Rhema Boyo
Senior Software Engineer, Backend at Slack
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRhema Boyo is a product-driven senior backend engineer based in New York with nine years of experience building scalable web applications, integrating distributed systems, and optimizing databases. Currently at Slack, he focuses on backend systems for virtual HQs and previously led a nine-engineer team at Persado to deliver individualized content personalization at scale. He has a strong track record of performance improvements—cutting API latencies by 80%+ and designing cross-cloud data syncs between AWS and Azure—and pairs technical execution with mentorship through volunteer teaching and facilitator roles. Known for squashing hard bugs and obsessing over measurable customer value, he balances deep engineering discipline with curiosity, whether exploring data journalism on FiveThirtyEight or tracking emerging music releases.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at App AcademyThe Washington Center for Internships and Academic SeminarsMontclair State University
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Github Skills (6)
rails6
ruby6
incident-management6
ruby-on-rails5
management5
open-source4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rhemaboyo/rhemaboyo.github.io
Sep 2017 - May 2022
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
rhemaboyo/CodeRacer
Sep 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:27 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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