About Me

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Jean Mark

BIO

Hi, I am Jean. A problem-solving Software Engineer with 2+ years’ experience working on Full Stack Web Development projects as a lead and integral part of remote, agile, distributed, and cross-cultural engineering teams.

Education is one of my passions and I am a volunteer Learning Facilitator, Mentor and Tech evangelist.

Skills: Ruby (Rails), Python (Django), JavaScript(ReactJS), PostgreSQL, Agile Project Management, Mentorship, Test Driven Development, Holistic Big Picture Thinking and Continuous Learning.

MICROVERSE

Code Reviewer (06/21 - Present)

Microverse is a global school for imparting web development and career-ready skills to a diversified group across the globe.

Location: San Francisco, USA (Remote)

Key results and accomplishments;

  • Scheduled 15+ 1 on 1 video calls with remote developers and successfully guided and unblocked them.
  • Review Pull Requests paying attention to detail and offering ASK(Actionable, Specific and Kind) feedback to help guide the writing of world-class code features.
  • Mentor junior web developers, providing technical support through performing code reviews while using mindful communication to empathise and make the code reviews motivational, engaging and memorable so as to add value to encourage the coders to learn more from the reviews and act on the changes.
  • Propose improvements to code organization to improve code quality and overall performance by seeking clarity with questions asked about particular code components and being clear, giving examples and explaining the rationale behind the proposed changes.

HIVE COLAB

Learning Facilitator (11/19 - 02/20)

Hive Colab is an innovation hub, community owned, collaborative, co-working space for the Uganda's Technology community.

Location: Kampala, Uganda (On site)

Key results and accomplishments;

  • Facilitated training of 20+ women at tech boot camps designed with a project-based approach to improve their problem-solving skills.
  • Researched and implemented modern teaching techniques that improved learner satisfaction by making it easier to grasp abstract concepts.
  • Created and demonstrated 2 IoT projects to help guide learners in building their own
  • Events organization and execution of 3 successful bootcamps and hackathons for the learners in entrepreneurship and Internet Of Things.

ANDELA

Software Engineer(02/19 - 10/19)

Andela is an American software development company with operational campuses in Africa. It hires only the top 1% of applicants into remote engineering teams.

Location: New York, USA (Remote)

Key results and accomplishments;

  • Repeatedly accomplished exceptional weekly reviews and an average developer pulse rating of 1.6(2 meant exceeded expectations. 1 implied met expectations) due to exceeding targets and a commitment to excellence
  • As the DevOps member during apprenticeship, improved the team’s velocity by 30% by setting up the Continuous Integration/Continuous Development pipelines for automatic testing of Pull Requests and deployment of the web services.
  • Worked with a team of 5 to deliver word-class features for 3 successful full-stack web projects.
  • Led weekly remote meetings with all stakeholders(front end and back end teams, Product Manager and Product owner) and checked on task completion in agile sprints for the team spread across Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya.
  • Reviewed over 90% of all Pull Requests as Rotational Scrum Master and proposed improvements leading to a high score of A on Code Climate.
  • Maintained test coverage above 85%.
  • Earned the position of Culture Council Communications Expert.
  • Organized social events like hackathons and quiz nights in cost-effective ways that rejuvenated employees and boosted morale by 40%.