Nyamu Wanyoike
@nyamuwanyoike
AI-native backend engineer building TypeScript SaaS with LLM and semantic search.
What I'm looking for
I’m an AI & Backend Engineer with 5 years building B2B SaaS products in TypeScript and Node.js. I specialise in LLM integrations, vector search, and integration platform architecture, and I’m comfortable turning messy real-world data into reliable system behavior.
At Quake.dev, I build an AI-native recruitment automation platform that connects ATSs, email, and third-party tools through AI agents and visual workflow automation. I’ve delivered core product capabilities end-to-end: reusable CSV ingestion with dynamic column mapping, a configurable Kanban pipeline promoted into a platform-wide feature, and unified structured search supporting vector, full-text, and hybrid retrieval modes with end-to-end test coverage.
I also lead technical delivery as a Technical Consultant, owning provisioning and deployment, and translating compliance and product requirements into an engineering roadmap. I enjoy building fast, maintainable systems—whether that’s semantic search pipelines, workflow triggers, or mobile-ready features with React Native and Flutter.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Software Engineer
Quake.dev
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)
Built an AI-native recruitment automation platform connecting ATSs, email, and third-party tools via AI agents and visual workflows, with 60+ installable integrations. Delivered a reusable CSV importer with dynamic column mapping, drove a platform-wide Kanban pipeline feature, integrated automation stage-change triggers, and shipped unified hybrid/vector search with end-to-end tests.
Technical Consultant
Rise Talent Accelerator
Nov 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)
Led a remote team of 3 engineers for a Liberian Ministry of Labour recruitment/compliance platform, owning code review, async workflows, and technical decision-making across web and mobile delivery. Managed end-to-end infrastructure provisioning and deployment on DigitalOcean (Cloudflare, domains, transactional email, and Play Console), and translated compliance/product requirements into an engine
Software Engineer
Posting Parrot
Jan 2024 - Jan 2025 (1 year)
Developed a multi-poster and ATS platform syncing job postings across major job boards and integrating Bullhorn via an embedded iframe app. Built and maintained integrations across REST/GraphQL/XML, normalized application ingestion, implemented bidirectional Bullhorn candidate status sync, and added AI-generated job description suggestions in the posting editor.
Software Engineer
Orgtomic
Sep 2021 - Jan 2024 (2 years 4 months)
Owned the Competency Management domain end-to-end, designing and shipping 7 new database tables, ORM relation mappings, transactional service logic, and 15 REST API endpoints with Zod validation and integration tests. Synced Lightcast/EMSI skills data between PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch, built an org chart visualization with D3 (DFS/BFS), and modernized the frontend stack by migrating to React 18
Mobile Engineering Intern
Impresso
Apr 2021 - Sep 2021 (5 months)
Shipped production-ready Flutter features alongside backend engineers and designers, delivering first-role impact within six months of self-directed study. Collaborated on mobile development using Flutter to support real production workflows.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Self-Directed Career Pivot
Self-directed study, Full-stack web development
2020 - 2021
Self-directed full-stack web development study completed from 2020 to 2021.
University of Nottingham Malaysia
MEng, Mechatronic Engineering
2016 - 2020
Grade: 2:1 Honours
MEng Mechatronic Engineering (2:1 Honours) from the University of Nottingham Malaysia, completed from 2016 to 2020.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
OpenAPI
DigitalOcean
GitHub
GitHub Actions
React Native
PostgreSQL
Gmail
Node.js
Next.js
Tailwind CSS
Terraform
React
XML
Remote Team
Gemini
GraphQL
Elasticsearch
AWS Lambda
SST
Vercel
TypeScript
SQL
React Router
Hono
Drizzle ORM
Upstash
Kysely
Railway
tRPC
Vite
Zod
pgvector
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Grok
React Hook Form
Dynamic
Column
Beam
Remote
Jan
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Salary expectations
Job categories
Skills
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