Tobi DEGNON's CV
- Email: tobidegnon@proton.me
- Location: Cotonou, BJ
- Website: oluwatobi.dev
- GitHub: tobi-de
Summary
Backend Django developer with 4 years of experience at startups, where I built products from the ground up, from architecture to deployment
Experience
BFTGROUP, Full Stack Web Developer
- 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
EDEV, Full Stack Web Developer (Remote)
- 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
Projects
falco
- 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.
fujin
- 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
dj-shop-cart
- 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
homelab
- 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.
Skills
- Backend: Django, Python, Postgres, FastAPI, C#, .NET, SQL Server
- Frontend: HTML / CSS, Javascript, TailwindCSS, Bootstrap, HTMX, AlpineJS
- DevOps: Linux, Docker, AWS
- Tools: Git, Fabric, Nginx, Caddy, Sentry, PyCharm, VSCode
- Currently Learning: Elixir, Phoenix, GoLang
Volunteer
Open Source
- Feb 2023
- Contributing to various open-source projects in multiple ways, including implementing new features, filing bug reports, updating documentation, etc.
Education
Institut De Formation Et De Recherche En Informatique (IFRI), Bachelor in Computer Science (incomplete)
- Nov 2016 – Jan 2020
Languages
- English: Professional Working
- French: Native Speaker
References
Aimé An-Nyong DEGBEY, Head of Development BFT Group
- linkedin.com/in/aimé-an-nyong-degbey
- 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.