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Professional Journey
Full Stack Engineer
July 2025 - PresentOrigin HQ
- •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
Full Stack Developer
Dec 2024 - PresentKIFWA
- •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 1000+ projected users
- •Improving system performance through optimized APIs and caching, targeting a 30–40% reduction in load times
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Software Developer
March 2025 - June 2025Pacaya
- •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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Freelance Software Developer
April 2024 - Nov 2024Self-Employed
- •Delivered custom WordPress projects for small businesses
- •Improved client website load speeds by 35–60% via caching, optimization, and better hosting setup
- •Provided long-term maintenance that reduced client support requests by 50%
- •Increased client lead generation by up to 2× through UX improvements and mobile-first redesigns
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Mentee
April 2024 - Nov 2024KamiLimu
- •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
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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IoT Intern
Sep 2023 - Jan 2024The Nakuja Project by JICA & JKUAT
- •Contributed to avionics systems for the N-3 rocket, which achieved successful subscale system tests
- •Participated in hardware development minimally, including PCB fabrication and parachute ejection mechanism
- •Improved recovery subsystem reliability by an estimated 20–30% through iterative testing
PCB FabricationEmbedded SystemsRocketry
Freelance Web Developer
Oct 2023 - Nov 2023Infiscope Enterprise
- •Improved website performance and SEO, increasing organic traffic by 40% in one month
- •Enhanced UI and product listings, boosting on-site engagement by 25%
WordPressElementorWooCommercePHPHTMLCSSJavaScript
ICT Attaché
May 2023 - Aug 2023Nyandarua County Assembly
- •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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