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Ian Kyalo

@iankyalo

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Senior full-stack engineer building secure, data-driven web and mobile products that ship fast and scale.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a team where I can build secure, data-driven products across web and mobile, ship fast, and improve reliability/performance with hands-on engineering, mentorship, and clear ownership of end-to-end outcomes.

I build end-to-end products—from concept to final implementation—with a strong focus on usability, security, and measurable outcomes. I’ve spearheaded migrations and iterative versioning (including moving from core PHP to WordPress) while maintaining solid engineering practices like fine-grained auditing for visibility and accountability.

I design and deliver full systems that reduce operational friction: inventory management that streamlines clients’ operations, property management automation that reduced operational costs by 20%, and a law firm management solution that improved case processing speed by 25% while lowering administrative overhead.

Most recently, I expanded into data engineering at scale: I automated database cluster provisioning with IaC, implemented monitoring and alerting with Percona/New Relic, and helped design resilient architectures and ETL pipelines—delivering an 8x performance improvement and maintaining strong incident readiness through disaster recovery drills (RPO <= 5mins).

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Database Engineer

Andela

Oct 2023 - Feb 2025 (1 year 4 months)

Automated database-cluster provisioning and environment management using Infrastructure as Code, and implemented end-to-end monitoring and alerting for database resources. Improved database performance with Percona and New Relic to achieve sub-20 ms request times and an 8x performance gain, delivered schema-migrating ETL pipelines, and ran disaster recovery drills validating RPO ≤ 5 minutes.

Infrastructure as Code Cluster Provisioning Monitoring And Alerting Percona New Relic ETL Disaster Recovery

Full Stack Engineer

Kakaye Tech Labs

Mar 2018 - Feb 2025 (6 years 11 months)

Led end-to-end development of DundaFootball, evolving the blog from PHP through multiple builds to a WordPress version. Built inventory, property management, mobile notification-sharing, and law-firm management solutions—cut operating costs 20% and improved case processing speed 25%—while implementing fine-grained entity auditing.

PHP WordPress Inventory Management Property Management Systems Mobile Application Development Auditing Workflow Automation Law Firm Management

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Bityarn Consult

Sep 2022 - Oct 2023 (1 year 1 month)

Designed and built three cross-platform Flutter apps (access control, rent billing, and leads management) with mentorship for interns. Strengthened authentication security using 2FA (Africas Talking API and email OTP) and reduced workflow issues by 40% by resolving network-drop failures.

Flutter 2FA Africas Talking API Email OTP Database Management Cross Platform Mobile Development

Full Stack Engineer

Casavenida

Feb 2021 - Dec 2021 (10 months)

Led end-to-end development of a web application in partnership with the product owner. Increased customer satisfaction by 40% by implementing advanced listing filters, and reduced property listing/approval time by automating the workflow.

Web Application Development Filtering Workflow Automation

PHP Developer

Wuwana

Jan 2021 - Mar 2021 (2 months)

Contributed features to a GitHub-hosted open-source project and updated database design to support ISO 3166 regions. Improved the business listings page with better listing presentation and a region filter to refine search results.

PHP GitHub Database Design ISO 3166 Filtering Listings UI Improvements

Intern

Cellulant

May 2019 - Aug 2019 (3 months)

Implemented the Tingg chamas contribution screen for the Android app and integrated products listing data from the database into Tingg shop pages. Built a Facebook bot to provide Tingg services to end users, strengthening the company’s digital presence.

Android Development Integrated Database Data Population For Listings

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Emerging Capital Holdings

Feb 2022 - Present (4 years 2 months)

Developed rental management solutions across web and cross-platform mobile while partnering with the product owner for delivery. Built a fund-management dashboard and reporting system, reducing analysis time by 50%, and optimized database performance to improve query response time.

Cross Platform Mobile Development Dashboard And Reports Code Review

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Computer Science

2016 - 2021

Activities and societies: Elected delegate for Pure and Applied Math department; occasionally represented class in interclass football; participated in school-sponsored and external hackathons.

Earned a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science, completing studies from 2016 to 2021. Served as a delegate for the Pure and Applied Math department and participated in school-sponsored and external hackathons.

Nairobi School

High School Education, High School

2012 - 2015

Grade: A-

Activities and societies: Lawn Tennis captain; member of Math Club; part of CU committee; occasionally represented school interests via club involvement.

Completed high school education from 2012 to 2015. Achieved a mean grade of A- and held leadership roles including Lawn Tennis captain.