Jesse Okeya
Co-Founder at Ask Benny
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJesse Okeya is a driven software engineer and co-founder based in Ottawa with nine years of hands-on experience building scalable backend and full-stack systems. He is the co-founder of Ask Benny, an AI answering service that handles up to 20 calls simultaneously in 30+ languages, designed to be a cheaper and faster alternative to traditional voicemail and live answering services. His technical breadth spans NodeJS, React, and GraphQL on the frontend with PostgreSQL and microservice-backed backends, plus event-driven architectures on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, API Gateway). He has led cross-functional teams and product direction using Lean UX principles, shipping features that abstract integration complexity for customers and improving developer experience through documentation and tooling. His background includes roles at Extend, Cloutdesk, Irdeto, HealthBrain, and Qlik, and he holds a BS in Computer Science from Carleton University, reinforced by studies at Algonquin College.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Algonquin CollegeBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Carleton UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Great Lakes College Of Torornto
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Github Skills (138)
javascript-api10
api10
json-api10
javascript9
dynamodb9
github-api9
amazon-dynamodb9
trending9
realtime-data9
rest-api9
npm9
algorithms9
chrome-extension9
data-structures9
json9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jesseokeya/go-rest-api-template
Apr 2021 - Dec 2022
Go rest api template built with go-chi and upperdb
Contributions:20 commits, 2 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 8 months
golangapirest-api-templaterest-gogo-rest-api
jesseokeya/jesseokeya
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
Contributions:102 commits, 1 PR, 535 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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