Tobi DEGNON's CV

Summary

Backend Django developer with 4 years of experience at startups, where I built products from the ground up, from architecture to deployment

Nov 2021 – present
Improved performance of a high-traffic Django application serving millions of users through query optimization and caching, reducing load times by 80%
Designed and implemented a custom migration tool to successfully transition client data from their legacy system to our platform, ensuring data integrity and business continuity
Architected, developed, tested and documented a full-stack Django application to improve digital contract tracking for one of our customers
Regularly suggested and built tools for my team to improve the developer experience, which led to increased productivity and the release of several open-source projects based on successful ideas
Developed a Python service responsible for setting up staging environments for developers to test new features
Regularly initiated and conducted code reviews to encourage frequent code refactoring within the team

Feb 2020 – Oct 2021
Set up the entire infrastructure and tooling of the company, initially deployed on Heroku before migrating to a VPS to reduce costs
Architected and developed multiple full-stack Django apps from scratch as a one-person team
Interacted directly with customers to improve solutions and fix bugs
Onboarded and mentored trainees

Dec 2023 – present
falco.oluwatobi.dev
A Django toolbox focused on faster and better developer experience. Falco is a compilation of my experience in building better Django projects faster. It comes with a project template starter, CRUD views generation, baked-in CI/CD pipeline, project version management with auto changelog generation, and more.

Oct 2024 – present
fujin.oluwatobi.dev
A deployment tool for web projects. Started as a set of scripts to help our team quickly deploy Django projects to production with a nice developer experience, and has now been packaged into an open-source CLI tool

Feb 2022 – present
tobi-de.github.io/dj-shop-cart
Originally designed as a simple shopping cart manager, this project evolved into one of our team's most frequently used utilities due to its flexibility

Sept 2024 – present
Maintaining a simple single-node homelab server for learning and experimentation purposes. This system serves as a playground for containerized applications and DevOps practices.

Feb 2023
Contributing to various open-source projects in multiple ways, including implementing new features, filing bug reports, updating documentation, etc.

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Tobi is a highly skilled and dedicated python developer who has made significant contributions to our team and projects at BFT, consistently delivering high-quality work and demonstrating excellent problem-solving skills.