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Trust Birungi

@trustbirungi

Senior software engineer building event-driven APIs and microservices with Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-scale performance.

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I design event-driven, cloud-native systems (REST/gRPC, Kafka), improve performance, and strengthen secure architecture through CI/CD—ideally with opportunities to lead technical direction and mentor teams.

I’m a Senior Software Engineer focused on building reliable, cloud-native systems that turn data and operations into actionable outcomes. At AGX Technologies, I developed information dashboards and designed REST APIs with OpenAPI using Spring Boot, alongside strong CI/CD practices (linting, vulnerable library scanning, e2e testing, semantic versioning).

I also bring deep experience with distributed, event-driven architectures. At Goldman Sachs, I developed event-driven distributed APIs, migrated on-prem applications to AWS and GCP, implemented gRPC APIs, and managed monorepos with Bazel. I’ve profiled and optimized Java performance by up to 50% using JMeter and Flight Recorder, and I’ve implemented secure secret management with Hashicorp Vault.

Across leadership and product-building roles, I’ve shipped systems end-to-end—from architecture and mentoring to delivery impact. As a Technical Team Lead, I championed TDD (80% code coverage) and improved performance and cost (Redis reduced app loading times by 30%, and query refactoring reduced cloud costs by 35%); as Cofounder/CTO and CDO at EzyAgric, I helped build platforms used by 60,000+ smallholder farmers and enabled offline usage with caching.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Current

AGX Technologies

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Developed client information dashboards and REST APIs (OpenAPI/Spring Boot) to support international development data collection and analysis. Built CI/CD with linting, vulnerable library scanning, e2e tests, and semantic versioning; improved Java performance by up to 50% using JMeter and Flight Recorder while enabling secure async workflows with Vault and Kafka.

Java Spring Boot OpenAPI CI CD JMeter Kafka Maven Microservices

Senior Software Engineer

Goldman Sachs

Aug 2021 - Dec 2024 (3 years 4 months)

Built event-driven distributed APIs supporting Global Banking & Markets front and back-office operations. Migrated on-prem applications to AWS/GCP, upgraded Spring/Hibernate (3 to 5), standardized APIs with OpenAPI, implemented gRPC, and managed monorepos with Bazel.

Java Spring Hibernate REST APIs OpenAPI gRPC AWS GCP Bazel Event Driven Architecture

Independent Software Consultant

Independent

Nov 2019 - Aug 2021 (1 year 9 months)

Architected and developed an information management system for Bioversity International using Java/Spring Boot and a React-based frontend, including onboarding and training for staff and farmers on the mobile data collection workflow. Contributed to open-source projects OpenMRS and ODK Aggregate.

Java Spring Boot Hibernate REST APIs ReactJS JavaScript Frontend Development ODK Aggregate Onboarding

Technical Team Lead

Andela

Jul 2018 - Oct 2019 (1 year 3 months)

Architected and led development of WatchTower, integrating with multiple internal and third-party APIs using Java/Spring Boot and a React/Redux frontend. Mentored engineers, championed TDD to reach 80% code coverage, and improved performance and cost through Redis caching (30% faster load times) and query refactors that reduced cloud costs by 35%.

Java Spring Boot Hibernate PostgreSQL ReactJS Redux TDD CI CD Redis Docker

Co-founder & Chief Development Officer

EzyAgric

Jan 2017 - Jul 2018 (1 year 6 months)

Led R&D-focused software projects and developed V1 of the EzyLedger dashboard for dairy farmers and customers under the EzyAgric platform. Recruited and mentored engineers and worked with Ops to streamline onboarding workflows for enterprise customers.

Java Spring Boot REST APIs Hibernate MySQL ReactJS JavaScript Redux Software Engineering Leadership R&D

Co-founder & CTO

EzyAgric

Sep 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 3 months)

Led development of EzyAgric (Akorion), a platform used by over 60,000 smallholder farmers for improved production and marketing information services. Built a multi-tier data storage and processing system on AWS EC2, implemented Redis caching for offline usage, and drove customer-first feature selection to accelerate product/market fit.

Java Hibernate MySQL ReactJS AWS EC2 Apache Tomcat Redis System Architecture Product Development

Fullstack Software Engineer

Webfuse Technology Group

Apr 2013 - Aug 2014 (1 year 4 months)

Developed a mobile commerce Android app (mobile money) as part of a small team, including building backend REST APIs for KaDeal using PHP/Laravel and MySQL. Built multiple websites using PHP/Laravel and React/front-end technologies such as Bootstrap, CSS3, and HTML5.