Robin Cheptileh
Staff Software Engineer at Glovo
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolRobin Cheptileh is a Staff Software Engineer based in Barcelona with nine years of experience building scalable, high-performance backend services using Go, Scala, Kotlin, Python and Java. He has progressed from hands-on engineering roles in Nairobi to technical leadership at Glovo, combining system design, extensive testing, and clear documentation to deliver robust architectures in fast-moving environments. Known for planning, estimation and execution, he bridges team-level delivery with long-term architectural thinking. Robin favors pragmatic, well-tested solutions and brings a track record of shipping production services in logistics and platform companies. Off hours he signals his affinity for open source—“May the (open) source be with you”—suggesting ongoing community interest beyond day-to-day engineering.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at Kisii University
Github Skills (32)
cropper8
camera6
firebase5
yaml5
android5
image5
image-processing5
json5
firestore4
python4
transform2
spreadsheet1
ide1
typescript1
java1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
RobinCheptileh/gwordapi
May 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:45 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
RobinCheptileh/recipe-reverse
Mar 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:25 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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