Summary
Derrick Mutwiri is a Nairobi-based software engineer with nine years of industry experience and over five years delivering enterprise-grade systems, currently building location-aware products at TomTom. He has a strong background in microservices, CI/CD and scalable back-end architectures from roles at Safaricom where he also led automated and manual testing efforts to ensure high-quality delivery for millions of customers. Derrick pairs pragmatic engineering with agile collaboration, working closely with QA to embed test automation and reliability early in the lifecycle. Trained in Geomatics and software engineering, he brings a unique mix of spatial systems understanding and full-stack problem solving. Off-hours he tackles coding challenges (active on Codewars), reflecting a persistent curiosity for algorithms and continuous learning.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc Geomatics Engineering and geospatial information systems, Bsc Geomatics Engineering and geospatial information systems at Dedan kimathi university of Technology
Cerificate of participation, Software Engineering, Cerificate of participation, Software Engineering at Moringa School
A-, A- at Kenya Secondary Education - Kangaru School
English