Amina Wanjiku

Senior Full-Stack Developer

✉ amina.wanjiku@email.com ☎ +254 712 345 678 ◉ Nairobi, Kenya in/ linkedin.com/in/aminawanjiku ⌘ aminawanjiku.dev

Profile

Results-driven full-stack developer with 5+ years building fintech and e-commerce platforms in East Africa. Led M-Pesa API integration at Safaricom serving 50,000+ daily transactions with 99.97% uptime. Reduced deployment time by 67% through CI/CD automation. Seeking senior engineering roles where I can ship customer-facing products that move the needle.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer Jan 2022 – Present

Safaricom PLC

• Led end-to-end M-Pesa API integration serving 50,000+ daily transactions with 99.97% uptime SLA
• Built React dashboard reducing analyst reporting time by 4 hours/week (used by 80+ staff)
• Architected microservices migration cutting infrastructure costs by KES 2.4M annually
• Mentored 3 junior developers, all promoted within 18 months

Full-Stack Developer Jun 2020 – Dec 2021

Equity Bank

• Shipped 6 customer-facing features with <0.1% bug rate in production
• Reduced page load time from 4.2s to 0.8s through code splitting and caching
• Owned CI/CD pipeline serving 200+ daily deploys with zero-downtime rollouts
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams of 12 across Kenya and South Africa

Skills

ReactNode.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLDockerAWSPythonRedisCI/CDGraphQLM-Pesa APIMicroservices

Education

BSc Computer Science 2016 – 2020

University of Nairobi — First Class Honours

Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect Associate — Amazon Web Services (2023)

Certified Scrum Master — Scrum Alliance (2022)

Languages

English · Native Swahili · Native French · Conversational

Interests

Distance running, open-source contribution, mentoring at Andela Learning Community