Senior full-stack engineer / cofounder / consultant
I work across product, code, and execution, shipping mobile apps, backend systems, AI workflows, commerce experiences, and venture-grade software for teams that need sharp thinking and real momentum. This site is meant to show both what I build and how I think about building it.
Proof
My background spans backend architecture, mobile delivery, venture product thinking, QA oversight, and team leadership. The through-line is simple: make the product better, faster, and harder to break.
100k+
Users served across banking, education, and commerce systems
45%
Engagement lift delivered on cross-platform mobile products
5
Developers led on delivery teams and cross-functional builds
30%
Wait-time reduction on real-time communication products
Selected work
I do my best work when the product is real, the constraints are messy, and the team needs someone who can turn ambiguity into a sharp execution plan.
01
Founder-side fintech build
2023 - Present
A finance platform shaped around clarity, behavior, and access. The product combines money tracking, financial education, advisor access, and machine-learning-assisted spending insight for a more useful view of personal finance in Africa.
Defined a product direction that goes beyond budgeting into financial literacy and better money behavior.
02
Engineering lead and operator
2024 - 2025
Led delivery across a multi-track product effort covering commerce SaaS and on-demand mobility. The role blended engineering, stakeholder management, QA, sprint leadership, and hands-on product shaping.
Ran a 3-dev cross-functional team across planning, reviews, delivery quality, and technical alignment.
03
SaaS architecture and delivery
2021 - 2023
Built a learning management platform for local colleges, each serving hundreds of students and staff. The goal was not just feature coverage, but a platform that could hold real institutional workflows without friction.
Architected the backend and frontend flow for course management, authentication, and reliable academic operations.
04
Realtime communications backend
2021 - 2023
Worked on a communications stack where call quality, live supervision, and operational speed mattered. This was deep systems work with customer experience on the line.
Integrated Freeswitch with a live web dashboard to cut customer wait times by 30 percent.
Services
If the brief needs clean execution, better architecture, stronger product judgment, or a technical lead who can also think commercially, that is the lane I operate in.
I help ventures move from rough ambition to a product that can actually meet users, investors, and the market with confidence.
I build interfaces that feel deliberate, usable, and commercially aware across Android, Flutter, React, Vue, and modern web stacks.
My backend work is shaped by scale, uptime, and operational reality. I like systems that stay calm when usage and complexity start climbing.
I step in where technical execution needs adult supervision, sharper product judgment, or a builder who can also speak business.
Code footprint
The public repo history is not just a pile of side projects. It shows years of building across different product categories and technical layers, from logistics and ecommerce to voice systems, utilities, and mobile architecture.
Next phase
The portfolio still shows the range, but I want this layer to be more useful than a highlight reel. These pages open up how I advise, how I think through product and delivery, and what I keep close when the work gets real.
I come in when a founder or team needs senior product and technical judgment, sharper delivery decisions, or a calmer read on what should happen next.
This is where I want to unpack what actually shipped, what got cut, what the real bottleneck was, and what changed the outcome once the work touched reality.
Short, practical notes from the middle of the work: product judgment, delivery rhythm, team decisions, and what actually keeps useful systems from falling apart.
The references, tools, defaults, and technical stack I keep close because they help me move fast without getting messy or losing product quality.
Writing
This is where I unpack the thinking behind the work: what shipped, what changed, what held up, and what other teams can actually reuse. Over time, it will grow into a sharper editorial layer for product, engineering, and operating judgment.
Browse all writing
In Kenya, credit AI will only deserve trust if it uses proportionate data, explains decisions in plain language, respects uncertainty, and gives borrowers a real path to question harmful outcomes.
What makes credit AI trustworthy in the Kenyan lending context?
A trustworthy system uses proportionate data, explains decisions in plain language, accounts for thin-file uncertainty, and gives borrowers a real way to review or challenge harmful outcomes.
Coinscentric is not being shaped around finance dashboards first. It is being shaped around helping users feel oriented, informed, and supported enough to trust the product with real financial decisions.
How does Coinscentric turn trust from an abstract fintech principle into an actual product direction?
By treating clarity, financial education, advisor access, and explainable insight as core product surfaces instead of secondary features.
In fintech, users are not only evaluating features. They are deciding whether the product deserves access to their money, habits, and attention. Trust is part of the interface.
What makes fintech products feel trustworthy before a user has any history with them?
Clear language, predictable flows, visible safeguards, and calm design do more for trust than complex feature sets or aggressive growth mechanics.
Current lens
The nearby work shows the pattern: applied AI, finance, commerce, and health. I like spaces where good product judgment has real downstream leverage.
Voice systems, operational automation, and AI-assisted workflows that solve practical business bottlenecks.
Products that make financial behavior, literacy, and access more usable for everyday people and growth-stage teams.
Sharp brand and conversion experiences for businesses where trust, taste, and flow shape revenue.
Care operations and patient journeys designed for local markets where clarity and speed matter just as much as features.
Contact
I take on select consulting, technical leadership, and product build engagements. The best outreach is direct, clear, and tied to something real you want shipped.
Schedule
Book a short consultation slot for product direction, technical leadership, or founder-side execution support.
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