Purity Birir
Software Developer at BBC
Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolPurity Birir is a senior software developer with a decade of experience building web applications and distributed systems, currently driving product development at the BBC. Self-taught since 2016, she evolved from Python console apps to a full-stack toolkit that includes Ruby on Rails, React-Redux, Node and Docker, and has explored Solidity and data science. She brings proven teamwork and mentorship skills from roles at Andela and community leadership as founder of AnitaB.org Nairobi and the Kenya Slack chapter. Comfortable leading both individual projects and cross-functional teams, she combines hands-on implementation with a passion for growing technical communities. Outside work she balances code with writing, dance and live music, reflecting a creative approach to problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business and Information Technology, Information Technology, Deferred, Bachelor of Business and Information Technology, Information Technology, Deferred at The Technical University of KenyaKenya Certificate of Secondary Education, 8.4.4 Kenya Syllabus, Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, 8.4.4 Kenya Syllabus at Naivasha Girls High SchoolFull Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code Camp
Sign languages, French, Spanish, kalenjin, Kiswahili, English
Github Skills (30)
fishing8
controlled8
points8
expressjs8
calculator7
data-journalism7
backend7
health7
social-media6
reactstrap6
location6
react-bootstrap6
react5
nodejs5
axios5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
puritybirir/Github-Battle
Jan 2018 - Jun 2023
Contributions:20 PRs, 15 pushes, 12 branches in 5 years 6 months
reactreact-coursefollowtyler-mcginnisreactjs
puritybirir/unstack
Oct 2018 - Jun 2023
Ship sustainably with zero config access to the best patterns and tooling
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
shipzeroconfigpatternszero-config
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