Desire Kaleba
Lead Software Engineer TypeScript, Turborepo, Prisma, Mysql, TRPC, Redis, Design Patterns
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolDesire Kaleba is a Lead Software Engineer based in Nairobi with 7 years of experience building scalable full-stack systems and currently steering a Turborepo monorepo at StartupBlink. He specializes in TypeScript-first architectures, Prisma-backed MySQL access, tRPC, Redis, and pragmatic design patterns to improve maintainability and performance. Desire has a strong backend pedigree—having built serverless monorepo backends, integrated blockchain stacks, and migrated legacy JavaScript into modern TypeScript packages. He combines hands-on implementation with team leadership, setting coding standards, conducting reviews, and boosting delivery efficiency across products. Outside of project work he mentors aspiring backend developers and produces curriculum content, a background that sharpens his ability to onboard and upskill teams quickly. Colleagues describe him as a practical problem-solver who balances developer experience with production-grade reliability.
7 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 4.8/5 (A), Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 4.8/5 (A) at International University of East Africa (IUEA)
English, French, Swahili
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Github Skills (122)
expressjs10
computer-science10
fundamentals10
javascript10
nodejs-server10
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algorithm10
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algorithms10
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Github contributions (5)
desirekaleba/covid-19-estimator-rest-api
Apr 2020 - Dec 2021
A REST api for covid-19-estimator. This is an eligibility assessment for the 2020 BuildforSDG program
Contributions:9 reviews, 16 PRs, 40 pushes in 1 year 8 months
apicovid-19-estimatorrestrest-apiassessment
desirekaleba/lw3-punks-ui
Sep 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:40 commits, 14 PRs, 29 pushes in 4 days
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