Samira Okonkwo
Software Engineer — TypeScript, React, Node
samira.okonkwo@example.com
Phone
+1 416 555 0142
01 PROFILE
Full-stack engineer in Toronto — TypeScript, React, Node — six years on patient scheduling tools and internal dashboards. Tests, monitoring, and readable APIs ship in the first PR. GitHub side projects in civic open data.
02 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2021 — Now
Software Engineer, Northline Health
Toronto
Build patient scheduling and intake flows used by 200+ clinics across Ontario.
- Cut page load time 40% with route-level code splitting and image optimisation on high-traffic screens
- Introduced Playwright e2e tests for 12 critical journeys; production regressions down 60% year over year
- Designed REST APIs consumed by mobile and partner integrations; documented with OpenAPI and example clients
- On-call rotation lead for 6 months — reduced mean time to recovery 25% through better runbooks
2019 — 2021
Junior Developer, Brightfolio
Remote
Shipped features on a React + GraphQL wealth dashboard for retail investors.
- Migrated legacy class components to hooks across 30+ screens without user-facing downtime
- Built internal admin tools that cut support team manual lookups from 15 minutes to 2 per ticket
- Participated in code review culture — mentored 2 interns through their first production PRs
2018 — 2019
Web Developer Intern, Civic Labs Toronto
Toronto
Front-end work for nonprofit client sites (accessibility, responsive layouts).
- Delivered 4 WCAG AA–compliant sites on time for grant reporting deadlines
- Set up CI linting and preview deploys adopted by the team after internship ended
03 EDUCATION
2015 — 2019
BSc Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Co-op program with 4 industry placements.
04 SKILLS
TypeScript
JavaScript
React
Next.js
Node.js
PostgreSQL
GraphQL
REST APIs
Docker
AWS
Testing (Jest
Playwright)
CI/CD
Git
Accessibility
Performance optimisation
System design
05 LANGUAGES
English — C2
06 PROJECTS
2024 — Now
Open Budget API, Open source
https://github.com/example/open-budget
Public REST API for municipal spending data with rate limiting and CSV export.
- Adopted by 3 civic tech groups; 1.2k monthly API calls in first 6 months
- Documented with OpenAPI, Docker compose, and example TypeScript client
2023 — 2024
Clinic Wait Time Dashboard, Side project
https://github.com/example/wait-times
Real-time dashboard aggregating public wait-time feeds for Toronto walk-in clinics.
- Featured in a local tech newsletter; 800+ unique visitors in launch month