Summary
James Shisiah is a Fullstack Software Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building web and mobile applications, and a strong focus on information security. He regularly ships production-ready systems using Laravel, Vue, TypeScript, PHP, Node.js, Kotlin and DevOps toolchains (Docker, GitLab CI), and has led migrations of legacy codebases to modern stacks. James has delivered customer-facing platforms across finance, legal tech and ad-tech—often as a remote consultant—integrating payments and SMS gateways and automating CI/CD for reliable deployments. He pairs practical backend expertise (MySQL, Redis, AWS/GCP) with polished front-end work and mobile app development, plus experience across Go, Elixir and Python in freelance projects. Currently pursuing an MSc in Information Security and Digital Forensics, he brings a security-minded lens to application design and deployments. Based in Nairobi, he combines strong time-management from long-term remote work with a collaborative, client-focused approach.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Second Class Honors (Upper Division), Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Second Class Honors (Upper Division) at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
Master of Science - MS, Information Security and Digital Forensics, Master of Science - MS, Information Security and Digital Forensics at University of East London
Kiswahili, English