Product Builder & Full-Stack Engineer
Designing, building, and shipping products that solve real problems — currently in Tallinn, Estonia.
Builder. Shipper.
I build products end-to-end. I have shipped platforms used by thousands at Nation Media Group, led a full digital transformation for a multi-branch business from brief to deployment, and I am currently in Tallinn working on peer-to-peer learning infrastructure at Kood/Jõhvi. I work across product, engineering, and design — because good products require all three.
Professional Experience
Building solutions that matter, one project at a time
Kood/Jõhvi, Tallinn, Estonia
Working within Kood/Jõhvi's engineering team to help redesign and improve their peer-to-peer learning system — the core infrastructure that powers how students collaborate, review each other's work, and progress through the programme. Focused on understanding how the current system breaks down under real usage, identifying the gaps, and building solutions that make the experience faster, fairer, and more reliable for every student on the platform.
Analysing the existing peer-to-peer architecture to identify bottlenecks and user pain points
Building full-stack features that improve how students submit, review, and receive feedback on work
Working cross-functionally with the Kood/Jõhvi team to ship improvements iteratively
Nation Media Group
Leading automation of business processes and enabling business transformation through technology. Managing community initiatives and partnerships to bring young techies together.
Developed Buriani system - proof of concept for legacy system transformation
Part of a fullstack development team and involved in abit of project management
Managed partner relations and community building
Organized tech events for media transformation
Oasis Outsourcing
Project managed and developed multiple innovative solutions including e-commerce platforms and security applications.
Led development of YourBasket e-commerce platform
Created KPA ticketing system prototype
Performed system audit of Jilinde App -a customer emergency and response platform
Managed a road data annotation project involving dashcam footage from China, and automated the conversion of annotations into training-ready formats using Python.
Kisasahome
Creating automated solutions for e-commerce business processes, including innovative WhatsApp search functionality.
Developed company website and e-commerce platform
Created WhatsApp product search functionality
Automated business processes for improved efficiency
Implemented related product recommendation system
Academic Background
Discover the journey of my academic pursuits and the skills I've honed along the way.
Featured Projects
Solving real-world problems through innovative technology solutions
Enjoy Café ERP — Ongoing
Led end-to-end delivery of a custom ERP for a multi-branch café chain in Nairobi — from discovery and business mapping to full implementation. Replaced manual spreadsheets with ingredient-level intelligence: tracking raw materials per recipe, waste, yield, and real profit/loss per item across four branches.
Nation ePaper
Part of the frontend team at Nation Media Group building a digital newspaper platform. The goal: let readers experience a physical newspaper on any device — same layout, same reading flow — without stripping out what makes print feel like print. Digital transformation that doesn't lose the thing it's transforming.
YourBasket E-commerce
Full-featured e-commerce platform with modern UI/UX, payment integration, and comprehensive admin dashboard.
KPA Ticketing System
Prototype ticketing system with advanced queue management and real-time status tracking for improved customer service.
WhatsApp Product Search
Innovative WhatsApp integration allowing customers to search products directly through chat, with AI-powered recommendations. (still in development)
Skills & Expertise
Constantly evolving skillset to tackle tomorrow's challenges today
Development
Cybersecurity
Project Management
Business Automation
Database & Cloud
Mobile & IoT
AI & Build Tools
Let's Connect
Ready to transform ideas into reality? Let's build something amazing together.
Get In Touch
Building something and need a developer who ships? Working on a problem that sits at the intersection of product, engineering, and design? Get in touch.
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