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Airpay Yako

Led development of a B2C microservice payment app for Tanzania, achieving sub-3s response times and optimizing with Redux.js.

Project Overview

Led a small team of 2 developers to build a microservice-based B2C payment application from scratch for the Tanzanian market, getting it up and running within weeks. Ensured consistent sub-3 second response times for geographically diverse users. Later, synchronized and optimized the platform with Airpay Wakala, further enhancing performance and achieving a ~20% reduction in variable passing via Redux.js.

Key Features & Contributions

  • Led small team to build B2C microservice app from scratch
  • Achieved sub-3 second response times for geographically diverse users
  • Introduced Redux.js for state optimization, ~20% reduction in variable passing
  • Improved response time by 30% through asynchronous data processing
  • Designed for rapid deployment and scalability

Technical Details

Application Type

B2C Payment App

Primary Database

MySQL / Redis

Deployment

AWS Lambda

Technologies Used

Node.jsMySQLJavaScriptAWS LambdaAWS APIGatewayAWS S3Amazon SQSRedisRedux.jsAWS CloudWatch

Project Highlights

Market

Tanzanian B2C

Architecture

Microservices

Variable Passing

-20% (Redux)

Response Time

<3s

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