Kudzai Chifamba
Horley,Surrey
Summary
A Mid-Level Software Developer with 3 years of experience building engaging, responsive, user-friendly web pages. Collaborated on projects to boost site performance and security. Eager to continuously learn and advance into a senior development role.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
GRADUATE DEVELOPER
SYKES COTTAGES
Chester, Cheshire
09.2021 - 10.2024
- Contributed to Agile team within 150-person tech department
- Created new pages across Sykes' 18 major sites based on detailed mock-ups, utilising development frameworks and CMS tools
- Updated existing pages to improve clarity and streamline user journeys, improving retention by 13%
- Employed Salesforce Bulk API to import over 50,000 legacy accounts
- Applied regex to sanitize user inputs, reducing security incidents by 40% over six months and bolstering site integrity
- Developed GDPR tool allowing teams to find and delete customer data on request improving GDPR compliance
- Assisted in optimizing microservice architecture by removing redundant code, reducing load times by 10%
- Successfully deployed infrastructure updates on Amazon EC2 while maintaining high availability and ensuring zero service disruption
- Performed A/B testing for new site features, identifying elements that increased interactions by 15% over three months
- Conducted comprehensive testing of updates and reducing bug occurrences by 20%
- Collaborated on sprints through paired programming to drive continuous improvement
- Delivered 3 cross-functional projects in collaboration with finance and marketing departments
- Conducted development using Ubuntu Linux, using CLI commands.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
London South Bank University
London 09.2018 - 08.2021
Skills
- HTML/CSS
- JavaScript
- JQuery
- AngularJS
- TypeScript
- Sass
- PHP
- Laravel
- Nodejs
- Docker
- AWS
- MySQL
References
References available upon request.
Certification
- Ajax with PHP: Add Dynamic Content to Websites (August 2020)
- AWS Technical Essentials (August 2021)
- C# Intermediate: Classes, Interfaces and OOP (July 2022)
- ASP.NET Core Fundamentals (March 2023)
Affiliations
- On occasion I like to engage in strategic gameplay through the Fire Emblem series, enhancing problem-solving skills and decision-making under pressure.
Timeline
GRADUATE DEVELOPER
SYKES COTTAGES
09.2021 - 10.2024
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
London South Bank University
09.2018 - 08.2021
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