Linus Brian Okoth

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Robert R McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science - June 2023 (Anticipated)
Bachelor of science in Computer Science

Skills

Programming Languages Python, Java, JavaScript, Swift, C++ C, MATLAB, and Racket.

Frameworks React.js, and Flask

Software Engineering Android Mobile Development, IOS Mobile Development, and Full Stack Web Development

Experience

Facebook University for Engineers Menlo Park, California, USA. June - August 2020
Android Mobile Development

• Spent the first 3 weeks learning different development strategies in relation to scalable android applications. Worked on 8 different prototypes with different levels of difficulty using third party APIs and a parse server.
• Currently working on an Individual Android app to be deployed in late August having satisfied all Facebook development guidelines

Twitter - #EarlyBird Challenge San Francisco, California, USA May 2020
Full Stack developer and Participant in #TakeFlightChallenge

• Used Ajax, JavaScript, and CSS to implement a new subset of Tweet details feature that uses existing twitter’s Machine learning classifiers, that achieved a 16% increase customer approval through the user testing conducted.
• Ranked 1st runners up in the Take Flight Challenge after senior Twitter engineers assessing the above-mentioned feature.

Goldman Sachs, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. May 2019
Undergraduate Camp – Spring Insight program

• Attended different seminars and learnt current industry level development practices in Finance and different ways Goldman Sachs elevate technology in different fields of the consulting industry.

Teaching Assistant CS 110 – Intro to computer programming
Northwestern University, McCormick School of Engineering, Evanston, IL, USA.
Teaching Assistant April – June 2020

• Holding office hours 6-10 hours a week helping out with course materials and programming assignments.

Activities

EdTrum Founding CTO
Full Stack Engineer June 2020 - To Date

• Leading a team of 4 to develop the EdTrum, a webapp using the MERN Stack to consolidate and arrange information on different learning resources used for different professional tracks in computer science.
• Redesigned the front-end using React achieving a 56% reduction in loading speeds, achieving a 31% increase user average satisfaction among the beta users tested.

Tech Camp Kenya Nairobi, Kenya January - November 2018
Full Stack Software Development

• Introduced to Web Development using Flask, a Python Framework. Worked on ‘Shop Guru Employee Management System’, a web application to help a startup's directors monitor, post and, implement changes in employee payrolls and status.
• Used flask to Consume Mpesa API's, to automate payment method and update of the financial standings of the company in real time while updating all administrators.