Amina Wanjiku
Personal Profile Statement
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.
Achievements
- React
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- AWS
Education
2016 – 2020
BSc Computer Science
University of Nairobi
Employment
Jan 2022 – Present
Senior Software Engineer
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
Jun 2020 – Dec 2021
Full-Stack Developer
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
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