Experience

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  Fingo Africa

  • Kenya
  • Financial Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Frontend Engineer

    • Jun 2023 - Present

    - Transitioned into a Senior Engineer role- Mentored less experienced Junior and Intern Engineers in our stack and app development in general- Built an in-house code-gen tool that improved developer productivity by ~20% and helped us deliver features faster- Provided more in-depth direction for our core frontend architecture

  • Junior Frontend Engineer

    • Jan 2022 - May 2023

    Flutter | React Native | Kotlin | Jetpack Compose- Worked with senior engineers on the Fingo react native mobile app- Helped transition from React Native to Flutter to improve developer experience and productivity- Worked on multiple core app features including authentication, an api client to communicate with our REST API, and also state management and the architecture around it.

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  TadHealth

  • Nairobi, Kenya

  • Frontend Developer

    • Nov 2021 - Apr 2023
    • Nairobi, Kenya

    Vue.js | Nuxt | Typescript- Built a mental health care and crisis intervention system for schools- Provided direction on frontend system architecture- Worked on multiple features end-to-end like Identity Access Management, appointment/session booking using an in-house calendar system, system personalization(branding) for businesses/organizations, and a custom Forms and Questionnaires module for mental health professionals and students.

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  eKRAAL Innovation Hub

  • Nairobi, Kenya

  • Front-end Developer | UI/UX Designer

    • Aug 2019 - Feb 2022
    • Nairobi, Kenya

    Vue.js | Tyepscript | UI Design | Rails | DockerWorking as a Front-end developer and UI/UX designer, I am tasked with designing and building the front-end of one of our main products and integrating it with an in-house back-end API. My role involves building UI mockups/prototypes using tools like Adobe XD, Invision and Photoshop and making these design come to life on the Front-end using Vue.js.

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  Zeroday Games

  • Nairobi, Kenya

  • Game Developer

    • Aug 2018 - Apr 2019
    • Nairobi, Kenya

    Built a real-time multiplayer card game called "Kadi!" using the LibGdx framework. My tasks involved designing the high-level architecture of the game's mechanics, including front-end and back-end systems, making simple artwork for the game and implementing these systems on the both the client and server-side applications using Java and JavaScript(Node.js and Express). I also included integration with Google Play billing systems for in-app purchases and Firebase for user engagement tracking and usage analytics.The game also featured an AI built using Monte-Carlo Tree Search that players could play against.

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  Asilimia

  • Nairobi, Kenya

  • Software Engineer

    • Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
    • Nairobi, Kenya

    Worked as a software engineer designing and building the Asilimia website while the company was still in its early stages. I also participated in the Datahack4FI competition as part of Team Asilimia and helped build the Android application that we submitted in the competition.

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  Legibra

  • Narobi

  • Software Engineer

    • Nov 2017 - Nov 2017
    • Narobi

    Operated in an internship capacity, learning to use WordPress and improve my web design skills and capabilities. I aided the software development team in addressing and fixing issues with an existing client's websites and also learned the benefits of applying the SCRUM methodology to software development.