Kennedy Waithaka

Kennedy Waithaka has extensive experience in software engineering, working for various companies. Kennedy is currently employed at Fingo Africa as a Senior Software Engineer, a position they have held since January 2022. Prior to this, they worked as a Software Engineer at Fingo Africa from January to December 2021.

Before joining Fingo Africa, Kennedy worked at Vikali Inc as a Software Engineer from November 2020 to January 2021. Kennedy also worked at Tospay Limited, a Fintech startup, as a Software Engineer from May to November 2020. At Tospay Limited, they were responsible for designing and building RESTful APIs for edge services and integrating USSD applications with payment services and money wallet providers.

Kennedy's previous experience includes working at Something Inc Limited, an advertising startup company, as a Software Engineer from May 2019 to April 2020. Kennedy played a key role in design decisions towards building a manageable microservices architecture. Kennedy also worked as a Full Stack Engineer at Something Inc Limited from February to April 2019, where they built dashboard applications in Node.js and implemented a digital media application for Android TV.

Kennedy started their career as a Junior Software Developer at the USAID Health IT Project from August to November 2018. Kennedy focused on developing a mobile application that assisted county health workers in supervising health facilities. Prior to that, they participated in a Bootcamp organized by HIGDA as a Junior Software Developer from July to August 2017. During the Bootcamp, they interacted with the DHIS2 platform and API to develop a decision support system.

Overall, Kennedy Waithaka has a diverse background in software engineering, with experience in building RESTful APIs, integrating USSD applications, developing dashboard applications, and working on mobile applications for health and advertising sectors.

Kennedy Waithaka obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology between the years 2013 and 2018.