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Alicia Kimani

@aliciakimani1

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Results-driven software engineer specializing in scalable REST APIs and automated QA pipelines.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I’m actively seeking a role where I can deepen backend engineering skills and grow within a high-performing engineering team—shipping reliable APIs and automated testing that accelerates deployments.

I’m a results-driven software engineer with 1.5+ years of hands-on experience building scalable REST APIs and shipping automated QA pipelines in production fintech environments. I’ve delivered measurable impact—reducing bugs by 25% and accelerating deployment cycles through CI/CD automation—while working across the backend-to-testing stack.

At Lixnet Technologies, I elevated API reliability by 25% using Pytest and JUnit, cut new tester onboarding from 4 weeks to 2 weeks with reusable test documentation, and improved bug resolution by 30% through structured defect triage. Previously, as a Backend intern at Techies Dome, I designed and shipped secure payment, authentication, and transaction REST APIs and built end-to-end Cypress test suites integrated into CI/CD. I’m actively seeking a role where I can deepen backend engineering skills and grow within a high-performing engineering team, with a growing footprint in AI-integrated tools.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Software Engineer — QA & Testing

Lixnet Technologies

Jun 2025 - Nov 2025 (5 months)

Improved API reliability by designing and executing test cases with Pytest and JUnit, reducing recurring defects across integrated services. Led structured defect triage and authored a reusable test documentation/onboarding framework used by the QA team.

Pytest Junit Defect Triage Test Case Documentation

Software Engineer Intern — Backend

Techies Dome

May 2024 - Oct 2024 (5 months)

Designed and shipped scalable REST APIs for payment processing, authentication, and transaction endpoints, validating end-to-end with Postman and Newman CLI. Built and automated Cypress end-to-end test suites integrated into the CI/CD pipeline to catch regressions before production.

REST APIs Postman Newman CLI Cypress CI CD Payment Processing Authentication

Software Engineering Job Simulation

Quantium

Apr 2026 - Present (3 months)

Used Python and Pandas to merge raw retail sales datasets into a single analysis-ready dataset. Built a Dash app for interactive visualization and used Bash scripts with Git/GitHub for version-controlled automation of test runs.

Python Pandas Dash BASH Git GitHub

Software Engineering Job Simulation

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Feb 2026 - Present (5 months)

Set up a Java 17 and Spring Boot environment and developed a transaction-processing workflow using Kafka event consumption and REST API integration. Exposed REST endpoints and validated behavior with automated tests while persisting data to an H2 database via JPA repositories.

Java Spring Boot Maven Apache Kafka SQL H2 Database JPA REST APIs Automated Testing

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Riara University

Diploma in Information Technology, Information Technology

2025 -

Pursuing a Diploma in Information Technology while balancing full-time engineering work.

Moringa School

Certificate in Software Engineering, Software Engineering

2023 -

Completed a full-stack Software Engineering certificate program (January to November 2023) covering Python, JavaScript, React, APIs, and software engineering fundamentals.