Experience

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  Kenya national library service (knls),

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  It assistant
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  Global sites ltd

  May 2015 - May 2016

  Web developer

  Developing Web based application and providing support to clients

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  Actserv

  Jun 2016 - Mar 2019

  Software developer

  Developing in house softwares

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  Sendy

  Apr 2019 - Jul 2023

  Lead a group of team members with a wealth of expertise and experience in building a world-class Pan-African fulfillment infrastructure. Make product-wide technical decisions that directly impact product outcomes. Work with team members in a dynamic and collaborative environment to solve many technical challenges and deliver products that have a tangible business impact.- Manage 3 teams of 3-6 individual contributors, responsible for ensuring their success, aiding their career growth, and facilitating their technical work i.e an SRE team, a payments $ Finance team and a customer team- Design, implement, and operate end-to-end product experiences — lead the technical architecture, design & code reviews, and delivery of projects, interfacing with product management, design, and other dependencies. - Drive SAFe Agile adoption within the engineering team.- Collaborate with product managers to lay out and execute product roadmaps.- Collaborate with engineering peers to reuse code/stack components where applicable, and feasible.- Lead a team of engineers to build features which influence/drive key metrics, i.e., Gross Merchandise Value, take rate, and fulfillment rate.- Lead, mentor, support, and motivate technical team members/members of the engineering team.- Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship.- Manage a team of 3-6 individual contributors, responsible for ensuring their success, aiding their career growth, and facilitating their technical work.- Make coding contributions to the team’s projects as needed.- Handling and tracking performance of individual contributions including promotion, hiring and firing. Show less Worked closely with Developers, DevOps Engineers, System Engineers, Account Managers, and Product Managers to determine project requirements, estimates & timelines and oversee deployments and new releases. Managed project scope before, during, and post-delivery.- Identified and removed bottlenecks that impeded project progress.- Ensured projects stayed within budget and identified scope creep. - Reviewed code, solved issues, and developed workarounds & alternative solutions.- Ensured the regular delivery of projects and products in accordance with Agile methodologies.- Provided leadership, support, and motivation to technical team members.- Lead, mentor, support, and motivate technical team members/members of the engineering team. Show less Worked closely with product and design teams to improve the customer experience on web applications.- Designed and developed advanced web apps.- Implemented product features on the Sendy web apps.- Prototyped new features and redesigned features to improve the customer experience.- Ensured the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.- Helped with the backend API design and implementation.- Bug fixed and improved application performance.- Maintained code quality, organization, and automatization.- Built reusable code and libraries for future use.- Unit-tested code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability. Show less

  • Engineering Manager

    Oct 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Lead Engineer

    Oct 2019 - Dec 2022

  • Front end engineer

    Apr 2019 - Oct 2022
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  Boya

  Jun 2024 - now

  Senior software engineer

  Lead engineering teams to deliver high-quality software solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and project requirements.- Lead engineering teams to deliver high-quality software solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and project requirements.- Oversee and coordinate product sprints, ensuring timely and efficient delivery of features while managing priorities and dependencies.- Break down complex features into manageable tasks, enabling team members to execute effectively and achieve milestones.- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, and QA, to define, design, and ship new features.- Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by promoting and implementing best practices, coding standards, and technical guidelines.- Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to uphold code quality and ensure adherence to industry best practices.- Mentor and support junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and positive work environment to drive career growth and team productivity. Show less