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Tony Blondeau NYA

Backend Software Engineer

Douala, Cameroon

Backend Software Engineer with 4+ years of experience building scalable web applications, REST APIs, and microservices in e-commerce, fintech, Saas, and research. Skilled in API design, automated testing, backend architecture, system design, problem solving, frontend integration, and DevOps workflows. Worked internationally across Canada and Africa, delivering client-specific software solutions.

Notable Projects

Paylite - Fintech Dashboard Platform

Developed an ACID-compliant transaction engine with PostgreSQL to ensure zero balance errors for 10k+ users Engineered a REST API with JWT-based RBAC, maintaining sub-100ms response times at scale Improved query performance by 40% through server-side pagination and strategic PostgreSQL indexing

React, TypeScript, Tailwind, Axios, Vercel, Flask, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, JWT/RBAC, Docker, Hugging Face

Flight Tracker - Comprehensive flight tracking application

Built RESTful Flask API handling flight data retrieval from Aviation Stack external API with 99.9% uptime Implemented 3D flight path visualization using Three.js coordinate math (lat/lon to 3D sphere mapping) Deployed full-stack with Vercel serverless, handling 100+ requests/day with CORS and error handling

React, Tailwind CSS, Leaflet, Three Fiber, Three.js, Flask, Requests

Echoo - Real-time chat application

Designed a RESTful API with Django REST Framework, handling 1K+ message requests/day with 99.9% uptime Implemented WebSocket communication via uWSGI and RabbitMQ, with a <50ms real-time message latency Optimized SQL queries using indexing and select_related(), improving database read performance by 40%

Django, RabbitMQ, uWSGI, WebSockets, PostgreSQL, Redis, JWT, Vue, Tailwind, TypeScript

Community Projects

Open-source projects built collaboratively with the developer community.

Leading

Job Application Tracker

Open

Job funnel tracker built to help job seekers organize, track, and optimize their job application process.

Frontend: React Tailwind & Shadcn HugeIcons

Highlights

Consistent Contributor

Active for 34 consecutive months — sustained, reliable delivery.

Highly Active

Averaging 116 contributions/month over the last quarter.

Multi-Project Contributor

Active contributor across 10+ repositories.

PR-Driven Workflow

Opened 50+ pull requests — follows professional review-based workflows.

Experienced Professional

7+ years of professional experience.

Community Leader

Leading 1 community project(s) — building and guiding teams.

GitHub Stats

200

Public Repos

8

Stars Received

53

Followers

10,827

Recent Commits

50

Recent Pull Requests

4

Recent Code Reviews

Developer Growth

Contributions Month

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Projects

tonybnya/open-source-practice

Likely a collection of practice projects/exercises for open-source contribution experience.

466 total commits (0% of commits) 0 total PRs
3126 3 2317
Since Oct 2022 Last active 2 years ago

tonybnya/first-contributions

Guides first-time contributors through the steps of making their initial open source contribution.

12,610 total commits (0% of commits) 0 total PRs
1 78850 79050
Since Nov 2023 Last active 2 years ago

tonybnya/hng_boilerplate_python_fastapi_web

A FastAPI boilerplate for a Python web application within the HNG internship.

2,083 total commits (0% of commits) 0 total PRs
982 981 980
HTML 1% Python 98.9% Dockerfile 0%
Since Aug 2024 Last active 1 year ago

tonybnya/alx-higher_level_programming

This repository likely contains Python projects and exercises completed for the ALX higher-level programming course.

659 total commits (100% of commits) 0 total PRs
HTML 3.5% Python 83.9% JavaScript 8.3%
131.8 commits/month Since Nov 2022 Last active 3 years ago

tonybnya/alx-system_engineering-devops

ALX system engineering and DevOps tasks and projects, showcasing skills and solutions.

454 total commits (99.8% of commits) 1 total PRs (100% of PRs)
1
Shell 61% Puppet 7.7% Python 27.1%
41.2 commits/month Since Aug 2022 Last active 2 years ago

tonybnya/Python-Scripts

Likely a collection of various Python scripts for different tasks or automation purposes.

423 total commits (0.2% of commits) 1 total PRs (100% of PRs)
1 96 75
CSS 25.3% Python 58.2% Jupyter Notebook 14.9%
0 commits/month Since Jul 2017 Last active 2 years ago

tonybnya/alx-low_level_programming

This repository likely contains C programming projects completed as part of the ALX low-level programming curriculum.

392 total commits (100% of commits) 0 total PRs
C 98.1% Python 1.1% Assembly 0.5%
56 commits/month Since Sep 2022 Last active 3 years ago

tonybnya/kickstart.nvim

kickstart.nvim likely provides a pre-configured Neovim setup for faster, easier development.

284 total commits (0% of commits) 0 total PRs
1249 1250 1068
Lua 100%
Since Jun 2022 Last active 11 months ago

tonybnya/what-happens-when

Explains the flow of events when you type a URL into a browser and press enter.

245 total commits (0% of commits) 0 total PRs
227 17 13
Since Nov 2013 Last active 4 years ago

tonybnya/SharedSolutions

Likely provides shared solutions or code snippets for common programming problems or tasks.

226 total commits (0% of commits) 0 total PRs
10 1 222
Since Sep 2023 Last active 2 years ago

Technologies

Languages

Python Intermediate JavaScript Intermediate TypeScript Intermediate C Beginner

Frameworks

FastAPI Intermediate Flask Intermediate Django Intermediate Streamlit Beginner Node.js Intermediate Express Intermediate React Intermediate Angular Beginner Vue Intermediate Tailwind Intermediate Bootstrap Beginner SCSS/SaSS Beginner

Tools

Opencode Beginner Kilo Beginner Antigravity Beginner LangChain Beginner

Databases

SQLite Intermediate PostgreSQL Intermediate MongoDB Intermediate Firebase Intermediate

Cloud

AWS Intermediate Render Intermediate Vercel Intermediate Hugging Face Beginner Linode Intermediate

DevOps

Docker Intermediate Git/GitHub Intermediate

Other

REST APIs Advanced

Education

Software Engineering - Back-End Specialization

ALX & Holberton School, Remote

Software Engineering

Present

Frontend Engineering - HTML/CSS/JS, React, Angular, Figma

Sayna Academy, Remote

Frontend Engineering

Present

Bachelor in Computer Science

Dschang University, On-site, Cameroon

Computer Science

Present

Spoken Languages

French Native
English Intermediate

Experience

Backend Software Engineer

Freelance

2023-01 – Present

Backend Software Engineer

GLOTECHT

Glossary application for a PhD linguistics researcher at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada) • Designed and deployed a Flask REST API serving bilingual terminology data with 99.9% uptime • Implemented a SQLite database, optimizing query performance for 500+ terms (Al, Blockchain, Big Data) • Built secure authentication system and an admin dashboard, achieving 80% thesis committee approval

2023-01 –

Backend Software Engineer

Abibi Meublés

Managing furnished apartments of a rental platform for a local client • Built RESTful API with 23 endpoints (auth, apartments, reservations, admin) using FastAPI + SQLAlchemy • Implemented JWT authentication with role-based access control and secure password hashing • Delivered +20% increase in bookings through optimized booking flow and real-time availability API

Open Source Web Developer

GitHub (All In Open Source)

• Resolved 10+ backend issues across community-driven repositories (APIs, data handling, auth), reducing bug backlog and improving service reliability • Submitted and reviewed 15+ PR/MR, enforcing clean architecture, test coverage, and maintainability standards adopted by project maintainers. • Collaborated with distributed teams to design and ship scalable backend prototypes during hackathons

2023-11 – 2024-02