Fullstack Engineer & Data Platform Architect based in Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪
I design and develop robust web applications and scalable data pipelines that power critical systems across Africa — including tax administration platforms and advanced analytics solutions for governments.
Web Development — Building production-grade applications with Ruby on Rails, Elixir/Phoenix, Laravel, and modern frontends using React, Vue.js, and Tailwind CSS.
Data Engineering — Designing and maintaining end-to-end analytics pipelines using the modern data stack: ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and visualization at scale.
Infrastructure — Deploying resilient systems on Digital Ocean and AWS, with containerized workflows via Docker and Kubernetes.
- Government Tax Systems — Architecting data platforms that process and analyze tax data for African governments, enabling better compliance and revenue insights.
- Analytics Pipelines — Building lakehouse architectures with Spark, Trino, and Iceberg/Polaris for petabyte-scale analytics.
- yacooti.com — Freelancing site powered by Laravel and Livewire.
- snobole.com — Freelancing site powered by Laravel and Livewire.
- 🔭 Working on Yacooti
- 📚 Deepening expertise in distributed systems and data mesh architectures
- 👯 Open to collaborating on data engineering and high-impact Rails/Elixir projects
