Samuel Wainaina
Full Stack Developer at Willing Host
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolSamuel Wainaina is a Full Stack Developer and Machine Learning Engineer based in Nairobi with 10 years of experience building scalable web and data-driven systems. He has practical expertise deploying microservices and AI model-querying services with Node.js, FastAPI, and Kubernetes, paired with CI/CD automation and React front-ends informed by Figma-driven UI/UX design. Samuel has also implemented IoT environmental sensing solutions and real-time data pipelines, bridging embedded systems and cloud analytics. Currently contributing to JHUB Africa and Willing Host, he combines production-grade backend engineering with hands-on frontend work. Trained in computer science and software engineering and certified in IBM Data Science, he favors simplicity as a design principle—"Simplicity is the soul of efficiency"—which guides his pragmatic approach to solving complex problems. Notably, his background spans both AI model deployment and IoT data integration, giving him a rare full-stack perspective from sensor to service.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
IBM DATA SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE, IBM DATA SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE at CouseraSoftware Engineering, Software Engineering at Moringa SchoolSt Mary's Sportsview AcademyMaranda High SchoolBachelor of Science in Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
English, Kiswahili
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Github Skills (45)
microsoft10
identity10
factor-authentication10
microsoft-authentication10
authentication10
azure-active-directory10
two-factor-authentication10
active-directory10
api10
sdk10
android10
adal10
factor10
editing10
msal10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
wainaina/train_ticket
Oct 2019 - Mar 2021
Train Ticketing solution built as a PoC for the Kenya Railway Authority.
Contributions:3 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 5 months
railwayticketingas-builtpocauthority
AzureAD/android-complete
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
This is a gradle root project for simplifying the editing and testing of multiple Microsoft auth SDKs and Libraries at the same time.
Contributions:14 reviews, 128 commits, 14 PRs in 10 months
gradletestingsdkssimplifyingproject-root
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