I am a skilled Full-Stack Product Engineer with over 7 years of experience building and shipping web applications. I specialize in React on the frontend and Node.js on the backend, delivering robust, scalable, and well-tested code. I enjoy collaborating with product, design, and QA teams to drive impactful outcomes for B2B SaaS and direct-to-consumer products. I thrive in both remote and on-site teams, focusing on maintainable architectures, performance, and accessibility, and I continually seek opportunities to mentor teammates and raise engineering standards.

Kanyinsola Olugbake

I am a skilled Full-Stack Product Engineer with over 7 years of experience building and shipping web applications. I specialize in React on the frontend and Node.js on the backend, delivering robust, scalable, and well-tested code. I enjoy collaborating with product, design, and QA teams to drive impactful outcomes for B2B SaaS and direct-to-consumer products. I thrive in both remote and on-site teams, focusing on maintainable architectures, performance, and accessibility, and I continually seek opportunities to mentor teammates and raise engineering standards.

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I am a skilled Full-Stack Product Engineer with over 7 years of experience building and shipping web applications. I specialize in React on the frontend and Node.js on the backend, delivering robust, scalable, and well-tested code. I enjoy collaborating with product, design, and QA teams to drive impactful outcomes for B2B SaaS and direct-to-consumer products.

I thrive in both remote and on-site teams, focusing on maintainable architectures, performance, and accessibility, and I continually seek opportunities to mentor teammates and raise engineering standards.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Product Engineer at John Lewis Partnership
November 1, 2024 - Present
Led frontend development for the Waitrose e-commerce platform, delivering customer-facing experiences for over 8 million monthly visits. Drove the evolution of the Waitrose Design System, enabling 4+ product teams with reusable components and reducing duplicate development by ~35%. Migrated to modern React/Next.js SSR and React Context, cutting bundle size by ~25% and deployment time by ~30%, increasing release frequency. Implemented strategic checkout enhancements contributing to £3.4M annual revenue uplift and improved checkout completion by 8%. Collaborated with Product, UX, Accessibility, and Engineering stakeholders to define roadmaps; championed frontend performance, accessibility, and data-driven experimentation; mentored engineers; acted as technical lead on cross-functional initiatives.
Senior Frontend Developer at Nurtur Tech
January 1, 2021 - November 1, 2024
Led design and implementation of scalable frontend architecture using React, TypeScript, Redux and Material UI; reduced onboarding time for new engineers by 40%. Modernised legacy systems via large-scale refactors, improving performance by 35% and reducing technical debt. Built Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines reducing release times from 2 hours to under 40 minutes. Established automated testing (Jest, React Testing Library) raising code coverage from 65% to 85% and cutting production defects by 30%. Mentored two junior developers, influenced engineering standards, and collaborated with product leadership to align solutions with business goals. Developed backend services with NestJS and Node.js processing 50k+ lead interactions monthly and built real-time lead management with WebSockets, cutting agent response times by 60%. Implemented multi-tenant RBAC dashboards improving ops efficiency by 25%.
Full-Stack Developer at UP Hotel Agency
September 1, 2018 - December 1, 2020
Maintained and extended UP Internal Booking Engine, a multi-tenant SaaS for hotels built with Angular, Node.js, TypeScript and PostgreSQL. Integrated multiple Property Management Systems into a single RESTful API for direct reservations and booking management. Integrated multiple payment providers with provider-specific request transformations. Refactored code for reusability and maintainability. Implemented CI/CD using Docker, GitLab and AWS. Used test-driven development for unit tests and behavior-driven testing for integration tests.
Frontend Developer at Adelytics
June 1, 2018 - August 1, 2018
Contributed to frontend development for analytics-focused projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver features on time and to specification.
Full-Stack Developer at thepicturecellar.com
January 1, 2018 - April 1, 2018
Developed full-stack features for an online platform using Angular 6+, Node.js, TypeScript and PostgreSQL; integrated payments and refined API design to support direct reservations and bookings.
ICT Developer at Ministry of Science and Technology (ICT Directorate), Nigeria
January 1, 2016 - October 1, 2016
Supported ICT Directorate projects, contributing to government digital initiatives and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver software solutions.
ICT Directorate at Ministry of Science and Technology (ICT Directorate), Nigeria
January 1, 2016 - October 31, 2016
Supported ICT initiatives and tools development, contributed to internal software projects, and assisted in deployment and maintenance of government applications.

Education

B.Sc. at Babcock University, Nigeria
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2015
B.Sc. in Computer Science at Babcock University
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2015
B.Sc. in Computer Science at Babcock University, Nigeria
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Retail, Professional Services, Travel & Hospitality, Other