Dereck Lam Hon Wah

Software Engineer

Beau Bassin, Plaines Wilhems District, Mauritius

About

Experience

  • Software Engineer at Klanik
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • dodobird.ai (Mauritius · Hybrid)
    • Software Engineer
      May 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

      - Led the front-end development of a universal Autonomous AI Agent chatbot plugin for e‑commerce platforms like WordPress, Prestashop and Shopify. - Assisted in the backend development of a REST API using Python with Fast API for the Autonomous AI Agent chatbot plugin. - Serving as a consultant to enhance the accounting workflow process of our company’s clients. - Integrated a WAF (Web Application Firewall) using Cloudflare Turnstile and SSO (Single Sign-On) using AWS Cognito and OAuth. - Assisted in integrating observability on all company's projects using Open Telemetry. - Maintaining and implementing new features on the company's projects using different front‑end and back‑end technologies.

    • Junior Software Engineer
      Sep 2023 - Apr 2024 · 8 mos

      - Architect a solution by integrating a CASL, an isomorphic authorization Javascript library to manage tenant resource access. - Successfully led the migration from Node.js v14 to v18 and Vue.js 2 to Vue.js 3, enhancing the application’s performance and user experience. - Implemented a pre-commit hook for automated E2E testing using Cypress and Husky. - Optimized search queries on a PostgreSQL database using Full Text Search and Indexing. - Integrated an image upload feature using AWS S3 using pre-signed URLs for security. - Maintaining and implementing new features on the company's projects using different front‑end and back‑end technologies.

    • Software Engineer Intern
      May 2023 - Aug 2023 · 4 mos

      - Undertook training and understanding of the company tech stack and architecture. - Maintaining and implementing new features on the company's projects using different front‑end and back‑end technologies.

  • Student Learning Assistant at Middlesex University Mauritius
    Mar 2023 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

    - Acted as a ‘buddy’ to their new peers who freshly joined the university during induction and the first month of their study. - Acted as facilitator working closely with Academics. - Offered peer assistance through consultations. - Collaborated on projects under the Learning Enhancement unit.

  • Software Engineer Intern at OceanDBA
    Apr 2022 - Sep 2022 · 6 mos

    - Completed training sessions on Linux system administration and MariaDB database management. - Built a command‑line Python application which allows the internal operation team to execute secure bash commands on a proxy without direct access to the customers’ machines. - Built a GoLang application with a TUI and CLI interface to help the automation team in the client machine deployment process. It provides real‑time insights into deployed machines across client nodes and simplifies deployment using Terraform and the Proxmox provider, by significantly reducing overhead.

  • Back Office Executive at SPICE Finance
    Mar 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

    - Plan meetings for a staff meeting weekly and coordinate availability of conference rooms. - Gather information, scan records and maintain the confidentiality of all electronic data. - Answer and route phone calls and emails, always maintaining confidentiality. - Prepare contracts, lease agreements, and other related documents on a daily and timely basis. - Process customer/vendor payments and set up customer payment plans.