Starford Omwakwe
Software Engineer 2 at Microsoft
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolStarford Omwakwe is a Software Engineer 2 based in Nairobi with 10 years’ experience building web and mobile applications using Django, Flask, Spring Boot, and modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, React Native). He blends front-end craftsmanship—currently contributing to React-based projects at Microsoft—with backend and DevOps skills including Python scripting, Docker, Kubernetes and deployments on AWS and GCP. As a former senior developer and technical mentor, he has designed databases (SQL and NoSQL), RESTful APIs, and taught cohorts of developers at Moringa School, demonstrating both hands-on delivery and coaching ability. Comfortable across the full stack, he often automates operational tasks and bridges development with cloud-native deployment practices, making him effective in production-focused teams.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer science, Bachelor's degree, Computer science at University of Nairobi
Github Skills (8)
react2
mongodb2
mongoose1
python1
backend1
expressjs1
nodejs1
mern1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Omwakwe/twofactordemo
Aug 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:18 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 10 days
Omwakwe/hackathoncrm2
Jun 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:8 PRs, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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