Zakayo Thuku
Software Engineer at Safaricom PLC
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolZakayo Thuku is a seasoned Software Engineer with a decade of experience and eight years focused on Android development, specializing in Kotlin/Java, Coroutines, Dagger/Hilt and Android Jetpack. He currently splits his time between leading Android teams at Safaricom and partnering with clients through Andela to deliver data-backed, high-impact mobile fintech solutions. Zakayo combines hands-on engineering with technical coaching—decomposing complex features, setting team standards, and ensuring work aligns with business value. His background ranges from founding client-facing consulting work to building large-scale consumer apps like MySafaricom, giving him both product empathy and delivery rigor. Based in Nairobi, he’s known for translating business goals into prioritized engineering plans and for promoting a collaborative culture that scales best practices across teams. An early-career polymath, he also brings UI/UX and frontend experience from consulting roles, enabling smoother cross-discipline collaboration.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Second Class Upper Division, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Second Class Upper Division at Chuka University
English
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Github Skills (168)
kotlin10
json9
java9
square9
android9
opcodes8
json-parser8
react-redux8
react-router-v48
react-router8
jvm8
graalvm7
http-client7
android-components7
react-component7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
schatzlabs/databinding-validator
Nov 2020 - Jan 2022
Contributions:6 releases, 12 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 1 month
zakayothuku/demo-react-router
Feb 2018 - Apr 2020
Contributions:3 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
react-componentreactreact-router-v4redux-middlewareredux-thunk
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