Josiane Niyonzima

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Backend Engineer at Standard Bank · API platforms · Django, PostgreSQL

Standard Bank
Nairobi, Kenya · EAT (UTC+3)
2+ years experience
Strathmore University
English, Swahili
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Overview

2 years in software engineering, the last 2 at Standard Bank, where I work on the public API team. Shipped 14 launches on the public API team without a rollback. Most at home with rate limiting and Redis. I tinker with 3D printers.

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  • Working sessions on Django
  • Questions about API platforms
  • Second opinions on Core Data decisions
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  • Generic networking requests
  • Unpaid work or spec projects

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Skills
PostgreSQLPythonCore DataRedisRESTDjangorate limiting

Experience

  1. Backend Engineer
    Oct 2024 - Present
    Standard Bank · 2 yr · Full-time · Nairobi, Kenya
    • Reduced cloud spend on public API by 35% in two quarters.
    • Wrote the rate limiting service that now handles 9 million requests a day.
    • Moved 86% of public API traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.

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Education

  1. Strathmore University
    BCom, Information Technology
    2020 - 2024

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