Mark Carlton
Senior Software Engineer at Smartmile
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolMark Carlton is a senior software engineer and engineering lead with 9 years of experience building scalable backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices across fintech and consumer platforms. He has architected and automated GCP and AWS environments with Terraform to support a platform processing over 5M daily requests, cutting latency by ~30% and improving reliability by 40%. A hands-on manager, he has led distributed teams and raised engineering efficiency through CI/CD, security hardening, and cross-team process improvements. He also built a WhatsApp-based financial chatbot that boosted engagement by 40% and launched mobile apps with 100k+ active users and a 4.5+ rating. Beyond product work, Mark has mentored 300+ DevOps students with an industry-aligned curriculum and an 85% placement rate, reflecting his commitment to talent development. Based in Nairobi, he combines deep technical execution with practical training and a track record of lowering operational costs while scaling user-facing systems.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Micromasters - Cybersecurity, Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism, Micromasters - Cybersecurity, Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism at Rochester Institute of TechnologyCertificate, Microsoft Certified Solutions Analyst, Certificate, Microsoft Certified Solutions Analyst at Institute of Advanced Technology KenyaBachelor of science - Mathematics and computer science, Information Technology, Bachelor of science - Mathematics and computer science, Information Technology at Kenyatta UniversitySystem, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager, System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager at Cisco Networking AcademyMurang'a High SchoolCertificate, Android Programming, Certificate, Android Programming at eMobilis
English, Kiswahili, Kikuyu, German
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Github Skills (57)
flutter10
google-cloud-platform10
ios10
windows10
cross-platform10
material-design10
google10
android10
mobile10
macos10
dart10
firebase10
mobile-development9
faas9
app-framework9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
CarltonK/PythonScripts
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
Simple Python problems and solutions. Refer to README.md for more
Contributions:86 commits, 4 PRs, 77 pushes in 3 months
python
CarltonK/doctors_of_kenya
Oct 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:54 releases, 12 reviews, 143 PRs in 11 months
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