Brian Mwangi
Founder Elimu.dev at Sourcefabric z.ú.
Nairobi County, Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Mwangi is a software engineer and founder with 10 years of experience building scalable, user-focused web and mobile platforms across startups, fintech, and global media. He has a strong full‑stack pedigree—Python (Django, async), Go, React/Next.js—and a track record of performance engineering that cut load times 40% and boosted conversion by 10% at product scale. At Sourcefabric he helped keep newsroom systems at 97% uptime and improved real-time ingestion latency by 15%, while contributing features to open-source publishing tools used by major news agencies. He also led frontend teams, implemented secure APIs and microservices, and repeatedly delivered faster time-to-market through automation and architecture choices. Based in Nairobi, he now runs elimu.dev, an AI-powered study platform turning documents into instant learning tools, combining hands-on engineering with product-led entrepreneurship and a background in ML and cybersecurity training.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Lukenya Boys SchoolCyber Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Security at eMobilis LimitedMaster's degree, Information Technology, Master's degree, Information Technology at Strathmore UniversityPrimary Education, Primary Education at Lizar AcademyMachine Learning | Coursera Online Course, Computer Science, Machine Learning | Coursera Online Course, Computer Science at Stanford University
Github Skills (116)
coverage10
caesar-cipher10
planning10
javascript9
laravel9
hamlet9
audio9
python9
flask9
celery9
laravel-package9
social-network-analysis9
classification9
typescript9
mongodb9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
BrianMwangi21/aoc2021
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:21 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 10 days
BrianMwangi21/liveblog
Nov 2023 - Mar 2025
Sourcefabric's Live Blog is an open source web app that enables journalists to provide immediate and ongoing coverage on rapidly evolving news events.
Contributions:249 pushes, 59 branches, 14 tags in 1 year 4 months
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