I’m looking for a collaborative technical role where I can contribute across software development, frontend engineering, QA, or related areas while continuing to grow as an engineer. I value hands-on problem-solving, transferable technical skills, and the opportunity to learn from experienced teammates while building reliable, user-focused products.
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Joy Kirii
@joykirii1
Software engineer with 3 years' experience across frontend development, API integrations, debugging, testing, and cross-functional product delivery.
KenyaWhat I'm looking for
Frontend + QA engineer. Build production React/Next/TS apps and own the testing: automated suites, cross-device, defect workflows. Shipped a title at EA.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
JavaScript Developer
Usiku Games
May 2024 - Mar 2026 (1 year 10 months)
Built and maintained a responsive Phaser and Next.js/TypeScript browser game used by 300+ daily users. Improved load time by 40% through lazy loading, image optimisation and Zustand. Integrated Xsolla payments and JWT-secured Django REST APIs, and owned frontend quality through Jest/RTL, BrowserStack, mobile testing and DevTools debugging.
Tested a shipped title across functional, localisation and regression workflows, logging 100+ defects with clear reproduction steps, severity and environment details. Validated Swahili audio/text accuracy, retested fixes across platforms, and collaborated with engineering, design and QA teams through Jira, Confluence, standups and retrospectives.
Frontend Developer
FundizShop
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022 (1 year 2 months)
Redesigned a customer-facing UI in Angular from Figma specifications, improving user satisfaction by 25%. Built responsive, accessible components using Flexbox and Grid across desktop, tablet and mobile, and partnered with backend developers to resolve API contract, data-formatting and request/response issues.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Queen's University Belfast
MSc, Software Development
2022 - 2023
Moringa School
FullStack Software Engineering
2021 - 2021
Technical University of Kenya
Bachelor of Arts, Music
2016 - 2020
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Looking for a job
Location
KenyaAuthorized to work in
Salary expectations
20k-30k USD
Job categories
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