Hello! I'm Tobenna.

I'm currently a software engineer at the University of Pennsylvania Pereleman School of Medicine Brain Behavior Lab.

Experience

University of Pennsylvania Pereleman School of Medicine, Senior Software Engineer

August 2024 - Present

  • Creating web and iOS applications for the Penn Computerized Neurobehavioral Battery (CNB) at the Department of Neuropsychiatry to advance cognitive neuroscience research.
  • Implementing UIs and features of a variety of cognitive tests using Javascript and React and creating shell scripts to handle MySQL query requests, which include participant responses.

  JavaScript     React  

Audible, Software Engineer

October 2022 - August 2024

  • Built Audible’s Search results pages, customer service tool and Contact Us page through full-stack development, using React and Typescript on the frontend with a Java backend.
  • DevelopedJava-based GraphQL resolvers to manage audiobooks, memberships and credits, for millions of customers.

  Java     JavaScript     React  

Amazon Web Services, Software Engineer

August 2022 - October 2022

  • Developed and implemented high-performance caching solutions for ElastiCache and MemoryDB services.

  Python     C  

Amazon Web Services, Software Engineer Intern

June 2021 - September 2021

  • Created a Java tool for health-checking and monitoring EC2 hosts, automatically terminating unhealthy ones.

  Java       

NASA, L'SPACE Mission Concept Academy

January 2021 - March 2021

  • Practiced NASA mission procedures and protocols from industry professionals.

         

Facebook, Above & Beyond Computer Science (ABCS) Fellow

September 2020 - Present

  • Selected from a pool of applicants to participate in Facebook’s ABCS program.
  • Mastering data structures and algorithms with peers and learning from Facebook engineers.

         

Bresslergroup, Junior Electrical and Embedded Software Engineer

September 2019 - March 2020

  • Designed and developed real-time embedded systems for a variety of applications, including motor control, audio, and wireless applications using Bluetooth and WiFi protocols (CONFIDENTIAL).
  • Utilized Test-Driven Development (TDD) techniques to write code in Python during data sorting.
  • Wrote firmware for a medical device prototype in C and tested interaction with the target hardware.
  • Increased company's knowledge base on cellular IoT by incorporating research findings on a dev-board.
  • Worked on various cross-functional teams.

  Python     C  

Drexel University, ECE Ambassador

April 2019 - August 2019

  • Discussed with 150 prospective engineering students and their families about the ECE department, including details about coursework, co-ops (internships), and insights on the average day of a student at the school.

         

University of Pennsylvania, IT Support Intern

September 2018 - March 2019

  • Troubleshooted network, printing, and email issues for over 100 devices.
  • Created document including common end-user issues and solutions to guide future interns.

  PowerShell  

Projects

NASA Hackathon

A web application built during the NASA Space Apps COVID19 Challenge 2020. This web app shows trends in cases at a hotspot during the months of March-May.

  HTML     CSS     Python     Flask  

College API

A RESTful API built with the Flask Framework that lets users access basic information about colleges. Helpful for students putting a college list together to apply to.

  HTML     CSS     Python     JavaScript     Flask      Heroku  

Vidchat

Upcoming.

  TypeScript     JavaScript     React     Express     Google Cloud  

Skills

Languages

Python

C

Javascript

HTML/CSS

Bash Scripting

Sass

Tools

Flask

React

Git

Github

Node.js

Linux

MySQL

Contact

Feel free to reach out!