Gathu Boswel
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Kenya
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Top SchoolGathu Boswel is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building full-stack web and API-driven products, currently on Microsoft’s FAST team after progressing from Software Engineer II. He specializes in Python and JavaScript ecosystems—Flask, FastAPI, Node.js, React/Redux and PostgreSQL/Mongo—while also exploring React Native mobile and desktop development. He has a track record of shipping end-to-end features, improving code quality through standards and testing, and integrating services on AWS for consultative projects. Comfortable across front- and back-end boundaries, he prioritizes user-friendly outcomes and maintainable code that serves product goals. Based in Kenya and shaped by global roles at Pluralsight, Andela and start-ups, he brings both remote-first discipline and cross-cultural collaboration to complex engineering challenges.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, K.C.S.E, A- (Minus), High School, K.C.S.E, A- (Minus) at Heni High SchoolBachelor’s Degree, Information Technology, 2nd Class Honours(Upper Division), Bachelor’s Degree, Information Technology, 2nd Class Honours(Upper Division) at University of Nairobi
English, Swahili
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (25)
wikipedia7
pyparsing6
scrapy6
nodejs6
parsing6
amazon-s36
webscraping6
python6
json6
javascript6
serve5
foundation4
api3
python-web3
pyramid3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
boswellgathu/py_learn
Apr 2019 - Jan 2022
repo with py3 questions for learners
Contributions:7 PRs, 29 pushes in 2 years 9 months
pythonlearnerspy3
boswellgathu/ODMS_API
Feb 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:14 PRs, 18 pushes, 12 branches in 2 years 1 month
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