Ali Ibrahim
Software Engineer
Nairobi,30
Summary
Software Engineer specializing in IoT infrastructure, process automation, and cloud migration. Proven track record of reducing operational bottlenecks by up to 98% through custom watchdog and provisioning systems. Experienced in building production-grade RAG agents and managing complex platform migrations across GCP and private cloud environments.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Software Engineer
Irrihub Kenya
03.2025 - Current
- Platform Engineering: Extending the existing IoT platform to function as a central "System of Record" with integrated, lightweight CRM capabilities.
- Infrastructure & Migration: Managing platform reliability, which has included migrating services from Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to InterServer and moving from cloud environments to Ubuntu/Contabo.
- Operational Excellence: Ensuring zero message-loss delivery for communications and maintaining high operational visibility across the stack.
- Onboarding & Integration: Improving the pipelines for farmer onboarding through USSD and web marketing flows.
Software Engineer
BURN Manufacturing USA LLC
08.2022 - Current
- Conducted thorough code reviews to identify potential areas for improvement, ultimately enhancing code quality across all projects handled by team.
- Consistently met project deadlines by effectively managing time and prioritizing tasks according to importance.
- Reduced system downtime by 50% by proactively addressing potential issues through regular maintenance activities.
- Enhanced user experience with intuitive interface design and responsive web applications.
- Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of software.
- Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
- Maintained existing software systems by identifying and correcting software defects
- Reduced system downtime by proactively addressing potential issues through regular maintenance activities.
- Integrated third-party APIs to extend application functionalities and improve user experiences, leveraging external services for enhanced capabilities.
- Mentored junior team members on machine learning concepts and best practices, enhancing their skills and knowledge base.
- Transformed raw data to conform to assumptions of machine learning algorithm.
- Reduced system downtime by 50% through proactive identification of potential issues and regular maintenance activities.
- Designed, built, and deployed a production watchdog software for the manufacturing line, achieving a 98% reduction in process duplication, leading to substantial savings in material costs and reduced wastage.
- Implemented company CRM features for a cloud-based SaaS product, benefiting over 1,000 internal clients.
Education
BSc in Computer Science - Computer Science
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya 01.2016 - 12.2021
Skills
Git - Git, Jenkins CI/CD pipeline delivery
Front-End Development
API Development
Testing and debugging
Team Collaboration
Websites
Timeline
Software Engineer
Irrihub Kenya
03.2025 - Current
Software Engineer
BURN Manufacturing USA LLC
08.2022 - Current
BSc in Computer Science - Computer Science
University of Nairobi
01.2016 - 12.2021
References
- Dr. Samuel Ruhiu - UoN School of Computing and Informatics, 0727791212
- Mohammed Rashid - Aeronautical Engineer - Kenya Army, 0724153131
- Martin Musili - Electrical and Instruments Engineer - Kenya Airforce, 0704733169