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Project - Filmora
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Project - Subscription-tracker-api
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Gerard Eklu

Atlanta

Summary

Experienced Software Engineer with 5+ years of success in building scalable web applications and automating cloud infrastructure. At The Home Depot, contributed to customer-facing React UIs and backend-for-frontend services in Node.js while collaborating on CI/CD and GCP-based deployments. Proven ability to work across the full stack and implement DevOps best practices using tools like GitHub Actions, Terraform, Spinnaker, and GKE. Strong advocate of Agile collaboration and infrastructure automation

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer

The Home Depot
Atlanta
09.2019 - 03.2025
  • Developed and maintained multiple customer-facing UIs using React, Material UI, and Vite
  • Contributed to backend-for-frontend services using Node.js, supporting React applications with secure APIs
  • Deployed applications to GCP (GKE) using Spinnaker and Terraform, ensuring scalability and resilience
  • Implemented and maintained CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions and TeamCity
  • Managed secrets via Vault, scheduled tasks with Cloud Scheduler, and integrated Medallia for user feedback
  • Upgraded legacy Angular apps from v5/6 to v14 to improve maintainability and performance
  • Wrote technical documentation and deployment runbooks in Confluence, supported cross-functional teams

Software Engineer Apprentice

The Home Depot
Marietta
07.2018 - 09.2019
  • Supported development on enterprise-grade apps using React and Node.js
  • Participated in Agile ceremonies and contributed to sprint goals with scalable, unit-tested code
  • Refactored legacy codebases to modern standards; improved test coverage and reliability
  • Helped implement automated build, test, and deploy pipelines using CI/CD practices

Education

A.A.S. - Information Technology

Central Texas College
Killeen, TX
01.2016

Coursework in Health Administration

Georgia Perimeter College
Dunwoody, GA
01.2015

Skills

  • JavaScript
  • React JS
  • Node JS
  • Web Services and Restful APIS
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • GitHub Actions
  • Terraform
  • GCP
  • Spinnaker
  • Secure secrets management
  • MongoDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • Jira
  • TeamCity
  • Confluence
  • Vite
  • Material UI
  • Git Github
  • Medallia
  • CI/CD
  • OOP
  • Agile methodology expertise

Websites

Project - Filmora

Filmora, A movie discovery app built with React, Tailwind CSS, and AppWrite

Live: fimora.gerardeklu.com

Repos: https://github.com/gerardinhoo?tab=repositories

Languages

French
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Professional

Project - Subscription-tracker-api

Subscription Tracker is a Backend Project built with Node JS, Express and Mongo

Repos: https://github.com/gerardinhoo/subscription-tracker-api

Timeline

Software Engineer

The Home Depot
09.2019 - 03.2025

Software Engineer Apprentice

The Home Depot
07.2018 - 09.2019

A.A.S. - Information Technology

Central Texas College

Coursework in Health Administration

Georgia Perimeter College

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