Desmond Yong
Backend Engineer at ESCUELA DE MUSICA Pte. Ltd.
Cameroon
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Top SchoolDesmond Yong is a self-taught Backend Engineer with eight years of experience designing secure, scalable web applications from Cameroon. He specializes in PHP and Golang, with strong TypeScript/JavaScript and SQL skills, and practical experience in Laravel and NestJS. Desmond routinely integrates payment and authentication APIs and deploys services on AWS, DigitalOcean, and Docker-based infrastructures. His background includes long-term freelance delivery on Upwork and in-house engineering roles for education and media platforms, demonstrating consistent on-time shipping of production systems. Known among peers for pragmatic problem-solving and fast ramp-up on unfamiliar stacks, he pairs hands-on coding with an eye for operational robustness. Outside work he’s a self-described “geek” who continuously experiments with side projects that sharpen his backend and cloud toolset.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
DIPET I, Computer Science, DIPET I, Computer Science at HTTTC Bambili, CameroonOL, AL, Science, OL, AL, Science at CCAST Bambili
English, French
Stackoverflow
162reputation
439kreached
4answers
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Github Skills (146)
storybook10
hybrid10
javascript10
browser10
laravel10
react-framework10
compiler10
recurring10
laravel-testing10
lighthouse10
static-site-generator10
typescript10
ssg10
vercel10
nextjs10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
yondifon/laravel-mesomb
Aug 2020 - Jun 2022
Laravel on top of MeSomb Payment Gateway (Orange, MTN)
Contributions:14 releases, 6 reviews, 65 commits in 1 year 10 months
mesomborangecameroonphppayment-gateway
yondifon/mobile-cm-php
Aug 2020 - Sep 2021
Determine phone's operator from Phone Number - Cameroon only
Contributions:7 releases, 17 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year 1 month
phone-numberphonecameroonoperatordetermine
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