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Agnes Koinange Nyamarere

Software Engineer

Nairobi, Kenya

ABOUT

Software engineer with 4+ years building production systems. Specialized in backend architecture, real-time systems, and observability. Track record of 99.8% system uptime and leading distributed teams of 5+ engineers.

SKILLS

Node.jsNestJSExpressPythonDjangoFlaskREST APIsGraphQL
PostgreSQLMongoDBPrismaWebSocketsSocket.ioEvent-driven Architecture
AWS EC2DockerCI/CDJenkinsCircleCIGrafanaOpenTelemetryLoki
ReactTypeScriptNext.js

EXPERIENCE

Technical Lead

2025-04 - 2025-10

GoodBuilders Program • Remote, Israel

Led distributed engineering team across multiple time zones to architect and build food rescue and environmental education platforms serving users across Israel. • Architected food rescue platform with real-time inventory, QR verification, and secure payment processing—serving users across Israel • Led distributed team of 5 engineers across 3 time zones; increased project funding 40% → 60% based on delivery quality • Built environmental education platform presented to Israeli Minister of Education

Full Stack Developer

2025-03 - 2025-10

Xenara AI • Remote, Canada

Built and maintained AI-powered tools with focus on backend architecture, real-time communications, and zero-downtime deployments. • Built AI-powered tools using NestJS and React; debugged WebSocket failures achieving 100% uptime • Implemented blue-green deployments on AWS EC2 for zero-downtime releases • Stabilized Jenkins CI/CD pipelines; created API documentation with Swagger

Full Stack Developer → Technical Lead

2023-01 - Present

Cooperation.org • Remote, USA

Promoted to Tech Lead after 3 months. Now lead development efforts, mentor developers, and coordinate sprint delivery while maintaining high-availability systems with comprehensive observability. • Promoted to Tech Lead after 3 months; now mentor 3 developers and coordinate sprint delivery • Built secure verification platform with Node.js/Express backend and React frontend; maintained 99.8% uptime • Implemented observability stack (Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry) reducing incident response time by 60% • Set up Cypress E2E testing integrated into CircleCI pipeline for continuous quality assurance

Full Stack Developer

2023-04 - 2025-04

Tru Social • Contract, Remote, USA

Contract role building real-time communication features and implementing monitoring and containerization solutions. • Built real-time chat features (reply, edit, delete) with Node.js and WebSockets • Containerized services with Docker; implemented Grafana monitoring for error tracking

EDUCATION

Cybersafe Foundation

- 2023

Certification in DevSecOps

Moringa School

- 2022

Certificate in Software Development

University of Kabianga

- 2021

BSc in Biochemistry