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