Kenn Lipa

Software Engineer

I'm a full stack web developer who is passionate in developing new solutions using the latest technology. Learning new things always fascinates me and I always try to implement what I learn in my new projects.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

DNV - Las Vegas, NV
  • Developed and integrated new features to enhance application functionality and user experience.
  • Improved application performance by refactoring React.js and Node.js code, which minimized rerenders, eliminated thread blocking, and reduced API response time by 67%
  • Refined and streamlined onboarding documentation by updating README files, improving clarity, and reducing setup time for new developers.
  • Standardized coding configurations across the repository to ensure consistency, improve maintainability, and align with best practices.
  • Optimized testing environments by refining configurations, reducing setup complexity, and streamlining debugging for developers.
April 2025 - Present

Senior Software Engineer(Contractor)

Promethean World - Atlanta, Georgia
  • Led and designed a system for data regionalization
  • Tackled multiple projects and implement new features on an existing system in ReactJS and GraphQL, NodeJS, Express
  • Optimized APIs efficiency by 50% by refactoring and optimizing queries
April 2024 - December 2024

Contractor/Consultant

LIV Hydrates - Las Vegas, NV
  • Led and designed a landing page with SEO in mind with Google Analytics, Google Captcha and AWS
  • Led and designed a landing page with SEO in mind with Google Analytics, Google Captcha and AWS Developed a dashboard to display analytics using AWS S3, DynamoDB, NodeJS
January 2024 - April 2024

Senior Software Developer

Veritone - Irvine, CA
  • Led and developed new features on GraphQL and ReactJs
  • Migrated old projects to new ReactJs and Typescript
  • Mentored and guided junior developers and improved efficiency on onboarding new developers
  • Successfully implemented CI/CD using Github actions and workflows
  • Optimized code and increased unit test and integration test using Storybook and Cypress
August 2021 - January 2024

Senior Software Developer

Calamp - Irvine, CA
  • Develop Restful API’s using Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Serverless Framework, and AWS(Api Gateway, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS)
  • Led projects to migrated API Gateway to ALB to reduce cost, designed and created a Task Queue Processor
  • Mentored and guided junior developers and interns
  • Developed and integrated Stripe Payment and Subscription
  • Optimized code and increased unit test from 0 to 90% code coverage
  • Integrated CI/CD onto new and existing projects
  • Implemented unit and integration test onto CI/CD
Dec 2017 - August 2021

Software Developer

Panasonic Avionics - Lake Forest, CA
  • Enhanced system performance and fix bugs on existing systems.
  • Rewrote the single page application created in PHP to Node.js with the Express Framework
  • Program in Javascript, CSS, HTML, PHP, C++, Visual Basic
May 2015 - Dec 2017

Systems Engineer/Developer

NextAce - Orange, CA
  • Develop a webapp that tracks developers tickets and progress based on their commits.
  • Create stored procedure and queries for creating reports.
  • Program in Coldfusion, Javascript, CSS, HTML, Jquery, and TSQL
Aug 2013 - April 2015

Research Intern

Siemens Research Corporation - Princeton, NJ
  • Develop an app that finds the difference between two documents
  • Create new functions and modules on Tracelab software in Java and C#.
June 2012 - May 2013

Education

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science - Summa Cum Laude
Computer Engineering w/ Applied Math Minor

GPA: 3.92

August 2009 - May 2013

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
  • Mobile-First, Responsive Design
  • Cross Browser Testing & Debugging
  • Git Flow
  • Agile Development & Scrum
  • FrontEnd
     - React, CSS, Javascript, Redux, HTML, Typescript
  • BackEnd
     - NodeJS, AWS, Java, MySQL, Postgres, PHP, MongoDB, DynamoDB, GraphQL, REST APIs
  • Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment
     - Github Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, Terraform, Serverless Framework, Docker
  • AWS
     - S3, API Gateway, Lambda, Cloudwatch, CloudFront, DynamoDB, Route 53, EC2, SNS, SQS, SSM, etc
  • AI Prompt Engineer
     - Github Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini

Projects

World Meet Name

World Meet Name offers digital business cards with easy QR code sharing. Connect seamlessly with professionals and entrepreneurs.

Personal Timeline

A Hybrid App created to help you create your own timeline. Tech - NodeJS, React, Redux, Serverless, AWS Lambda


Workout Timer

Hybrid App created for working out. Tech - NodeJS, React, Redux


Parklers

Hybrid App created for National Park travelers who likes to document their journey. Tech - NodeJS, React, Redux, Serverless, AWS Lambda

Note: App will be available in the app store soon.

TutzJeansUSA

Created an e-commerce website, building the shopping cart and checkout using Express, MongoDb, and Paypal.

HugMyBooks

Created a web app where students can trade and sell their books. It went over three reiteration. First it was in full PHP. Then transition it to NodeJS using AWS EC2 instance. Finally it was converted into Serverless using Lambda and S3

No Snooze Alarm

Created a unique alarm clock where a user can use either of the three actions to turn off the alarm: GPS based location, Shaking the phone, Answering Math Problems. App is created using Cordova, React, and Onsen UI

Awards & Certifications

  • Dean's List Recognition - Fall 2009 - Spring 2013
  • NJIT Rust, George Scholarship - Recipiet - Spring 2011 - Fall 2013
  • NJIT Honors Scholarship - Recipient - Spring 2011 - Fall 2013
  • NJIT Kastner, Paul & Elizabeth Scholarship - Recipient - Spring 2010 - Fall 2013