James Maruhi

Experience

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  KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL.

  May 2015 - Sept 2015

  Intern

  My responsibilities included Maintenance, Installation, Monitoring and Management of Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunications Infrastructure.

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  Freelance

  Feb 2018 - Feb 2019

  Freelance Web Developer

  I worked as a freelance remote web developer adding new features to applications and fixing bugs. Iwas also tasked with upgrading applications and providing technical support.

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  Andela

  Apr 2019 - Nov 2019

  Software Engineer

  Worked remotely as part of a distributed team from 4 countries to build VOF Tracker:Product Stacks: Ruby/Ruby on Rails, CoffeeScript & jQueryVOF is a Bootcamp management web application that was designed to empower developers to own lifelong learning through feedback. The application manages all aspects of learning and assessments done before joining the fellowship. It replaced the old manual system of using Google Sheets to capture holistic performance evaluation metrics and data analytics from Bootcamp cycles.My achievements in VOF were:- Adding new full-stack features in the pitch automation initiative and role management.- Fixing bugs in the application- Improving the quality of the code by writing unit tests and End-to-End tests, fixing maintainability issues and code smells and removing duplicate blocks of code to adhere to DRY principles.- Improving user experience by optimizing the application using features such as eager loading.Worked remotely as part of a distributed team to build Authors Haven:Product Stacks: Python/Django, React, ReduxAuthors Haven is a web application that creates a community of like-minded authors to foster inspiration and innovation by leveraging the modern web.My achievements in Authors Haven were:- Project setup and integration- Adding new features (Backend and Frontend)- Fixing bugs in the application- Test-Driven Development using Pytest (Backend), Jest (Frontend) Show less

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  Tracom Services Limited

  Jan 2020 - Jun 2021

  Software Developer

  Worked on developing payment solutions solutions for customers who were mostly financial institutions such as banks.

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  Safaricom PLC

  Jul 2021 - now

  Software Engineer

  Works on digital channels (Web) to build web applications that provide Safaricom services to customers.