About Me

The VWA

I'm Vincent Walker, a Self-taught software engineer with 5+ years of experience building and scaling products in fast-paced startup environments. Proven track record of delivering clean, efficient, and maintainable code—primarily with Ruby on Rails—while contributing across the full product lifecycle. Comfortable wearing multiple hats, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, and navigating ambiguity to deliver high-impact features. Brings strong business insight from a previous background in client management, sales, and performance strategy, adding unique value beyond engineering.

Experience with: HTML, CSS, BOOTSTRAP, JAVA SCRIPT, RUBY ON RAILS, POSTGRES, AWS (Dynamo DB, S3), SQL, Git Hub, Heroku, TDD, Hotwire, TurboFrames, TurboStreams using Stimulus.js

Mercantiworld

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In 2025 I launched Mercantiworld, a unique sass e-commerce platform for small and medium retailers.



Mercantiworld puts your business out there.. I have used a wine shop as an example here. This is a fully functional platform where your product can be purchased with use of a Credit / Debit card payment platform together with refund facilities, And the business owner will receive the order details to dispatch the order.


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