Marvin Kurland
Chief Technology Officer at Akoto Group Limited
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolMarvin Kurland is a pragmatic technology leader and software engineer with eight years of hands-on experience building full-stack, API-driven systems and leading engineering teams. As Co-Founder and Lead Engineer at Akoto Group and now CTO of FINISH, he blends product strategy with cloud, DevOps, and CI/CD practice to deliver scalable, secure solutions. His background spans frontend engineering, backend services, and machine learning, with a consistent focus on clean architecture, automation, and performance optimization. Marvin’s early career in merchandising gave him operational rigor and data-driven process instincts that now inform his engineering decisions. Based in Nairobi, he combines startup grit with a maker’s curiosity honed at a software engineering bootcamp and a diploma in IT education.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma of Education Information Technology, Diploma of Education Information Technology at KCA UniversitySoftware Engineering Boot-camp Software Engineering, Software Engineering Boot-camp Software Engineering at African Leadership Experience
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Github Skills (29)
react9
create-react-app8
zero-configuration8
developer-tools7
build-tools7
rest-api6
nodejs6
css6
postcss6
postcss-cli6
npm6
django3
explore3
locate3
fullstack-development2
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bugemarvin/alx-higher_level_programming
Jun 2022 - Sep 2023
Contributions:277 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
bugemarvin/Multi_Auth_Roles_Laravel
Jun 2021 - Mar 2024
Assinging roles for different users
Contributions:13 PRs, 34 pushes, 5 comments in 2 years 10 months
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