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Portrait of Gerard Eklu, Software Engineer

About Me

Software Engineer building reliable products and production systems.

I'm a Software Engineer with more than five years of professional experience at The Home Depot building, modernizing, testing, and supporting full-stack applications used in enterprise and store operations.

My primary application stack includes React, Node.js, TypeScript, and Python. AWS, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, and observability tooling support how I ship and operate reliable software.

Experience Highlights

5+
Years as a Software Engineer at The Home Depot
Full-stack
Applications built, modernized, and supported in production
AWS Certified
Solutions Architect – Associate
Atlanta, GA
Based in the United States

Certification

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

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Technical Toolkit

Application Development

ReactTypeScriptNode.jsExpressPythonFastAPI

Cloud and Infrastructure

AWSGoogle CloudTerraformDockerKubernetes

Delivery and Reliability

GitHub ActionsCI/CDCloudWatchPrometheusGrafanaObservability

Engineering Philosophy

I enjoy building software that is simple to maintain, easy to deploy, and reliable in production. My approach combines clean application code, automated delivery, practical observability, and infrastructure that supports the product without adding unnecessary complexity.