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Joses Murungi

@josesmurungi

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Platform Engineer building secure, observable cloud-native platforms and distributed systems that scale.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a platform/cloud engineering role where I can build secure-by-design, observable-by-default systems at scale—using Kubernetes, GitOps, and Terraform—while improving reliability and developer experience through automation, documentation, and fast incident learning.

I’m a Platform Engineer with production experience designing and operating cloud-native platform systems at NCBA Group’s Digital Business unit. I built NCBA’s Internal Developer Portal (Backstage) serving 100+ engineers, led secrets remediation securing 173 microservices with 1,500+ credential instances, and designed a GitOps failover system reducing cluster recovery from 2 hours to 30 seconds.

I ship with a “secure by design, observable by default, and built to scale” mindset, using Azure, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Terraform, and security systems like Azure Key Vault, CSI Secrets Store, and GHAS (CodeQL). I also document and standardize engineering through ADRs and self-service runbooks, and I’ve shipped production mobile applications with 99.9% crash-free sessions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Platform Engineer

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NCBA Group

Mar 2026 - Present (3 months)

Built an Internal Developer Portal (Backstage) on AKS serving 100+ engineers and integrating 5 Kubernetes clusters for single-pane service catalog and deployment visibility. Secured 173 microservices using Azure Key Vault/Workload Identity and implemented GitOps backup failover, reducing failover execution from ~2 hours to under 30 seconds.

Backstage AKS Kubernetes Azure Key Vault Workload Identity Terraform Secrets Management

Current

Full-Stack Mobile Developer

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Adeera

Aug 2025 - Present (10 months)

Architected and shipped a Retail ERP MVP with offline-first capabilities in Flutter and Firebase, delivering search across 1,000+ SKUs in under 100ms and reducing checkout latency by 40%. Standardized a Material 3 design system and automated sales reporting, saving store owners 10+ hours per week.

Flutter Firebase Syncfusion BI Dashboards Android SDK REST APIs

Founder & Software Engineer

Elimu App

Jun 2024 - Jul 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Built an EdTech platform from zero to Google Play Store with offline-first architecture (ROOM, 85% Espresso coverage) and Firebase sync under 500ms. Increased daily active engagement by 35% using an AI-powered learning assistant and achieved 99.9% crash-free sessions in a 40-user beta.

Flutter Firebase ROOM Espresso Performance Optimization Docker Kubernetes

Software Developer Intern

Mountain View School

Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 (2 months)

Deployed the Elimu App in a live school pilot, reducing feature validation time by 50% and improving academic submission quality by 70%. Supported digital literacy training for 100+ students using Microsoft 365.

User Training Microsoft 365 Educational Technology Agile Collaboration