Michael Basweti
Lead Software Engineer at Nation Media Group
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolMichael Basweti is a Lead Software Engineer based in Nairobi with eight years of experience designing and delivering full-stack, cloud-native systems across East Africa. He combines hands-on backend expertise in Python, Java, and Clojure with frontend React work and has driven regional rollouts of courier, payments, and distributor management platforms that boosted revenue and operational reach. A pragmatic technical leader and scrum master, he’s guided cross-office teams, brokered commercial integrations (including M-Pesa and telco lending solutions), and improved engineering practices and SQL proficiency across organizations. Currently exploring AI, ML, and distributed systems, he’s focused on building AI-powered tools for small businesses in Africa that bridge cutting-edge technology with everyday needs. Notably, his early hacking on delivery routing in Kenya and work integrating Microsoft Graph and Zoho show a knack for turning localized problems into scalable, business-impacting solutions.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
computer science, Computer Software Engineering, computer science, Computer Software Engineering at Laikipia UniversityKCSE, kcse, A, KCSE, kcse, A at starehe boys centre and school
English, Kiswahili
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Github Skills (21)
sqlalchemy9
flask8
virtualenv8
postgresql7
laravel7
jwt7
authentication7
graphql7
php6
lumen6
web-token6
json5
react-component2
okta2
javascript2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
andela/mrm_push
Mar 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:13 commits, 7 PRs, 18 pushes in 6 months
michael-basweti/contact-manager-api
Feb 2020 - Mar 2023
Contributions:29 PRs, 48 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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