Software Engineering Manager

• Sep 2023 - Present

Senior Software Engineer

• Dec 2021 - Oct 2023

Creating new and improving our existing Django APIs. Migrating existing infrastructure to code with Terraform for multi-region deployment. Performing code reviews for engineers in the development team. Writing documentations for both existing and new software systems. Handling our system's CI/CD deployments. Creating new and improving existing deployment scripts. Implementing Single Sign On (SSO) across all systems. Tools used: AWS ECS, Appsync, Python, Django, Bash, Terraform HCL, Apache VTL, Docker, Redis Show less

Backend & Infrastructure Lead

• Mar 2021 - Nov 2021

Software Engineer - SRE

• May 2020 - Mar 2021

• Creating and managing build scripts to refine our active deployment process.• Managing our deployment and CI/CD pipeline with Gitlab-CI.• Adding new GraphQL and REST API to our Django Backend.• Building new internal services with Golang and gRPC.• Implementing AWS Lambda functions for cronjob purposes.• Collaborating with my product manager and other developers to provide proper solutions to issues users face on the platform.• Tools used: AWS Lambda, Python (Django, FastAPI), Javascript, Golang, Docker, React-Native, Celery, ECS, Cloudfront, Node.js, React, Redis, Prometheus Show less

Software Engineer

• May 2017 - Sep 2020

• Managed our backend continuous integration and deployment with Travis-CI. • Code review for team members, ensuring best practices and conformance to set standards. • Unblocking team members from their task by analyzing the root cause of the issue. • Mentor team members. • Responsible for designing the structural parts of the software system. • Assign tasks to team members and monitor their strengths and weaknesses. Tools used: Node.js/Express, React.js, GraphQL, Python, Django Show less

Software Engineer

• Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

• I was part of the backend team in charge of creating robust and scalable software for our backend in Python. • Collaborated with Frontend engineers and data scientists in shipping new features for the product. • Creating REST API services and system architecture for the backend. • Creating ETL pipelines for third-party data sources. • Performing code review for team members. • Working with UI/UX designer and frontend team to understand end-user requirements. Tools used: Python (Flask), AWS, Celery, Redis, ES6, AWS SQS, Docker, Node, Javascript Show less

Software Engineer

• Jul 2018 - Dec 2019

• Worked on the frontend aspect of the platform which is written in React-Native. • Built GraphQL queries and mutations that sit on our Django backend. • Collaborates with my product managers and other developers to provide proper solutions to issues users face on the platform. • Manages our backend's continuous integration and deployment. • Integrated third-party APIs and services to our platform. • I built and maintained our current backend infrastructure which is written in Python (Django) and GraphQL. Tools used: Python, Django, GraphQL, React-Native, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Celery, Gitlab-CI Show less

Junior Software Engineer

• Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

• Worked as a backend developer for CodeForAfrica which is based in Kenya. I was involved in the popular Google Course-builder platform which served more than 10,000 customers across Africa. I was in charge of creating standalone python modules for the platform and fixing bugs. • Maintained the backend infrastructure code. Tools used: Python, JQuery, Google AppEngine • Worked as a backend developer for CodeForAfrica which is based in Kenya. I was involved in the popular Google Course-builder platform which served more than 10,000 customers across Africa. I was in charge of creating standalone python modules for the platform and fixing bugs. • Maintained the backend infrastructure code. Tools used: Python, JQuery, Google AppEngine

Graduate Engineer

• Mar 2014 - Mar 2015

Site visitation of ongoing projects and report writing. Interpretation of engineering drawing for future projects. Producing and interpreting the Bill of Engineering materials for projects. Writing proposals for investors. Performing Heating and Air conditioning load calculation for buildings. Site visitation of ongoing projects and report writing. Interpretation of engineering drawing for future projects. Producing and interpreting the Bill of Engineering materials for projects. Writing proposals for investors. Performing Heating and Air conditioning load calculation for buildings.

Msc Student

• Jan 2013 - Jan 2014