Popsana Barida

• Revenue-Driving Features: Spearheaded the end-to-end development of a core customer portal that directly expanded product capabilities and unlocked a key new revenue stream for the company.
• Backend & API Architecture: Designed, optimized, and maintained resilient RESTful APIs and backend services to ensure system performance, data security, and long-term maintainability.
• Utilized 11+ years of software engineering expertise to develop and scale high-performance features for BindHQ's cloud-based SaaS platform, enhancing user experience and functionality.
• Collaborated with product, design, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver production-ready features within tight sprint cycles, improving time-to-market for new capabilities.
• Contributed to system architecture design, peer code reviews, and technical standards, ensuring high code quality, platform reliability, and enhanced developer efficiency.

• Developed robust frontend for new product using Vue.js and Vite, enhancing user experience.
• Created PWA with Vue.js, implementing features like segment tracking for improved analytics.
• Developed automated testing frameworks to improve software reliability and performance.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and establish timelines.
• Executed application deployment through a CI pipeline initiated by GitLab, ensuring it reached the correct environment.

• I led the upgrade of our symfony framework from version 3.0 to version 4.4 between 2020 and 2022.
• Contributed to messaging (Node.js) codebase, improving real-time communication between messaging system and front-end UI.
• Collaborated with developer experience team to maintain code base and develop developer tools, enhancing overall developer efficiency.
• Created and maintained Jira app for setting points on tickets, streamlining ticket management process.

• Developed software that integrated with existing platforms and systems to enhance functionality and user experience.
• Led solutions development for customer-facing software that automated internal processes.
• Constructed automated systems and established integrations with legacy applications through available APIs to streamline data flow.
• Utilized PHP, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Electron, JavaScript, and React.js to develop software solutions.
• Developed Oak Pensions mobile app for Android and iOS using Cordova and Vue.js.
• Deployed updates via a CI/CD pipeline that tested and created the build and published it to the stores.
• Focused on a database synchronization service and database synchronization utility that picks changes in an on-premise SQL Server database and synchronizes to a remote MySQL database to keep data in sync for cloud services.
• Developed a desktop application that shows data synchronization status and includes actions to re-sync data across the infrastructure with Electron.js, Node.js.
• Developed PFA web platform, a web platform that leverages an API to present a web client version of a mobile application using JavaScript and React.js.

• I built and maintained a website CMS that powered over 10 different websites at scale.
• Developed add-ons that seamlessly integrated with SAGE, enhancing functionality.
• Created web portals and websites to improve user engagement and accessibility.
• Designed and maintained internal tools, including CMS and CRM, to streamline operations.
• I also built a full-blown prototype for the system that served as the portal for MDCN (Medical and Dental Association of Nigeria).

• Built an online portal for registering prospective students for admission, leading to the University of Port Harcourt's highest number of recorded registrations in a year.
• Automated processes previously done manually, including creating applicant lists for attendance, adding photo albums, a payment verification module, and a results-checking option, enhancing registration efficiency.
• Integrated E-Transact Payment API into university’s core solution using SOAP API in PHP, streamlining payment processing and improving transaction reliability.
• Integrated an E-Tranzact payment system into existing online portals that allowed automatic posting of payments made at the bank branches; the payment system reduced the hassle of tracking payments and helped the client generate more reliable payment reports and statistics.
• Built a desktop application on the Windows platform that allowed administrators to perform auditing, payment report downloads, payment verifications, and upload admission, among other functions needed in a university's portal.
• Developed an API for a product called Interswitch WebPAY.
• Developed a journal management system with tools to manage article publications, improving accessibility and organization of scholarly works.
• Built a system to submit manuscripts, edit, and review final publications that uses Scribd API to render files.
• Developed a web-based bulk SMS plugin for Joomla with an intuitive user interface and user experience.

Developed web and desktop applications using PHP, MySQL, Node.js, Angular.js, Java, and JavaScriptIntegrated various APIs into applications to enhance functionality.

• Developed web and desktop applications using PHP, MySQL, Node.js, Angular.js, Java, and JavaScript
  Integrated various APIs into applications to enhance functionality.
• Optimized website performance and load times through code enhancements.
• Maintained CodeIgniter APIs and facilitated transition to Laravel, ensuring smoother development processes.
• Integrated third-party APIs into existing websites and applications.
• Mentored junior engineers and shared knowledge of current technologies as lead solutions developer in part-time role, fostering team growth.
• Documented coding processes and best practices for team reference.

• Led training department, developing and delivering programming courses to enhance skill sets.
• Trained 120+ students and mentored 10+ applicants annually to prepare them for trainer roles.
• Developed research guide focused on brand development and provided strategic consulting to clients.
• Participated in the development of comprehensive business plans that outlined strategic goals., sales, and the development of strategies.
• Built an ERP system for an oil and gas firm using C# to wrap a PHP and MySQL application into a hybrid application; this made it easy for the client to manage their records and get their processes automated, thereby reducing paperwork.
• Used PHP, MySQL, XML, SOAP, JavaScript, C#, .NET, and Ajax to create a web platform for Topline, an Oil and Gas company in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
• Created engaging animated presentations using Flash and content synchronized with recorded audio and embedded videos.