Summary
Kossivi Esse is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building and modernizing client-facing UI architectures across mobile and web platforms. He has shipped platform-level Android work at Twitter—bringing an in-house server-driven UI framework to parity and localizing apps for West African languages—and now works at Capital One. His background spans Android/Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Angular/TypeScript, and full-stack Java/.NET ecosystems, with additional hands-on experience in cloud and AI-powered prototypes (AWS Lambda, GPT-driven features, Supabase). As a consultant he delivered product-focused MVPs and tooling, including an educational cryptography app and AI automotive diagnosis features, showing a knack for turning research and ideas into polished user experiences. He also has a track record of rescuing revenue through data fixes and automating build-and-deploy pipelines, combining attention to operational detail with front-end craftsmanship. Trained in biology with a CS minor, he brings analytical curiosity and a multidisciplinary perspective to software design.
7 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Biology General Minor in Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA Biology General Minor in Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis