Franklyne Kembo
Nairobi County
Summary
Results-driven software engineer with 3+ years of experience in developing scalable systems, specializing in modeling and solving complex real-world challenges. Proven ability to remain calm under pressure while effectively prioritizing tasks and strategizing to deliver time-sensitive solutions. Committed to continuous learning and adapting to evolving technologies in a fast-paced environment.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
Work History
Software Engineer
Bomahut
03.2023 - Current
- Major code refactoring to conform with Python/Django best practices thus increasing readability and scalability
- Implemented efficient ways of API calls using asynchronous Python thus reducing response to
- Worked on proprietary products for payment reconciliation hence improving accuracy to 95% and increasing revenue by over 50%
- Improved REST & Graphql API security architecture
- Implementing robust multi-tenancy features for mobile and web application
- Worked on internal tools to improve sales workflow and customer on-boarding that led to reduction of on-boarding time by 80%
- Set up continuous integration pipelines thus improving code quality
- Fostered engineering excellence by reviewing code, writing technical documentation and enforcing standard practices across the code base
Software Engineer
Brink Innovation
09.2023 - 10.2024
- Led a team of 7 to build and deploy disease surveillance app based on the community health toolkit framework. Deployed the app on EC2
- Built a small eateries (vibanda) discovery app with Typescript/NestJS, MongoDB and React Native. This is in internal testing phase on playstore.
CTO & Co-founder
Gwariva
08.2022 - 05.2024
- Designed enterprise-level technological blueprints and system architectures for the marketplace software.
- Authored the whole backend codebase
- Led the engineering team to deliver per the technical vision
- Iterated product to achieve Product Market Fit
Embedded System Developer
Gearbox
07.2021 - 09.2021
- Collaborated in developing an IoT-based access control system for Gearbox Academy, enabling secure and automated door entry management.
- Implemented user authentication protocols between the microcontroller and backend database, ensuring reliable identity verification over an IoT network.
- Authored comprehensive technical documentation detailing system architecture, authentication flow, and communication protocols for future scalability and maintenance.
Programmer
Lunyamwi Organisation
03.2020 - 09.2020
- Developed 1 Android (Java) and 1 Web application. I also designed and wrote programming tutorials as part of learning through sharing knowledge.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
University of Nairobi
Nairobi09-2022
High School Diploma -
Mang'u High School
Thika01.2016
Skills
- Proficient in Python
- Django framework expertise
- JavaScript/Typescript programming
- MySQL / Mariadb
- PostgreSQL database management
- Docker & Kubernetes
- Git
- Reactjs/Redux
- Ionic Framework
- Celery
- GraphQL
- API Security
- Community Health Toolkit
- Django REST Framework
Certification
- An Introduction to Microservice Principles and Concepts, Educative - Issued in April 2025
- Generative AI Essentials, Educative - Issued in September 2025
Languages
English — Professional
Swahili — Professional
Timeline
Software Engineer
Brink Innovation
09.2023 - 10.2024
Software Engineer
Bomahut
03.2023 - Current
CTO & Co-founder
Gwariva
08.2022 - 05.2024
Embedded System Developer
Gearbox
07.2021 - 09.2021
Programmer
Lunyamwi Organisation
03.2020 - 09.2020
Bachelor of Science - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
University of Nairobi
High School Diploma -
Mang'u High School
Projects
1. Django-React-Tailwind-Vite
- Wrote a package that automates setup of a Django + React + Vite + Tailwind stack with session-based authentication (avoiding JWT overhead). This enables seamless and selective usage of React's SPA and django battery included features., project available on pypi
2. Treasury System
- Built a full-fledged financial management system for University of Nairobi Seventh Day Adventist church that automates workflows for all its 9 subsidiaries. Among other things, the system tracks paybill payments with live dashboards (Django Channels & websockets), accurately records and generates reports and has dashboards to provide financial data analytics.