Jonathan Kamau
Software Engineer at Virtuagym
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolJonathan Kamau is a pragmatic backend software engineer with 9 years of experience building and scaling production systems across Python, Django/Flask, AWS, and serverless architectures. He has repeatedly turned product requirements into reliable integrations—most notably helping launch a third-party QR code backend that contributed to a client reaching 200,000 MAU—and consistently improves quality through testing, Sentry monitoring, and CI/CD. Comfortable across the stack, he has cut AWS costs dramatically, designed architecture and ER diagrams, and led teams as a technical mentor and code reviewer. Jonathan blends hands-on implementation with stakeholder-facing product work, often translating business needs into deployable technical specs. His background in data engineering and streaming nanodegrees complements his integration and platform work, giving him an edge in building observable, scalable services.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Cisco Certified Network Associate, System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management, Distinction, Cisco Certified Network Associate, System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management, Distinction at Institute of Advanced TechnologyNanodegree, Data Streaming, Nanodegree, Data Streaming at UdacityBachelor of Business and Information Technology, Mobile Computing, Second Class Honours, Upper Division, GPA: 3.639, Bachelor of Business and Information Technology, Mobile Computing, Second Class Honours, Upper Division, GPA: 3.639 at Africa Nazarene University
English, Swahili
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Github Skills (38)
txt9
javascript9
npm9
npm-package9
open-source9
points9
expansion9
editing9
numeric8
django-framework7
capstone7
django7
move7
api6
corona6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jonathankamau/MovieBuff-Frontend
Dec 2018 - Jul 2020
React Frontend for the MovieBuff API
Contributions:1 release, 9 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year 7 months
apireactreact-frontendmoviebufffrontend
jonathankamau/Covid19Viewer-API
May 2020 - Aug 2020
API that provides Coronavirus Data by Country
Contributions:20 commits, 10 PRs, 16 pushes in 3 months
apicoronavirus-data
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