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Certification
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SoftwareEngineer

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
Nairobi
09-2022

High School Diploma -

Mang'u High School
Thika
01.2016

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.
Franklyne Kembo