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Hello 👋, I'm

Afrokk.

A passionate

Software Engineer with a parallel 7-year tech industry journey, managing a 1.7M subs YT channel, former founder of a tech news website, and an avid freelancer with works featured in Forbes, Uber, and more. Currently based in Canada. 🍁

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About me.

My journey in Software Engineering & Creative Design.

After moving to Canada, I decided to pursue a career in Computer Science. I did my foundations in C and Java. I have a strong passion for Engineering good software and love UI/UX design, fueled by my over 5 years of experience in Graphics Design and tech Content Creation.

Experience.

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Software Developer
Full Time
  • Full-stack / Infrastructure engineer at McGill University, building and maintaining high-uptime web platforms, data processing systems, and compute cluster infrastructure used for large-scale astrophysical research.
  • Improved reliability and performance of core Python / Sanic APIs and MongoDB by tracking down failure modes on multi-CPU nodes, hardening Docker Swarm configs, and load-testing with Locust, resulting in over 40% fewer failed calls.
  • Operate and scale 10+ node compute clusters (petabyte-scale data flow): containerized legacy services, set up secure deployments with Docker secrets, Prometheus/Grafana monitoring, automated backups/cron jobs, and recovery workflows for missing data and hardware issues (ZFS, disks, LDAP auth).
  • Led frontend work on new features in React while maintaining and gradually deprecating Vue 2, Django, and other legacy architecture; migrated critical functionality into the newer platforms and documented it for non-technical stakeholders.
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Creative Development Manager
Part Time
  • Directing a thriving 1.7 million subscribers YouTube channel to produce tech content for a worldwide audience.
  • Managing top-tier brands including Samsung, Google, Chevrolet, and more across diverse sectors.
  • Engineered a VueJS channel website and an interactive Discord Python chatbot to boost community engagement.
  • Generating over 3+ million monthly views by producing 2,000+ videos till to-date on emerging tech, spanning smartphones, computers, electric vehicles, and more.
  • Enhanced views from high CPM regions by 40% through SEO strategies, significantly boosting monetization potential.
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Full Stack AI Developer
Part Time
  • Shipped AI-enabled web apps and tools using Next.js, Node.js, Python, and TypeScript, from prototype to production.
  • Led end-to-end handover of a production microfinance / lending platform: audited codebase/credentials, enforced RBAC, rebuilt deployment pipelines (AWS, Jenkins), and delivered a full handover package + architecture docs.
  • Delivered features like an all-in-one AI platform, chat-style bot integrations, and AI PDF/OCR parsing workflows & built LLM-driven features (RAG pipelines, embeddings, custom prompting).
  • Built backend APIs, admin dashboards, and basic observability (auth, RBAC, environment isolation, logging/monitoring) so non-technical teams could operate the system without engineering support.
  • Advised founders on feasibility, scope, cost, and timeline for idea-stage products; produced technical audits, phased roadmaps, ERDs, and system diagrams so they could ship a credible demo for investors without burning budget.

Hackathons & Gallery.

Me with the CHIME/FRB team at McGill University.

McGill University, January 2025.

Me at CES 2024 in Las Vegas.

@ CES 2024 tech convention in Las Vegas.

Me with Team JavaLoungePresidents at NASA Space Apps 2023

1st place @ NASA Space Apps 2023 Regional for BlazeGuard (Team JavaLoungePresidents)

Me at CS Games 2023

At CS Games 2023, in UQAC, Quebec - 4th Place Full-Stack Development (uWindsor Team B).

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Google HashCode.

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Occasionally, I review tech.

Software Portfolio.

Research & Publications.

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Education & Skills.

  • 2024
    Bachelor's in Computer Science
    Minor in Communication, Media & Film

    University of Windsor

  • 2022
    Full-Stack Development

    Colt Steele's Bootcamp

  • 2017-2020
    Pre-Engineering (High School)

    Forman Christian College

My skills

I am language-agnostic, however, I have worked with several technologies and frameworks during my open source projects, freelancing and at my job. These include Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, and more.

Databases
  • Relational Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite
  • Document Databses: MongoDB
DevOps
  • Cloud Providers: GCP
  • Container Orchestration: Docker Swarm, Kubernetes
  • Observability: Prometheus, Grafana
  • Automation: Ansible
  • Version Control & CI/CD: Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions
Frameworks/Libraries
  • Libraries: React, Vue.js, Svelte
  • Frameworks: Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit
  • Server: Node.js, Express, Flask, Sanic
  • Markup: HTML, CSS, SASS, SCSS, Tailwind, Shadcn
Design
  • Adobe Suite (PS/Ae/Pr/XD)
  • UI/UX: Figma
AI/ML
  • Frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow
  • Model Hub: Hugging Face
  • LLM Orchestration: LangChain
  • APIs: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini

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