Festus Kiambi
Senior Android Engineer at Safaricom PLC
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolFestus Kiambi is a Senior Android Engineer based in Nairobi with 11 years of software experience and a strong focus on building scalable, performant mobile apps. He has progressed from hands-on Android development and freelance full‑stack projects to leading mobile chapters and mentoring engineers at startups like Sendy, and now drives Android excellence at Safaricom PLC. Festus combines product-minded engineering—working closely with design and backend teams—with disciplined practices like code reviews, profiling, and comprehensive testing to deliver polished user experiences. He has practical experience integrating payments and SMS gateways across East African markets and has led recruitment and standards-setting to mature mobile engineering teams.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B+, B+ at Meru SchoolBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Second Class Honors Upper Division, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Second Class Honors Upper Division at Maseno University
English, Kiswahili
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Github Skills (16)
mvvm-architecture3
viewmodel3
databinding3
android-app3
moshi2
mvvm2
kotlin2
android2
jetpack-compose2
coroutines2
kotlin-android2
android-application2
android-architecture1
android-architecture-components1
kotlin-coroutines1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
festuskiambi/mi-post
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
Offline first Android App with MVVM, Dagger2,Coroutines,LiveData and Room
Contributions:21 commits, 16 PRs, 12 pushes in 1 month
retrofit2mvvmmvvm-architecturemoshiviewmodel
festuskiambi/kitty-kats
Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:24 PRs, 15 pushes, 10 branches in 7 days
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