Senior Backend & Data Engineer | Distributed Systems | Cloud Architecture 📍 Nairobi, Kenya (GMT+3) | Remote-Ready

I design and operate high-scale backend and data systems powering real-time platforms and AI-driven products.

• 🧠 10+ years engineering experience
• 📊 Built streaming pipelines processing 200M+ records
• ☁️ Production systems on GCP & AWS
• 🏗 Architected distributed microservices & event-driven systems
• 👥 Led engineering teams & owned full SDLC delivery

I build systems that are scalable, observable, fault-tolerant, and production-grade.

• Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI)
• REST APIs & Microservices
• System Design & Architecture
• Caching & Concurrency (Redis)
• Search & Indexing (ElasticSearch)
• API Contracts & Integration Design

• Apache Beam (Streaming + Batch)
• GCP Dataflow
• BigQuery
• Pub/Sub
• Bigtable
• PySpark
• Kafka
• ETL / ELT Pipelines
• Data Warehouse Design
• Event-Driven Architectures

Built real-time pipelines transforming Avro streams into validated analytical and operational data layers.

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• Jenkins
• CI/CD Automation
• Cloud Run / Cloud Functions

Designed and deployed containerized microservices in production environments.

• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• MongoDB
• Redis
• MSSQL
• ElasticSearch

(Full-stack capable, backend-first engineer)

• React
• Vue
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• d3.js / dc.js
• HTML5 / CSS3 / Sass

I build backend systems that frontend teams love integrating with.

• 🔹 AI-powered recruitment platforms
• 🔹 Real-time interaction counters & user profiling systems
• 🔹 BigQuery ↔ Bigtable data validation frameworks
• 🔹 Telecom & commodity management platforms
• 🔹 Public health analytics & procurement systems
• 🔹 Payment integrations (Stripe, PayPal)
• 🔹 Scalable SaaS logistics platforms

• Led backend & data engineering initiatives end-to-end
• Managed cross-functional teams (backend, frontend, data)
• Owned architecture decisions & technical strategy
• Conducted code reviews & enforced engineering standards
• Delivered under aggressive timelines while maintaining quality

I combine deep technical execution with engineering leadership.

• Advanced streaming architectures
• Cost-efficient cloud-native design
• Distributed systems reliability
• AI-ready data platforms
• Staff-level system design mastery

• Senior Backend Engineer roles
• Senior / Staff Data Engineer roles
• Engineering Leadership opportunities
• Remote global teams

• FinTech
• AI platforms
• Marketplaces
• SaaS infra companies
• Data-heavy startups