Kelvin Mai
Junior Software Engineer at Everguard.ai
Anaheim, California, United States
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SeniorKelvin Mai is a self-taught full stack developer with 8 years of experience delivering scalable web applications across startups and enterprise environments. Based in Las Vegas, he specializes in backend API design (notably a NestJS REST API where he implemented database, auth, logging and input validation) while keeping front-end delivery sharp. His career spans Gravie, Luminare, Yieldmos, Bonotel, Vegas.com and Motivis Learning, where he mentored engineers, migrated tech stacks (Node.js to Clojure, React to Next.js) and built microservices in Java, Golang, and Rust contexts. He has hands-on experience with AWS, Redis, PostgreSQL, and data engineering tasks, including ETL tooling and SFTP automation. Kelvin is a former bootcamp instructor and an active open-source contributor, with a demonstrated passion for teaching and polyglot exploration. He combines practical production delivery with a curiosity-driven approach to learning new languages and frameworks to solve real-world problems.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (12)
rest-api10
back-end-development10
typeorm10
nestjs10
postgresql9
input-validation9
user-authentication9
error-handling9
authentication9
wordpress-graphql7
wp-graphql7
graphql7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
kelvin-mai/nest-ideas-api
Sep 2018 - Jun 2020
REST API for app ideas built in nestjs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:48 commits, 10 PRs, 43 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Kelvin focused on building the REST API backend for the app ideas project. Their contributions include setting up the database and environment variables, developing the idea module with CRUD operations, and implementing logging, error handling, and input validation. They also integrated authentication and authorization, created a user module, and refactored idea voting functionality, showcasing a strong focus on backend development and API design using NestJS.
apinestjstypeormgraphql-servernest
kelvin-mai/dotfiles
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
Contributions:72 commits, 97 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 1 month
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