Nixon Wandera
Senior Frontend Developer at Workpay
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolNixon Wandera is a Senior Frontend Developer based in Nairobi with eight years of experience building scalable, high-performance web applications using JavaScript and TypeScript. He combines strong frontend expertise in React and Next.js with backend skills in Node.js, SQL/NoSQL, and microservices to deliver end-to-end solutions for transport and supply-chain domains. At retraced he built networked microservices and a component-driven frontend that improved risk assessment for textile supply chains, and at DIL he led high-traffic tracking and scheduling systems for public transport operators. Nixon has a practical focus on performance, testing, and scalable designs—evident in his use of Docker, RabbitMQ, and comprehensive test suites to enable rapid integration. He is experienced in both hands-on engineering and product-facing SaaS dashboards, and prefers pragmatic, measurable improvements that reduce operational friction. His background in vehicle management systems and risk tooling gives him a useful niche in logistics and fleet-focused applications.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Technology, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's of Technology, Computer Software Engineering at The Technical University of Kenya
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (34)
nodejs9
database-driver8
nextjs8
javascript8
markdown7
oracle-database7
node-oracledb7
database7
throw6
cropper6
oracle6
mongodb6
react6
error-handling6
mongodb-query6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mbanda1/Ecommerce-Node-Express
Oct 2018 - Apr 2024
Contributions:14 PRs, 26 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years 7 months
mbanda1/node_apis
Mar 2018 - Jul 2020
get and post node apis
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
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