Precious Nyarko
About Precious Nyarko
Precious Nyarko is a Senior Software Engineer known for transitioning Nayya's monolithic Rails application to a decoupled architecture and co-founding Paysail, a payroll startup in Ghana and Nigeria.
Work at Nayya
Precious Nyarko serves as a Senior Software Engineer at Nayya, where she has been employed since 2022. In this role, she has played a significant part in transitioning the company's monolithic Rails application to a decoupled architecture. This transition has improved user experience and performance through the implementation of a standalone JavaScript frontend and an API-only backend. Additionally, she led the development of a custom component library using React, Styled Components, Jest, and React Testing Library, which streamlined development processes and ensured a consistent user experience. Precious also integrated the accessibility testing tool, axe, into the frontend development workflow, achieving a 62% improvement in the website's accessibility score.
Previous Experience in Software Engineering
Before joining Nayya, Precious Nyarko worked at Chipper Cash as a Senior Software Engineer from 2019 to 2021. During her tenure, she contributed to various software development projects. Prior to that, she held the position of Senior Frontend Developer at OMG Digital, Inc. from 2016 to 2018. In this role, she focused on frontend development and was involved in creating user interfaces that enhanced the overall user experience.
Co-Founding Paysail
Precious Nyarko co-founded Paysail, a payroll startup that provides payroll and tax solutions tailored for small businesses in Ghana and Nigeria. Her involvement in this venture spanned from 2014 to 2015, where she contributed to the development of services aimed at simplifying payroll processes for small enterprises in the region.
Education and Expertise
Precious Nyarko studied at Zenith University, where she pursued a degree in Accounting from 2007 to 2010. She achieved the ACCA qualification during her studies, which reflects her foundational knowledge in accounting principles. This educational background complements her technical skills in software engineering, particularly in frontend development and architecture.