 junior frontend developers on react query best practices to achieve high performance.

FRONTEND DEVELOPER

GrimX(Freelance)
01.2020 - 10.2023
  • Led the development of reusable UI components with material UI, chakra UI, bootstraps, styled component etc, reducing development time by 25% and increasing feature delivery speed by 30%
  • Integrated third-party APIs for enhanced functionality, ensuring smooth and secure data exchange between the front-end and back-end systems.
  • Engaged in continuous learning of emerging technologies, incorporating industry advancements into projects when applicable.

Education

Civil Engineering

Federal University of Technology Akure
05-2024

Skills

  • Languages & Frameworks: TypeScript, React, NextJS, Python (Django), HTML5, CSS3, Tailwind, Tanstack Query, Redux/Redux-Toolkit, Zustand
  • DevOps & Tools: AWS, Docker, Bash scripting, Git/Github
  • Testing: Selenium, Mocha, Jest
  • Project Management Tools: Slack, Click-up, Jira, Miro, Trello, Microsoft 365, Notion

Certification

  • Chevron Nigeria Limited, Certificate of Outstanding Performance.
  • ALX AI Career Essential Certificate of Achievement,
  • Udemy Certified Frontend Developer Professional.

Timeline

Front End Engineer

Gamp Technologies
11.2024 - Current

FRONTEND DEVELOPER

GrimX(Freelance)
01.2020 - 10.2023

FRONTEND ENGINEER

GranularX
9 2023 - 10.2024

Civil Engineering

Federal University of Technology Akure
Damilola Bakare