Summary
Benjamin Mwalimu is a technology leader with 12 years of hands-on engineering and program management experience, currently heading technology at Jacaranda Health and co-founding Incubate Africa. He specializes in healthcare interoperability and scalable cloud-native systems, having led FHIR-native architectures, OpenSRP 2.0 transformations, and multi-country deployments across low-resource settings. Comfortable alternating between writing production code and steering cross-functional programs, he combines expertise in microservices, DevOps (Terraform, Kubernetes), and AI-powered health solutions like speech-to-text for frontline workers. Benjamin is an active open-source contributor and community mentor who translates complex clinical guidelines (WHO SMART) into practical, standards-driven implementations. He is based in Nairobi and known for pairing technical depth with stakeholder-oriented delivery to accelerate digital health impact.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) computer science, software and mobile development, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) computer science, software and mobile development at Kenyatta University
English, Swahili