Summary

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Work History

Education

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Amaka(Amy) Mbaegbu

Program Manager, Learning & Development, CS

Haarlem

Summary

Technical Trainer & Facilitator, Developer Relations professional, Enthusiastic learner, and Product Engineer with over 6 years experience in software development, project life cycle management and team leadership. Thrives in work environments that value excellence, integrity and team collaboration.

Overview

years of professional experience

Work History

Internal Developer Advocate

Adyen

1 2022 - Current

Regularly ran and led programs for Awareness and Engagement of various new and existing tools and processes for internal engineering community. This included training and facilitating trainings and workshops.
Led various efforts to foster thriving internal community within organization by building out various program structures - knowledge sharing sessions, technical blog posts.
Designed and Documented technical workflows and knowledge to educate newly hired employees and old employees alike.
Worked cross-teams - security, product, integration - to manage open source program and its internal processes.
Worked with team mates, product and team leads and manager to advocate for developer productivity with tooling, technology and processes.
Worked with internal product teams to improve documentation of internal products.
Managed internal Stack community question and answer program.

Teaching and Curriculum Assistant

Make School

06.2020 - 08.2021

Delivered learning material in virtual environment to varying audiences and also piloted newly designed curriculum.
Developed applications and lab exercises to support courseware development.
Designed and developed exceptional technical course content and lab exercises for instructor presentation or self-paced learning.
Recorded grades for coursework and tests in online reporting system.
Partnered with instructors to plan and implement lessons following school's curriculum, goals, objectives and philosophies.
Managed multiple concurrent projects and consulted across organization to determine objectives.

Backend Web Developer

Softcom Limited

08.2020 - 10.2020

Improved performance and reliability of databases, web services and other integrations.
Collaborated with other teams on security, automation and internal tools.
Developed and maintained core product services, libraries and frameworks.

Learning Facilitator

Andela Nigeria

02.2019 - 05.2020

Translated technical concepts and information into terms all participants could easily comprehend.
Planned and facilitated technical workshops in accordance with program curricula, employing varied methods to maximize attendance and participation for fellowship candidates.
Provided leadership for volunteer facilitators, guiding day-to-day activities in facilitating practical workshops.
Developed curriculum and plans to achieve objectives of each course.
Ensured sessions were interactive and that facilitators follow through with standards and pointers on the curriculum set for the period.
Collaborated with team of facilitators to identify areas in need of improvement and implement solutions to up-skill and level up participants.
Facilitated mentor pairings between program engineers(participants) and volunteer engineers to provide best possible experience and support in the participants' journey.
Wrote highly maintainable, solid code system for application process and assessment process in program life cycle.
Collaborated with cross-functional team members to analyze potential system solutions based on program requirement.
Collaborated on all stages of program development life cycle(design to release), from requirement gathering to program launch about best processes and standards to adopt.
Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs and enhancements.

Software Development and Technical Lead

Atlas Money

09.2018 - 01.2019

Earned the privilege of being the Technical team lead for the interns.
Architected and built reusable code and libraries for future use.
Spearheaded optimisation of the application for maximum speed and scalability.
Strategised and executed security and data protection.
Propelled innovative technological processes to design and implement data storage solutions.

Web Developer/Instructor

Swap Space Systems Limited

01.2018 - 07.2018

Leveraged comprehensive knowledge and experience to tutor students on the basics of version control, Javascript and Node.js.
Pioneered transformational initiatives to build web applications alongside team members using the MERN stack.

Program Officer/Assistant Class Teacher

Meadow Hall School,Lekki

01.2015 - 08.2017

Oversaw groups of up to eight students at school and off-site locations, maintaining optimal safety and security.
Oversaw groups of up to fifteen students in learning board games - Chess, Scrabble and Checkers for academic competitions.
Assessed student assignments to check quality and completeness and assign grades.
Supported student learning objectives through personalized and small group assistance.
Implemented Numeracy and Literacy exercises and used repetition, which enabled students to grasp new concepts quickly.
Used behavior modeling and specialized teaching techniques to share and reinforce social skills.
Attended training classes, parent conferences, and faculty meetings to stay up-to-date on student progress.