Nasser Ssessaazi

NASSER SSESSAAZI github.com/nassersaazi-twitter.com/nassersaazi Software Engineer EXPERIENCE SKILLS & LANGUAGES Qala, Lagos,Nigeria — Software Engineer(remote) ● Javascript JANUARY 2023 - PRESENT ● Python ● Rust ● SQL ● Prometheus ● ELK ● Git ● Docker ● Contributed to a variety of open source projects in the Bitcoin and Lightning ecosystem ● Built a project for transcribing Bitcoin content from a variety of media sources eg podcasts and conferences ● Helped in mentoring aspiring bitcoin developers across the African continent by chaperoning study groups around Bitcoin topics Ubuntunet Alliance, Lilongwe,Malawi — Devops Engineer(remote) JULY 2021 - DECEMBER 2022 ● Built monitoring tools for servers which improved overall infrastructure visibility across the company by over 90%. ● Built marketplace site for research institutions to market their services, giving them a better idea of what their most profitable customers are ● Maintained existing cloud and network infrastructure for research institutions and universities for East and Southern Africa Pegasus Technologies, Kampala,Uganda — Software Engineer DECEMBER 2019 - JULY 2021 ● Developed mobile money payment APIs to process bill payments for different utility companies with across East Africa, landing the company 5 more enterprise clients in 2021 ● Built internal systems to analyze data that goes through company systems to extract valuable insights ,which decreased customer support calls by 43% by the end of 2020 ● Added features to an SMS disbursement system for customers of 5 of the biggest banks in East Africa ● Led effort to implement source control to the company’s previously untracked codebase which reduced bugs due to random changes by 85% and boosted team productivity by 55% by the first quarter of 2021 ● Mentored 5 new team members that went on to become team leads EDUCATION Makerere University, Kampala,Uganda — Bachelor of Science:Software Engineering AUGUST 2016 - MAY 2020