Allan Andrew Situma

As a Web Analytics Engineer at Kinship, played a pivotal role in enhancing data infrastructure and driving business value through insightful analysis. Implemented and maintained web analytics solutions across multiple platforms, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and providing actionable insights to drive product improvements.

• Implemented and maintained web analytics solutions for various platforms, including a React Native mobile app, an Angular Dart web app, and a React website app
• Leveraged Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to track user behavior and key metrics across all platforms, ensuring comprehensive data collection and analysis
• Collaborated closely with product managers to specify events from the UI, ensuring accurate tracking of user interactions and behaviors to inform product decisions
• Implemented event tracking and data layer enhancements to capture relevant data points for analysis, driving actionable insights for product optimizations
• Worked alongside the data analytics team to write SQL queries on BigQuery for advanced analysis and reporting, contributing to data-driven decision-making processes
• Led initiatives to implement advanced tracking solutions such as cross-domain tracking and enhanced eCommerce tracking, providing comprehensive insights into user behavior and driving business growth
• Developed custom JavaScript solutions to address specific tracking requirements and improve data accuracy, optimizing our tracking implementations
• Collaborated with the engineering team to implement data layer standards and ensure consistency in tracking implementations across platforms

As a software and data engineer, helped migrate Indeed's indexes, named data marts, from on-premises Hadoop to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Migrated 130 data mart critical indexes to AWS as part of the first phase of the project
• Achieved 50% Leila Indeed DSL index builders, 25% Python-based index builders, and 25% Scala-based index builders
• Developed automation for migrating Pig Latin index builders
• Created a script to automate the templating of Terraform scripts
• Architected a script to automate the migration of on-premises Hive tables to AWS Glue
• Refactored Spark scripts written in Java to fit an AWS migration
• Collaborated with stakeholders and owners to complete migrations

Developed and maintained web applications using React.js and its ecosystem, including state management libraries like Redux or MobX and routing libraries like React Router. Contributed to front-end development by implementing user interfaces and UI interactions based on design specifications and wireframes. Wrote clean, efficient, and reusable code using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

• Developed components by creating and maintaining reusable React components used across different parts of the application
• Managed an app's components, handled events, and ensured code modularity
• Carried out state management by overseeing the application state using state management libraries like Redux and MobX
• Understood and implemented actions, reducers, and stores to manage complex application states effectively
• Wrote unit tests and performed debugging to ensure the stability, reliability, and performance of the application
• Identified and resolved performance bottlenecks in the application by optimizing rendering, reducing unnecessary re-renders, and improving data fetching and caching strategies
• Worked closely with designers, product managers, and other developers to gather requirements, provide technical insights, and ensure the successful delivery of high-quality software products
• Participated in code reviews to ensure code quality, readability, and adherence to best practices
• Documented code and maintained technical documentation for future reference
• Kept up with the latest trends, techniques, and best practices in React and web development
• Proactively sought opportunities to enhance skills and knowledge through self-learning and professional development
• Collaborated effectively within a team, communicating ideas, challenges, and progress to team members, and actively participating in team meetings and discussions
• Developed APIs with Scala