Amara Okafor-Jensen
Lead Engineer
âThe Trailblazerâ
Full-Stack Innovator | Open Source Leader | 10 Years Building What's Next
ð Berlin, Germanyðž 10 years experienceðĒ Engineering
ðĪ About
Bleeding-edge technologist always exploring new frameworks and paradigms.
Born in Copenhagen to a Nigerian father and Danish mother, Amara grew up code-switching between cultures â which taught her to see every problem from multiple angles. She contributes to open source the way others volunteer: it's just what you do.
ðŠ Key Strengths
New tech adoptionPoC developmentInnovation
ðž Work History
Figma
Lead Engineer
2020â2024
- Built collaborative editing engine v2
- Shipped 3 features that became industry standards
Spotify
Senior Engineer
2016â2020
- Created recommendation microservice handling 100M+ daily requests
SoundCloud
Engineer
2014â2016
- Open source contributor with 15K+ GitHub stars
ð Industry Certifications
Google
â Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
CNCF
â Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Other
â Docker Certified Associateâ TensorFlow Developer Certificate
Amazon Web Services
â AWS Certified Solutions Architect â Associate
ð Education
M.Sc. Informatics
Technical University of Munich
2014
ð ïļ Skills
RustTypeScriptWebAssemblyReal-time SystemsOpen SourceInnovation SprintsPrototypingWebRTC