Professional Journey
Co-founder & Full Stack Engineer
July 2025 - Present- •Actively involved in building and launching Origin's own products as a startup, from ideation to development, contributing across both technical and strategic areas
- •Driving the company's technical vision by architecting solutions that balance clean design, robust architecture, and business impact
- •Designing and developing full-stack web applications delivering responsive, accessible, and SEO-optimized user interfaces
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Software Developer
Dec 2024 - Mar. 2026- •Developing a multi-tenant platform with three integrated systems for clearing agents, insurers, and KIFWA service providers — streamlining bond purchases, renewals, indemnity verification, and issuance for 2,000+ licensed clearing agents and member companies in the logistics industry
- •Improving system performance through optimized APIs and caching, targeting a 30–40% reduction in load times
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Frontend Developer
March 2025 - June 2025- •Built and optimized features in a Next.js application serving a projected 3,000+ monthly users
- •Improved backend API response times by 25% through query tuning and efficient data handling
- •Reduced deployment errors by 40% via better CI checks and strict type enforcement
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Mentee (Cohort 8)
April 2024 - Nov 2024- •Selected as 1 of 38 participants out of hundreds of applicants for an 8-month mentorship program
- •Completed 100+ hours of training across technical, professional, and public-speaking tracks
- •Delivered multiple innovation and technical presentations to audiences of 50+ peers
ReactNodeFirebasePublic SpeakingEffective CommunicationPerformance ManagementDesign thinkingPitchingProject Management
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Software Developer Intern
May 2023 - Oct 2024Furaha Ventures
- •Built an IoT-connected app consumed by hundreds of daily sensor events for realtime monitoring
- •Delivered responsive UI components that reduced dashboard navigation time by 30%
- •Integrated backend APIs resulting in 20% fewer data syncing failures across IoT devices
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Avionics Intern
Sep 2023 - Jan 2024The Nakuja Project — JICA & JKUAT
- •Contributed to avionics systems for the N-3 rocket, which achieved successful subscale system tests
- •Participated in hardware development including PCB fabrication and parachute ejection mechanism
- •Improved recovery subsystem reliability by an estimated 20–30% through iterative testing
PCB FabricationEmbedded SystemsRocketry
ICT Attaché
May 2023 - Aug 2023- •Supported HR system used by 100+ staff members, improving internal data access
- •Built a library management system with book reservation, borrowing, and automated return-notification features, cutting manual tracking work by 60%
- •Maintained and operated live-streaming infrastructure for the parliamentary proceedings, improving session uptime to 99%
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Also took on independent freelance work (2023–Present) — Website builds, performance optimization, designs for small businesses, improving lead generation for clients.
Selected Work
KIFWA Clearing Agents Platform
Kenya Int'l Freight & Warehousing Association
Multi-tenant platform with three integrated systems for clearing agents, insurers, and service providers — streamlining bond purchases, renewals, and indemnity issuance for 2,000+ licensed clearing agents and member companies.
Next.jsKeycloakShadcnPostgreSQL
The Nakuja Project
JKUAT & JICA — Rocketry Research
Avionics and recovery systems for the N-3 sounding rocket. Contributed to subscale system tests, PCB fabrication, and parachute ejection mechanisms.
Embedded SystemsPCB FabricationRocketry
Certificates