Timothy Owen
Senior Software Engineer - Mobile Apps Backend at Cashia
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolTimothy Owen is a Senior Software Engineer based in Nairobi with 8 years of experience building mobile and backend systems, currently assembling mobile engineering teams at Cashia to deliver KMP-based cross-platform apps and payments microservices. He blends deep Java/Spring Boot backend expertise with modern Android skills (Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Multiplatform) and hands-on payments integrations including Mpesa, bank transfers and card processing. Timothy has a strong reliability and automation mindset from SRE/DevOps roles at Safaricom and Dynatrace, where he automated infrastructure, monitoring and incident workflows to improve resilience and reduce operational costs. An educator and community builder, he creates technical courses, trains nationwide cohorts, and publishes tutorials as the "Code With Timz" YouTube instructor, helping bridge talent into industry. He routinely pairs product-focused mobile UX work with low-level integrations (SOAP/XML, Huawei Core) — a blend that makes him effective both shipping features and keeping mission-critical payments reliable.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (Systems Engineering), Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (Systems Engineering) at Kabarak UniversitySystems Automation and IT Support specialist, Distinction, Systems Automation and IT Support specialist, Distinction at CourseraAndroid Certificate, Android Certificat, Google Certified Android Engineer, Android Certificate, Android Certificat, Google Certified Android Engineer at UdacityCertificate, Tensorf, Certified on Tensorflow, Certificate, Tensorf, Certified on Tensorflow at DataCampCertificate python, Python, Certified, Certificate python, Python, Certified at freeCodeCampSecodanry School Certificate, Certficate, B, Secodanry School Certificate, Certficate, B at Chebara Boys High School
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Github Skills (65)
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Github contributions (5)
TimzOwen/iDoctor
Dec 2021 - Jun 2022
Get your personal health care in one app
Contributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 39 pushes in 6 months
reacthealthcarehealth-careone-app
TimzOwen/Android-Jetpack-Compose
Jul 2022 - Mar 2025
material and app samples meet ups understanding jetpack compose
Contributions:10 reviews, 284 PRs, 459 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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