Babu Wanyeki
Software Engineer at Meta
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBabu Wanyeki is a software engineer with eight years of experience and an MEng in EECS from MIT, currently building systems at Meta in the New York City area. He blends embedded systems and software expertise—ranging from Arduino-based avionics and evaporative cooling control to ML-driven depth sensing—bringing hardware-aware software craftsmanship to large-scale products. His background includes multiple internships and teaching assistant roles at MIT and Facebook, showing both hands-on engineering and mentorship chops. Babu’s projects emphasize practical impact in resource-constrained settings, such as low-cost cooling for post-harvest storage and personalized embedded devices. Comfortable across firmware, data-driven algorithms, and production software, he bridges sensors-to-cloud workflows. Colleagues can expect an engineer who pairs rigorous academic training with curiosity for global, applied solutions.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, EECS and Physics, Bachelor's degree, EECS and Physics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Blaine High School
English, Spanish, Swahili
Github Skills (7)
mongoose10
describe9
nodejs8
css8
react8
mongodb8
javascript7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
fb-appetizers/Give4Friends
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
A social network-like platform that allows friends to donate to charity in eachother's names. On each person's profile it will show the donations raised for them (and maybe their past activity for friends). On the profile people can list and describe their favorite charities/cause areas.
Contributions:448 commits, 2 PRs, 256 pushes in 1 month
expressmongoosereactjsareasmongodb
Babu12345/Custom_Microprocessor
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:33 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
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