Hakeem Clarke Email & Phone Number

Kingston, Jamaica

• I work on the maintenance, production support, and enhancements of mission-critical software at various corporations including banking systems and a custom intranet. With my longest project, a lending system, I mainly.
• Designed and developed an efficient banking application leading to a… Show more I work on the maintenance, production support, and enhancements of mission-critical software at various corporations including banking.
• Designed and developed an efficient banking application leading to a 77% reduction in loan processing time at the largest bank in Jamaica.
• Executed the development of software solutions that drove a 62.6% surge in lending revenue over four years.
• Optimized the front-end performance of an internal banking system, achieving a 60% decrease in page load times, significantly increasing user satisfaction from 36% to 84% user approval in the process, according to NPS.
• Directed a successful refactoring effort of a React TypeScript application, reducing development time and elevating developer satisfaction by 54% in quarterly surveys.

Kingston, Jamaica

• I built a modern internal lending application to drive and enhance banking operations at NCB Jamaica. My primary role was to lead the initial front-end development and later onboard other teams as development expanded.
• Facilitated the launch of a new centralized application portal for all loan products, reducing friction and improving user experience and increasing loan applications by… Show more I built a modern internal lending.
• Facilitated the launch of a new centralized application portal for all loan products, reducing friction and improving user experience and increasing loan applications by 26%
• Modernized a credit analysis API and front end in a core banking application, eliminating the need to use multiple web applications to assess an applicant's credit score and reducing failed calls to the Jamaican credit.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams on the migration of a core banking system to a cloud-based Kubernetes infrastructure, reducing maintenance costs by 31% and enhancing system scalability and reliability leading.
• Spearheaded a refactoring effort that reduced production issues by 33% through software architecture improvements and technical debt resolution.

Kingston, Jamaica

• I started my career working with a cross-functional agile team that maintained a legacy banking application that formed the backbone of the largest bank in Jamaica. We supported loan and credit products across the bank.
• Introduced… Show more I started my career working with a cross-functional agile team that maintained a legacy banking application that formed the backbone of the largest bank in Jamaica. We supported loan and credit.
• Introduced automated underwriting functionality, decreasing the time needed to assess a loan application and approve or deny it.
• Led the front-end development of a modern React tech stack, improving code maintainability and paving the way for future enhancements.
• Researched, recommended, and successfully implemented a comprehensive unit testing framework for applications, resulting in a 25% reduction in bug introduction and increased software stability.
• Executed UI design and prototyping for an upgrade to one of the bank’s flagship internal products.