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Eliud Rotich

@eliudrotich

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Full‑Stack/backend engineer building scalable SaaS platforms with strong API and database expertise.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I seek backend/full-stack roles where I can design scalable APIs, optimize databases, lead small teams, and ship production systems with strong DevOps practices.

I am a Full-Stack and Backend Engineer with 2+ years building, deploying, and scaling production-grade SaaS applications, specializing in Python, Node.js, and PostgreSQL. I founded and monetized Agent21, a job-aggregation platform with 200+ active users, 85% weekly retention, and Ksh50,000+ MRR, and I consistently optimize systems for performance and uptime.

I design robust RESTful APIs, scalable database schemas, and CI/CD pipelines while integrating payment and messaging systems (M-Pesa, Telegram). I deliver measurable impact—reducing API response times by 42%, cutting duplicate listings by 60%, and maintaining 99%+ uptime—while leading small teams and shipping production systems end-to-end.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Lead Developer / Freelancer

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SiliconNova

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)

Delivered custom web applications for fintech, e-commerce, and business clients, led 3-person teams through full SDLC and built FortuneFarm fintech platform handling 500+ daily requests with M-Pesa payment processing.

PostgreSQL API Design M Pesa Integration Team Leadership CI CD Agile

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Full-Stack Software Engineer

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Agent21

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 5 months)

Founded and built Agent21, a job aggregation SaaS serving 200+ active users with 85% weekly retention and monetized via M-Pesa to generate Ksh50,000+ MRR; optimized APIs to reduce response time by 42% and maintained sub-100ms query latency and 99.2% uptime.

Python PostgreSQL RESTful API Design Docker CI CD Database Optimization Telegram Bot API

Software Engineer Intern

MobiTech

Sep 2025 - Nov 2025 (2 months)

Developed Python WSGI webserver applications, built relational schemas and RESTful endpoints for magazine/article management, and reduced server response times by 30% through profiling and optimization.

Python SQLite REST APIs SQL Performance Profiling Unit Testing Backend Development

Backend Developer Intern

Sun-Code Technologies

Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 (2 months)

Architected a real-time messaging system using Flask and PostgreSQL, designed REST APIs for chat and presence, and optimized queries by 25% to improve average response time from 400ms to 300ms.

Flask PostgreSQL REST APIs Indexing Alembic Performance Optimization CI CD

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Moringa School

Software Engineering Diploma, Software Engineering

2023 - 2024

Activities and societies: Built 12+ production-grade projects, collaborated on 4 capstone projects, led team projects, deployed systems to AWS and Railway, practiced CI/CD and Agile workflows.

Completed an intensive full-stack software engineering bootcamp covering Python, JavaScript, SQL, cloud technologies, and deployed multiple production-grade projects.