Emmanuel Watila
Software Engineer
Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Summary
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Top SchoolEmmanuel Watila is a self-taught designer and software engineer with nine years of experience building high-performance front-end web applications from concept to production. Based in Maiduguri, Nigeria, he has led front-end architecture at Clipmate AI, delivering real-time, media-heavy UIs that sustain 60 fps across thousands of elements and implementing complex state layers and browser-native media processing. He’s contributed UI-focused enhancements to the popular open-source Rowy project—shipping reusable components like color selectors and improved multi-select chips—and has a track record of turning design intent into robust, reusable components using React and TypeScript. Emmanuel blends product-minded UX work (micro-interactions, virtualization, infinite-scroll) with hands-on engineering across startups and agencies, and even applies copywriting skills to shape messaging and content. Known for polishing user-facing details that often go unnoticed, he excels at optimizing rendering and interaction patterns to make complex interfaces feel effortless.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering at University of Maiduguri
English
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Github Skills (13)
component-development10
uid10
typescript10
color-picker10
typescripts10
material-ui10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
mui10
typescript-types10
low-code8
spreadsheet6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
rowyio/rowy
Feb 2023 - May 2023
Low-code backend platform. Manage database on spreadsheet-like UI and build cloud functions workflows in JS/TS, all in your browser.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 PRs, 2 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Emmanuel primarily focused on implementing and refining UI components within the Rowy project. Their contributions include the creation of a reusable color selection component, integration of customizable color modals, and colorization of select and multi-select chips. Furthermore, they improved UI aspects by making logic changes and fixing errors. The commits demonstrate a strong focus on enhancing the user interface and improving component functionality.
cmsgcpjstreeno-codesap-hana
devsgnr/breadroll
Jul 2023 - Jul 2024
breadroll 🥟 is a simple lightweight library for data processing operations written in Typescript and powered by Bun.
Contributions:4 releases, 44 PRs, 164 pushes in 1 year
buncsvcsv-parserdata-engineeringdata-science
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