Ahmad Usman

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About

Professional Frontend Developer

Work Experience

Backend Developer Intern

HNG Internship - Internship Program

Dec 2025 - Present

  • Acquired proficiency in Go and MySQL during the internship program and successfully applied this knowledge to various projects.
  • Collaborated in building the comments feature for the Events app's backend REST API, enabling users to comment on events.
  • Introduced a Tags functionality to the Events app's group feature on the API, improving user engagement.
  • Implemented a robust search functionality that facilitated easy discovery of events and event groups on the backend.
  • Contributed to the documentation of the backend API using Postman, ensuring clarity and accessibility for developers and stakeholders.

SIWES-I Program Research Intern

Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department, OAU

Dec 2025 - Present

  • Built a Rotating Stage Prototype for the PIT Theatre Department of Dramatic Arts, OAU for plays of multiple scenes. This stage dynamically rotates presenting specific scenes to the audience at designated times, enhancing the overall theatrical experience.
  • Completed a DeepLearning.AI course on Deep Learning, covering advanced topics such as computer vision and natural language processing.

Frontend Engineer

Entre - Social Networking Platform

Dec 2025 - Present

  • Revamped the website UI within 3 months of joining as the principal frontend engineer which led to a sharp increase in app engagement.
  • Overhauled the web codebase structure on joining as the principal front-end developer; this made onboarding 4+ teammates easy.
  • Developed call room UI system; this is utilized for the call room functionality, which is for hosting live calls.
  • Chats chief frontend developer (Web and Mobile teams): Architected, Developed, and managed the chat system (using Pubnub as backend service) that drives communication on the app and has over 6 thousand monthly active users. Migrated the chat system (frontend) from Pubnub to internal backend service using GraphQL resulting in about a 60% reduction in message load time.
  • Coded an impression tracker HOC; this solved the challenge of tracking users' interaction with 6 key parts of the app.
  • Pioneered and Facilitated web and mobile codebases migration to Typescript which led to a about 70% decrease in the number of uncaught type errors and reduced debugging time by a significant amount.
  • Integrated GraphQL into the web and mobile codebases to interface with Hasura's GraphQL Engine.
  • Contributed to the development of the learning section of the app, providing users access to valuable learning content on the platform.

Education

Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Obafemi Awolowo University

Courses

  • Introduction to Computer Packages
  • Introduction to Computer Programming(Matlab, Python and C++)
  • Calculus I, II & III
  • Linear Algebra
  • Differential Equations
  • Introduction to Digital Electronics Systems

Robot Development and Automation (RDA)

Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Nigeria

Courses

  • Internet of Things
  • Techniques for Digital Twinning
  • Control Systems Fundamentals and PID Control
  • SLAM
  • Drone System Development
  • Robot Arm Kinematics
  • Computer Vision
  • Natural Language Processing

Certificates

Robotics Software Engineer Nanodegree

Udacity

Machine Learning Specialization

DeepLearning.Al

Deep Learning Specialization

DeepLearning.AI

NodeJS - The Complete Guide (MVC, REST APIs, GraphQL, Deno)

Projects

SmartNode - An Attempt at Modular Automation

Youtube Web App Clone - A fully responsive React clone of UI and some Youtube Functionalities

Coronavirus Tracker - A fully-fledged COVID-19 tracker with useful links

Skills

Languages

  • C++
  • Python
  • Javascript
  • Typescript
  • Go

Frontend

  • React
  • React Native
  • NextJS
  • GraphQL
  • SCSS
  • Mobx
  • Firebase

Backend

  • NodeJS
  • Gin
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL

Other Skills

  • Data Structures and Algorithms