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Software Engineer, Bonn · YohannPokam
Software Engineer
I design and build software: web and mobile applications, APIs and backend services, from the first idea to production.
- Experience
- 5 years
- Based in
- Bonn, Germany
- Status
- Open to opportunities
My everyday stack
- TypeScript
- React
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- NestJS
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Expo
- Supabase
- Astro
- SQL
- CSS
- API
- Laravel
- GitHub
- JavaScript
- HTML
- Figma
- Photoshop
- UI/UX
- Vercel
- Cloudflare
About
I’m Yohann, a software engineer. For five years I’ve been designing and building web, mobile and backend applications, from the interface down to the database.
A computer engineering graduate, I work mostly in TypeScript with React, Next.js, NestJS and Node.js. For data I use PostgreSQL and Supabase; for mobile, Expo; for interfaces, Tailwind CSS.
I ship complete products, from the data model to the screen, with care for quality, performance and security.
Bonn, GermanyBased in
4 applications builtProjects5 yearsof experience
Web
Fast, accessible interfaces with React, Next.js, Astro and Tailwind CSS.
Mobile
Cross-platform mobile apps with Expo, backed by solid APIs.
Backend and API
APIs with Node.js, NestJS and Laravel, data with PostgreSQL and Supabase.
Security
I build secure software: authentication, input validation, secrets management. My goal: train in cybersecurity to go further.
Projects
A selection of products built end to end.
Minguili
Mobile app · Gifts and delivery
Mobile app, API and back office for a platform that delivers gifts and services in Cameroon: flower and money bouquets, surprise baskets, home beauty care and express delivery.
- My role
- Software Engineer: the Expo / React Native mobile app, the NestJS API and the React back office.
- Result
- Published on Google Play.
LBC Championships
Web application · Sports management
Application to run the championships of the Ligue de Basketball du Centre: generated fixtures, entered scores, FIBA standings calculated automatically, and a public site to read them.
- My role
- Project for the Ligue de Basketball du Centre: design and development, end to end.
- Result
- Application ready for the 2026-2027 season, 94 automated tests.
La Force du Poulet
Ordering platform · Fast food
Unofficial proposal for an ordering platform for a Cameroonian chicken chain: the real menu, restaurant choice on a map, the order sent over WhatsApp and a restaurant back office to handle it.
- My role
- Personal project: concept, design and development of the customer site, the restaurant back office, the specification and the presentation video.
- Result
- Live prototype, unofficial proposal.
SkillMatch AI
Web platform · Career guidance
Web platform for career guidance assisted by AI: a test analysed by AI suggests careers and training, with a forum, chat with advisers and an admin area.
- My role
- Bachelor’s thesis project, built in a team of three: design and development of the web platform.
- Result
- Deployed application, 95% of the specification delivered.
How we work
From the first conversation to delivery, five clear steps.
- 1
Understand
We frame the need, the users and the constraints with the client.
- 2
Design
Specification, UI/UX mockups and technical architecture.
- 3
Build
Short iterations with regular demos.
- 4
Test and secure
Automated tests, security review and performance checks.
- 5
Ship and support
Release to production, documentation and maintenance.
Experience
Five years shipping web, mobile and backend products.
Apr – Jun 2025
Software Engineer
Minguili
Expo / React Native mobile app, NestJS API and React back office for a platform delivering gifts and services in Cameroon, published on Google Play.
April – June 2023
Junior mobile developer (academic internship)
TW Micronics · Yaoundé
Two-month academic internship as a junior mobile developer, at the end of the second year at the IUT Fotso Victor in Bandjoun, with a technology and AI company founded in 1993.
2023 – 2024
Bachelor of Technology, computer engineering · Network and Internet developer-designer option
Education · IUT Fotso Victor de Bandjoun · Bandjoun
University of Dschang. Final-year project: SkillMatch AI, a career guidance platform assisted by AI.
Blog
What I build, what I learn, what I test.
All postsSecurity: what I am learning
Where I stand on application security: what I already apply in my projects, what I want to learn next and how I go about it.
Let’s work together
I am open to remote roles. Write to me, or pick a time for a call and I will confirm by email.
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