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Dakota P. - Fullstack Developer, React Native, nextjs

My journey at Softaims has been defined by curiosity, growth, and collaboration. I’ve always believed that good software is not just built—it’s carefully shaped through understanding, exploration, and iteration. Every project I’ve worked on has taught me something new about how to balance simplicity with depth, and efficiency with creativity. At its core, my work revolves around helping businesses and people achieve more through thoughtful technology. I’ve learned that the most successful projects come from teams that communicate openly and stay adaptable. At Softaims, I’ve had the opportunity to work alongside professionals who challenge assumptions, share knowledge generously, and inspire continuous improvement. I take pride in focusing on the fundamentals—clarity in logic, consistency in design, and empathy in execution. Software is more than a set of features; it’s a reflection of how we think about problems and how we choose to solve them. By maintaining this perspective, I aim to build solutions that are not only effective today but also flexible enough to support the challenges of tomorrow. The culture at Softaims promotes learning as an ongoing process. Every new project feels like a step forward, both personally and professionally. I see each challenge as a chance to refine my skills and contribute to the shared vision of building technology that genuinely improves lives.

Main technologies

  • Fullstack Developer

    10 years

  • Amazon Web Services

    4 Years

  • node.js

    5 Years

  • ExpressJS

    6 Years

Additional skills

  • Amazon Web Services
  • node.js
  • ExpressJS
  • React
  • Redis
  • iOS
  • Google Cloud
  • Django
  • Kotlin
  • PostgreSQL
  • Python
  • Unity
  • React Native
  • nextjs

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Experience Highlights

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Genji AI

I was responsible for: Building the backend server Django from scratch Creating GPU powered AI/ML infrastructure Creating a massive data processing pipeline Setting up RAG with OpenAI’s assistant Efficiently using Lamma, TF-IDF, and other techniques to find topic mentions within user comments Efficiently using ChatGPT to summarize topics Creating an admin panel to help the team Scraping Discord for user’s comments

Kidjo

Development of the iOS, Android, and web app Development of the backend and video processing pipeline Video processing pipeline supported HLS, DASH, h.265, and more Worked to consolidate code into Kotlin MPP to help maintaining similar code bases across platforms Created build scripts to easily deploy to numerous Android app stores

Precious

Building and maintaining the iOS app with over 100k active subscriptions Lead on many iOS app features such as the Universal Image Editor Led the effort to simplify, reduce bugs, and improve the app’s code base Building and maintaining the Django web server Led the effort to speed up authoring of artwork, using Node.js Conducting user interviews and prototyping new features

Stylemuse

Lead backend developer Lead effort to develop web scrapers Django, Postgres, Redis, Docker Coordinated with frontend team to create easy to use and robust APIs Conducted user interviews to guide feature releases Implemented Elastic Search for high performance search functionality

Education

  • CCNA

    in

  • Humboldt State University

    Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Philosophy

    2007-01-01-2012-12-01

Languages

  • English
  • Japanese

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