James Delali Torkornoo

Full-stack developer and technical team lead

jtorkornoo@gmail.com · mrtorks.github.io · linkedin.com/in/mrtorks · github.com/mrtorks

Summary

Software engineer with more than seven years of experience in backend system design, relational databases and delivery infrastructure. I turn business processes and financial workflows into reliable software, lead cross-functional teams, and handle client escalations.

Experience

Technical Team Lead, Nordech Inc.

2024 to present

  • Replaced a fractured, hand-run release process with an automated CI/CD pipeline built on Terraform and Ansible, removing the deployment bottleneck and improving uptime.
  • Resolved urgent platform incidents for core enterprise clients on AWS, keeping stakeholders informed throughout to protect their trust.
  • Set up structured code reviews and mentored junior developers, cutting escalations to senior engineers by 30%.

Backend and Systems Developer, Nordech Inc.

2022 to 2024

  • Migrated a platform from an obsolete framework to Laravel and MySQL with 100% data integrity, making transaction processing far more stable.
  • Worked with product stakeholders to turn operational goals into a specification, then built a third-party API integration that made workflow routing 25% more accurate.
  • Diagnosed and refactored multi-threaded Ruby on Rails scripts, restoring performance to high-volume PostgreSQL workflows.

Skills

Languages and frameworks
PHP (Laravel), Python, Go, Ruby on Rails, SQL, JavaScript, HTML
Data
MySQL, PostgreSQL, schema design, large migrations, query tuning
DevOps and cloud
AWS (EC2, RDS, VPC), Docker, Git, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD
Ways of working
Requirements to specs, stakeholder communication, Agile and Scrum (Atlassian), SOP documentation

Education

Applied Science Diploma, St. Lawrence College, Kingston, ON, 2021. Dean's List with Honours.