Sarah Solarin

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Education

Babcock University

BSc. Computer Science, 2020-2024

Best Graduating Student     

  • Overall highest CGPA - School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Babcock University

  • Dean's Prizes - Highest CGPA Department of Computer Science and overall School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, New Horizon International IT Certification Excellence Awards

  • External Prizes - Folajimi Daisy Excellence Awards, Labolu Prize, Engineering Best Student Award, Micheal Adetutu Foundation Academic Excellence Award

Google Scholarship Recipient

  • Awarded the Generation Google Scholarship award: for women in Computer Science due to academic merit.

BUCC Software Development Team Member

  • Member of the Babcock University Computer Club's Software Development team as a Backend Developer.

  • Tutored students in C++, Java, C and related coursework.

Software Hackathon Award

  • Awarded Third Place in Babcock University's Software Exhibition held throughout all levels of the Department of Computer Science.

Relevant Experience

Goldman Sachs

Software Engineer (Internship)

June 2024 - Aug 2024

  • Worked with the Equity Derivatives Automation to design, implement, and maintain high throughput systems used for pricing and trading.

  • Developed software that sped up the equity derivatives trading process for the firm.

  • Delivered a successful project presentation to the Managing Director and the broader Global Banking and Markets division, highlighting technical and business contributions.

  • Collaborated with global teams on SDLC and actively engaged in firm-wide events.

Moni Africa

Back-end Developer (Internship -> Employee Contract )    

June 2022 - Oct 2023

  • Entrusted with the responsibility of managing the gRPC API gateway that oversees all product services, as well as integrating the Remita payment system and facilitating e-card services.

  • Built a CRUD P2P Wallet REST API system with Paystack integration using the MVC design pattern. Made use of Node.js, Express, Sequelize and other powerful tools.

  • Designed email templates using Sendgrid/VS Code and solved multiple bugs in company’s API through Peer Coding sessions.

  • Learnt how to work with the Scrum development process, present ideas and work across teams.

Communities and Leadership

Programming Tutor (Young Developers Training Bootcamp)

  • Taught Java, Python, C/C++ to fellow students through online classes during first year on campus and later advanced to physical classes, making sessions open to other languages and departments; tutored over 200 people.

Communities & Leadership

  • Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador, FemmeTech (BUCC’s WIT Community), Babcock University Tech Community Admin Member, Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC), Reserve Care Volunteer (Ogun State Area, Nigeria).

Open Source Contribution - Data Structures and Algorithms                     

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