Kevin Nyawakira
Senior Application Security Engineer
Kigali City, Rwanda
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Top SchoolKevin Nyawakira is a Senior Application Security Engineer based in Kigali with nine years of experience blending offensive security research and pragmatic application hardening. He has progressed from web developer and freelance contractor to CTO-level roles running Intore Security Lab, and now leads application security at Irembo, where he focuses on threat modeling, automated testing, and secure SDLC practices. A hands-on hacker and builder, Kevin designs bespoke penetration tests and tooling to uncover complex vulnerabilities across networks and web apps. He also bridges technical leadership and product needs, having served as CTO for startups while keeping active in security research and generative AI experimentation. Fluent in practical engineering and adversarial thinking, he brings a maker’s mentality to scalable security solutions in emerging markets.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Adventist University of Central AfricaHigh school degree frenchMathematicsEnglishphysics, High school degree frenchMathematicsEnglishphysics at Ecole internationale de bujumbura
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (12)
html6
ajax6
jquery-ui6
bootstrap-modal6
javascript6
php6
bootstrap6
jquery6
security2
malware2
pentesting2
threat-intelligence1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kevin81767/kevin81767.github.io
Jan 2018 - Oct 2022
Contributions:60 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
kevin81767/More-or-Less
Nov 2016 - Jul 2022
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
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