Backend-focused engineer with a strong interest in distributed systems, identity & access management, and building APIs that scale. Currently finishing my Software Engineering degree at Strathmore University while building production-grade systems in Go and Java.
🏠 Dondoo Homes — Property management platform for short-stay rentals. Built with Quarkus 3, React 19, PostgreSQL, and Keycloak OIDC. Features M-Pesa Daraja STK push payments, Africa's Talking SMS notifications, iCal sync with Airbnb and Booking.com, and role-scoped access for admins, caretakers, and cleaners.
🤟 SignBridge — Sign language translation app bridging communication between the deaf community and the general public.
🛡️ Nyayo Sentinel — National early warning dashboard for monitoring public sentiment and county-level risk signals across Kenya. Scrapes and NLP-processes Kenyan news, Reddit, and social media in real time, classifying sentiment across 47 counties and 12 topics. Built with Next.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Socket.io, and Python (RoBERTa-based sentiment pipeline). Features AI-generated alert summaries via Claude, MFA with email OTP, role-scoped access for national analysts and county officials, and a Kenya county/sub-county heatmap.
📦 LogiSight — Full-stack parcel tracking and logistics platform. Spring Boot 3 backend with Angular 17 frontend, PostgreSQL, Redis, Spring WebSockets for real-time alerts, and a Python FastAPI microservice for demand prediction.
- 🔐 Go middleware for Keycloak JWT validation — framework-agnostic, JWKS caching, token introspection, Gin and standard library support
- 🤖 SmartCitizen AI — civic-tech tool simplifying Kenyan legal content in English, Swahili, and Sheng
- 📊 Naïve Bayes classifier on sales data, LoRa research, and a university e-health project (Kuwa True) with STI risk analysis
Languages · Go · Java · Kotlin · Python · PHP · TypeScript
Frameworks & Libraries · Spring Boot · Quarkus · Gin · Laravel · Next.js · Angular · React · Express
Infrastructure & Tooling · Docker · PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · Redis · Keycloak · Socket.io · Postman · Linux
Currently exploring · Swift · OIDC & OpenFGA
