Summary
Stephen K is a Senior Software Engineer and engineering leader based in Kenya with 11 years of experience building conversational AI agents and production web applications. He has progressed from hands-on software roles to leading frontend and engineering teams, most recently guiding LLM training efforts and engineering at companies like Turing and Sote. Stephen combines full-stack execution with team leadership, shipping user-facing AI products that people actually engage with. His background spans startup and scale-stage environments across East Africa, from transport tech to platform engineering. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who pairs product-focused decision making with an eye for reliable, maintainable systems. Outside the usual resume points, he’s known for translating complex LLM behaviors into conversational flows that drive real user adoption.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer