Justine Okumu
Golang Engineer II at TEKsystems
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJustine Okumu is a Full Stack Developer with eight years of professional experience building scalable backend systems and user-facing interfaces across fintech, health analytics, and mobility platforms. Now at PayPal, she brings a track record of shipping production services—from realtime ride-sharing and ticketing at SafariShare to agricultural and loan-processing systems at EzyAgric—that balance reliability with practical UX improvements. Her open-source front-end contributions to the developer forum Mumble show attention to detail in UI/UX, accessibility and theming, including fixes for search, follow actions, loading states, and dark-mode polish. She holds an MS in Computer Science and combines data-driven backend engineering with hands-on React/Redux front-end work, making her effective across the full stack. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic implementer who surfaces small but impactful UX fixes that materially improve adoption and developer experience.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Engineering Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Computer Engineering Computer Engineering at Busitema UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Maharishi International University
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Github Skills (13)
css10
javascript10
react10
redux9
ui-design9
git7
html6
nodejs6
typescript6
python6
axios6
django6
flask6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dennisivy/Mumble
May 2021 - Jun 2021
An open source social media platform and public forum for questions and discussions, built for developers.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 7 commits, 9 PRs in 22 days
Contributions summary:Justine primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the mumble repository, as indicated by the code changes to React components, CSS styles, and associated Redux reducers. They addressed several bug fixes, including correcting the display of the "follow" button and fixing issues related to the search functionality. The contributions also extended to implementing UI enhancements, such as adding loading indicators and disabling buttons during login and signup processes and improving the dark theme's input focus styles. Furthermore, the user made changes to the UI elements related to comment deletion.
social-networkreacttailwindcsssocial-media-platformforum
okumujustine/shopping-cart-and-checkout-integrator
Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:1 release, 34 commits, 27 pushes in 13 days
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