Software Engineer

Samuel Nwankwo

+1-202-***-**** • *********@*****.*** • Bowie, MD 20721 • www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-nwankwo Personal Profile: Sam is a recent computer science graduate who is excited about the current changes in the industry and how technology is continuously paving a way for the future. He is currently looking to apply his skills in software engineering where he will be able to develop software that will help businesses simplify tasks, bring in new clients, and propel them towards their goals. He has a strong work ethic, a desire for excellence and an entrepreneurial mindset and spirit. SKILLS

● AWS EC2 / RDS

● HTML / CSS

● Python

● Django

● Java

● API Development

EXPERIENCE

Sept ‘19 - Jun ‘20 OECONNECTION LLC – Cleveland, OH Software Engineer Co-op Experience

Worked with a 6-member engineering team in the development of the Collision Link Dashboard for OEConnection -- a real-time inventory tracking software solution designed to help service shops optimize on-site inventory levels to reduce sunken costs.

● Conducted market research by interviewing service shop owners and benchmarking competing software, to make sure we delivered a product of value to our clients.

● Fully designed our database with Entity - Relationship and normalized Functional-Dependency diagrams providing a clear mapping of our data.

● Created fully functional SQL stored procedures for dashboard features in Microsoft SQL Server saving the team time processing our data.

● Rapidly developed prototypes for our client dashboard using Microsoft Power Bi to provide data insights on auto parts and to gather iterative feedback for the team. Jun ‘19 – Sep ‘19 KINNECTED LLC – Rockville, MD

Back-end Developer Internship

Developed the APIs for various features in Kinnected’s educational platform -- A software solution that enables students to connect with professionals of varying disciplines for mentorship and access educational resources such as grants, scholarships and award programs for students.

● Elected REST as our go-to standard for API development instead of SOAP to improve the application's endpoint flexibility, done using Django and the Django Rest frameworks.

● Orchestrated the use of AWS cloud solutions using AWS EC2 and RDS to eliminate overhead cost on server maintenance and save up to 50% on total cost of production.

● Developed RESTful APIs using the Django Rest framework enabling the launch of their online education platform.

● Configured Nginx on our AWS EC2 instance to use as our web server and reverse proxy.

● Configured Gunicorn to serve as an interface between Nginx and our Django application. Oct ‘17 - Jun ‘18 KOHL’S – Strongsville, OH

Freight Associate, Merchandising

Responsible for the retrieval and packaging process for online orders generated for in-store pick up as well as locating and shipping at least 15 shipments per hour, with each shipment containing 1-30 units.

● Provided excellent customer service by taking care of our customer’s needs quickly and effectively.

● Demonstrated teamwork by assisting other departments when other responsibilities were finished.

● Exemplified leadership by mentoring new hires in various store activities.

● Exhibited flexibility by taking on many roles on the sales floor. EDUCATION

BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY – Berea, Ohio, USA

Bachelor of Science May 2020

Majors – Computer Science, Software Engineering

Minor – Mathematics

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