Jimmy Kamau
Technical Lead at Seismic
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolJimmy Kamau is a hands-on technical lead and founder with 10 years of experience building backend systems, developer tools, and scalable platforms across fintech, healthtech, and media. He currently leads engineering at Healthcenta while holding senior engineering roles at Andela and contributing backend expertise to platforms like Seismic and Primer, where he built an API-monitoring product that improved debugging and product design. Jimmy has co-founded multiple startups and served as CTO, combining product sensibility with operational engineering—he’s improved API response times, reduced downtime, and increased user engagement in prior roles. Based in Nairobi, he blends formal engineering training in Electrical and Electronics with practical leadership in distributed teams and talent development. Notably, he moves between strategic leadership and deep hands-on work, often shipping observability and API tooling that reveal hidden usage patterns and speed incident resolution.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Technical University of Kenya
Swahili
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (65)
saleor8
points8
typescript8
editor7
electron7
vscode-extension7
microsoft7
vscode7
visual-studio6
sql6
single-page6
snackbar6
documentation6
android6
mysql6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jimmykamau/olduka
Feb 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:24 PRs, 25 pushes, 25 branches in 1 year 1 month
jimmykamau/saleor-storefront
Apr 2020 - Nov 2020
A GraphQL-powered, PWA, single-page application storefront for Saleor.
Contributions:7 PRs, 16 pushes, 10 branches in 7 months
reactsaleorsingle-page-applicationpwagraphql
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