Portrait of Francis Gyimah

Senior Engineer at Prezly · Kumasi, Ghana

Full-stack engineer who builds fast, polished things for the web.

Seven-plus years shipping with React, Node, and whatever the problem needs. I care about performance, clean interfaces, and systems that scale. I write about engineering and life.

Experience

7+ years

Prezly

Senior JavaScript Engineer

Apr 2022 – Present

Led the migration to React 19 and Next.js 15, built a Redis v5 caching layer, and improved Core Web Vitals across newsroom themes used by hundreds of PR teams globally.

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptRedis

Oozou

Full-Stack JavaScript Developer

May 2021 – Apr 2022

Built and scaled an e-commerce platform with React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Redis. Reduced checkout latency and lifted conversion rates.

ReactNode.jsPostgreSQL

Agiliti TechPartners

Senior React Developer

Dec 2020 – May 2021

Delivered a U.S. tax filing application and led the redevelopment of a hospital management system in React and TypeScript, cutting technical debt by over 40%.

ReactTypeScript

Sanapp Cooperation

Lead Engineer

Jan 2019 – Feb 2020

Built a real-time sanitation reporting platform on AWS with GraphQL, Node.js, and Vue. Zoomlion Ghana acquired it.

VueGraphQLAWS

Stack

Frontend

TypeScriptReactNext.jsVue.jsTailwind CSS

Backend

Node.jsNest.jsExpress.jsGraphQLGolang

Infrastructure

PostgreSQLMySQLRedisDockerAWSKubernetes

Quality

JestCypressSentryCI/CD
“The engineers who thrive will be the ones who can think clearly, direct tools well, and build systems that still make sense after the first draft is generated.”

From my writing on AI and engineering

Let's talk

Open to conversations about products, engineering, or new roles.

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