A few pages about what I build, and why
The work & the story of
Software & AI Engineer
Systems for the real world.
Nairobi, KE
Software engineer / AI Engineer
I help African founders and organizations build AI-powered products that generate real business value. I help them achieve that without the painful cycle of expensive prototypes that never survive contact with production.
01 - About
Good software is more than a feature shipped. It is a dependable system that respects its users, makes the next decision easier, and keeps working when the stakes are high.
I build secure, dependable software for teams solving meaningful problems across Africa - from public-sector workflows to AI-enabled products and payment systems.
02 - Current Builds
Multi-tenant bursary operations for county governments, with AI-assisted review, secure workflows, and traceable disbursement tracking.
QR ordering, loyalty, and M-Pesa-backed customer journeys that help African food businesses serve faster and retain more customers.
Multi-agent document processing for institutional procurement, turning long review workflows into structured, auditable decisions.
House-hunting application that helps people discover, compare, and choose homes while saving 80% of their search time.
03 - Experience
Nairobi County, Kenya · Remote
Nairobi County, Kenya · Remote
Production platforms across NestJS, React/Next.js, PostgreSQL, Docker, and Kubernetes. Reduced API response times by 45% and deployment time from 45 minutes to under 8.
Owned a regulated government platform serving 10,000+ users. Improved uptime from 94% to 99.2% with observability, safer releases, and resilient infrastructure.
Built data quality pipelines, ETL automation, and Power BI reporting systems for client analytics platforms across Kenya.
Automated reporting and planning workflows supporting 500,000+ residents and helped turn programme data into better budget decisions.
04 - Education
Moi University / Eldoret, Kenya
Systems, software engineering, databases, statistics, and applied mathematics.Holberton School / ALX Program
Backend engineering, Linux, databases, DevOps, API design, and security.ALX Africa
Machine learning, advanced statistics, and cloud fundamentals on AWS.Make the complex feel clear. Make the important feel reliable.
05 - Selected Projects
Built a real-time QR ordering and payments platform with WebSocket state sync, M-Pesa callbacks, idempotency keys, and reconciliation workflows.
80% reduction in service wait timesArchitected a multi-agent platform that automates document analysis and vendor evaluation for institutional procurement teams.
70% improvement in processing efficiencyDesigned a focused home-discovery experience that helps house hunters search, compare, and move toward a housing decision more efficiently.
80% search time saved for house hunters06 - Technical Skills
07 - Achievements
45% faster APIs at iWorld Afric after refactoring NestJS services, adding Redis caching, and optimising 12 critical PostgreSQL queries.
Deployment time cut from 45 minutes to under 8 through multi-stage Docker builds and automated GCP Kubernetes releases.
99.2% platform uptime for a government service used by 10,000+ people after introducing Prometheus and Grafana observability.
40% less manual data processing through Python ETL pipelines that removed about 14 hours of operations work each week.
KES 2 million budget reallocation influenced through three years of data-driven county programme analysis.
08 - Contact
Tell me what you are building, what is getting in the way, or where a stronger system could create room to grow.
Usually replies within 1-2 business days.The next chapter
Have something worth building?
Let’s make it real.
Amoni Kevin
Nairobi · Kenya · 2026
Until the next chapter
Good systems make
meaningful work possible.
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