James Nyamu
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Kenya
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolJames Nyamu is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable, cloud-first enterprise systems across Microsoft technologies, mobile and web. Currently at Microsoft, he previously led architecture and platform modernization at Andela—consolidating polyglot systems into a strongly typed, event-driven stack that cut onboarding time, reduced bugs, and improved capacity planning for developer placement. He also shipped distributed, online/offline supply-chain solutions and helped launch the first commodity stock exchange for East and Central Africa while at Virtual City. Comfortable across Azure, distributed systems and real-time services, James combines hands-on implementation with pragmatic architecture to turn complex operational workflows into stable, measurable platforms. Based in Kenya, he blends product-focused engineering with a knack for improving developer productivity and system reliability at scale.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Software Engineering at Kenyatta University
Github Skills (32)
docker9
xamarin-android8
golang8
ecosystem8
container7
api7
go7
xamarin-forms7
microsoft-graph7
rest-api6
rest6
assemble6
graph6
xamarin-ios5
moby5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
JamesNyamu/safaricomfaq
Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
Node JS chatbot to interface with safaricom website frequently asked questions
Contributions:33 pushes, 1 branch, 2 tags in 3 months
chatbotnode-jsnodejssafaricom
JamesNyamu/mpesa
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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