Barnabas Kolo

About

A passionate freelancer with wealths of experience in web development, a team player and always willing to lend a helping hand

FullStack Developer.

  • Birthday: 19 June
  • Phone: +234 7067317819
  • City: Abuja Nigeria
  • Qualification: HND Computer Science
  • Email: barnabas.ykolo@gmail.com
  • Freelance: Available

Skills

HTML 90%
CSS 70%
JavaScript 75%
JQUERY 90%
PHP 90%
Git 75%
Laravel 80%
Bootstrap CSS 80%
Tailwind CSS 60%
Alpine js 60%
WordPress 80%

Overview

With over seven years of extensive experience as Senior Backend Developer, proficient in developing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise level systems. Extensive mastery with different programming languages, frameworks and tools like PHP, Laravel, JavaScript, JQuery, Alpine JS, CSS, HTML, Tailwind, Boostrap and MySQL. Proficient in the designing and building of resilient and secure APIs, the coupling third-party services to development, and the optimization of databases. Constructive problem-solving skills supports by great command of communication, bringing high-level teamwork between cross-functional teams.

Education

Higher National Diploma in Computer Science

2017 - 2019

Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State

National Diploma in Computer Science

2014 - 2016

Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State

Certification

Project Management Professional

2021

Dexter and Heroes, FCT Abuja

Professional Member

International Organization of Management Professionals

2024

Professional Experience

Web Developer | Lead Backend Developer

2022 - Present

Abuja, NG

  • Netpark Systems Technology Netpark is a FINTECH firm which specializes in developing cooperative software solutions that enable cooperatives to operate transparently, efficiently, and profitably.

    Contribution: As the Lead Backend Developer my focus was updating and adding critical features to the existing SureThrift application using vanilla PHP. Designing and implementing secure APIs to be consumed by the front-end developers, and and also ensuring compliance with FinTech best practices. Additionally integrating external APIs such as paystack, flutterwave, remitta for swift and easy online payment, also leverage OCR Space and google vision API to read users payment receipt uploaded for conformation ensuring the user paid the specify amount, this has helped reducing manual task. In addition to this i develope a mini point of sales system integrated with a barcode scanner which include features like, creating products, selling products to customers, printing of customers receipt, hold a sale, search for a previous receipt and many other features

Co-Founder and Backend Developer at Artisankonect Tech LTD

2023 - Present

Abuja, NG

  • ArtisanKonect is a platform which strives to help connect handymen with users, the aim is to get a nearby artisan irrespective of category at the comfort of your house. with a great feature called Marketplace this section allow artisans to showcase their products to prospective customers on our platform. To enjoy this feature you must be logged in as a customer, and have passed your KYC verification. The system is currently under testing phase we plan to lunch by Q3 2026

    Contribution: I engineered the backend with laravel and leverage blade templating engine and boostrap css on the front end. i utilized Google Placess API to auto fill address field when a user is searching for a nearby artisan, the system pick ups the user's current location a run a search on artisans table to find the closest possible artisan. This is where bulksmsnigera sms API comes in, after a sucessful search of artisan an result is return the system then notify the artisan of a request then artisan may decide to accetp or reject as the case may be. We will also implement NIMC verification API to ensure all our users and artisans are verified ensuring we are dealing with real humans. This will solve the problem of physical verification by a reasonable percent and drastically reducing manual works

Development Team Member, WELLSICTHUB ABUJA

August 2020 - February 2022

Abuja, NG

  • WELLSICTHUB is an IT Company that stands to create ready bespoke solutions to an individual/Organization via our industrial knowledge, technological skills and infrastructures. Training students on programming and also developing websites for customers

    Contribution: As a key member of the development team at WellsicHub, my focus was on backend API development using Laravel and PHP, I created robust endpoints that served as the foundation for frontend applications. In addition to serving as backend I also developed full-stack web applications leveraging Laravel and Blade templating engine. My responsibilities extended to cloud infrastructure management, deploying applications across multiple platforms including Railway, Render, Digital Ocean and automating deployment reducing manual works by a reasonable percent also ensuring reliable service delivery. Additionally, I led critical initiatives focused on enhancing application security protocols and optimizing system performance across various projects, ensuring our applications met industry standards for both safety and efficiency.

Junior Developer

2016
  • As a junior developer i wrote and maintain basic code, fixing bugs, supporting senior engineers, learning best practices, and contributing to testing, documentation, and small feature development. i worked at goova for over 6 months acquiring experience in vanilla PHP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS

Portfolio

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Location:

Abuja Nigeria

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+234 7067317819