Erick Kogi Kimani
Software Engineer
Nairobi
Summary
Experienced Engineering Manager and Full-Stack Developer with 8 years of expertise in scaling distributed systems and leading high-performing engineering teams. Proven track record in transforming monolithic applications into microservices architectures and driving technical innovation across transportation and fintech sectors. Strong focus on system reliability, team growth, and technological transformation.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Head of Engineering
SafeBoda
07.2025 - Current
Engineering Manager
SafeBoda
Kampala
03.2022 - 06.2025
- Safeboda: Ride-hailing App in East Africa
- Key Responsibilities 60% - 70% Involvement in active software development with Individual contributions
- Peer Reviews, Daily commits, and Sprint tasks based on time availability Engineering leadership and technical guidance towards the development of new features Direct system architecture decisions and technical roadmap Lead hiring, mentoring, and career development initiatives Delivery of Key IT department strategy, Project planning, technical scoping, and prioritization tasks in line with the team's capacity and workload
- Collaboration with the product owner and product managers toward laying out the product roadmap and developing achievable goals tasks and tickets
- Team Performance Management, Ensuring and evaluating team performance
- System Performance Monitoring
- Key Achievements Cars - Planning, Development, and Launch of Cars in both Kampala and Ibadan (Currently the highest earner vertical for the company) Move to Micro-Services & Event-Driven Architecture using Kafka - Splitting up previously monolithic applications into easily scalable Microservices with a single responsibility approach
- Dispatch Mechanism - Rewrite our dispatch logic for better performance System stability & uptime improvement - 99.8 uptime Expansion into Kenya
- Tech Stack Languages : NestJS, VueJS, Elixir, Laravel Messaging: Kafka, RabbitMQ DB: Postgres, Redis, Elastic Search Monitoring, Logging: Datadog, Grafana, Loki, Prometheus CICD, Cloud: AWS, Heroku, Github Actions, Docker, Kubernetes
Engineering Manager
NCBA Group
07.2021 - 03.2022
- Responsible for team growth through hiring, internal promotions, and competencies evaluations
- 60% - 70% Involvement in active software development with Individual contributions
- Peer Reviews, Daily commits, and Sprint tasks based on time availability Team engagement through mentorship, One-on-one, and feedback sessions
- Technical leadership towards the delivery of efficient and clean code, PR reviews
- Technical decision-making, and Infrastructure management I Collaborated with product owners and business analysts on requirements scoping, budgeting, and delivery planning
- Key Achievements Re-design and relaunch of Loop App Planning, Design, Development, and Launch of Loop Go System stability and Uptime targets achievement Quick turnaround and resolution of bugs within SLA Introduction of new features - QR, Loop Invest
- Tech Stack Languages: NodeJS, AngularJS, VueJS Messaging: RabbitMQ DB: OracleDb, Redis, Elastic Search, SQLite Monitoring, Logging: Grafana, Loki, Prometheus CICD, Cloud: Azure Docker
Senior Application Developer
NCBA Group
03.2020 - 08.2021
- Responsible for the Loop App (IOS, Backend, Internal Loop Dashboard Portals) Development of Loop Go Apps (iOS, Android, and Web App)(A transport and logistics arm of Loop ) Technology Stack - Swift, Kotlin, Springboot, VueJs, Mysql, OracleDb, Redis, Java
- Docker
Software Developer
LishaBora Hydroponics, Nairobi
08.2018 - 11.2020
- Terms)
- Responsible for developing and designing the Android App for traders and farmers
- Responsible for developing and designing the Web-based management portal App
- Lishabora Assisted the Directors in getting Data, Data visualization, and reports Technologies used: Kotlin, Java, XML, Laravel, PHP, Mysql, Html, CSS, Javascript Technical skills I learned working on the project: Figma Design software, Firebase
- Realtime Database
Lead Developer | Software Institute Instructor
Zalego Institute
11.2017 - 03.2020
- Responsible for the Systems and Apps lifecycle from research and planning through
deployment and post-launch support. - Development of mobile apps for clients and in-house software.
- Created Web-based systems using web technologies, including an Elearning platform
and Resource locator platforms. - Created guides and course materials to reiterate lecture information and help students
study. - Tested students on the materials that were presented in workshops and classes.
- Assisted students in coming up with and developing their projects as real-world
solutions.
- Technologies used: Kotlin, Java, XML, Laravel, PHP, Mysql, Html, CSS, Javascript
Android Developer
KuzaLab
03.2019 - 03.2020
- Responsible for Several Android Applications Technologies used: Kotlin, Java, XML Building the entire Android stack (Networking, Local Storage, State management
- UI/UX) Consuming Rest Apis Building Android SDK Libraries in Java and Koltlin for developers Technical skills I learned working on the project: Developing Android SDK libraries &
- Distribution
- Tech Stack Mobile : Swift, Kotlin Backend: Java, Springboot Frontend: VueJs DB: OracleDb, Redis
Education
B.Sci - Information Science
Moi University
2019
Skills
- Technical Leadership & Team Management, Hiring any performance managment
- Distributed Systems Architecture
- Microservices & Event-Driven Design
- Performance Optimization & Scaling
- Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps
- Agile Development & Project Management
Languages:
- Java, Kotlin, Swift, Springboot, PHP, Laravel, Mysql, VueJs, AngularJs, HTML
- CSS, NodeJs, NestJS
Tools:
- Git, GitHub, Android Studio, XCode, OracleServer, ApacheDirectory, LDAP, Kafka, RMQ
- Databases: Redis, Mysql, Firebase Databases, OracleDb, Postgres, Android RoomRealm
- Cloud Solutions: Microsoft Azure, AWS, Digital OceanGCP
- Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
Certification
Lead Developer at Zalego Institute
Engineering Manager at NCBA Bank
Engineering Manager at SafeBoda
Student leader in high school
Timeline
Head of Engineering
SafeBoda
07.2025 - Current
Engineering Manager
SafeBoda
03.2022 - 06.2025
Engineering Manager
NCBA Group
07.2021 - 03.2022
Senior Application Developer
NCBA Group
03.2020 - 08.2021
Android Developer
KuzaLab
03.2019 - 03.2020
Software Developer
LishaBora Hydroponics, Nairobi
08.2018 - 11.2020
Lead Developer | Software Institute Instructor
Zalego Institute
11.2017 - 03.2020
B.Sci - Information Science
Moi University
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