Juma Githinji

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Staff Platform Engineer at Wren Cloud · Platform engineering · Kubernetes, CI/CD

Wren Cloud
Kigali, Rwanda · CAT (UTC+2)
13+ years experience
University of Nairobi
English, Kinyarwanda, French
Open to work
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Overview

Based in Kigali. I work on platform engineering at Wren Cloud. Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 21 minutes to under 5. Before that: Twiga Foods and McKinsey & Company. Most at home with Kubernetes and observability.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in platform engineering
  • Questions about platform engineering
  • Working sessions on CI/CD
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Please don't message about
  • SEO and link-building offers
  • Offshore staffing offers
  • Crypto token projects

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Skills
CI/CDobservabilityservice meshKubernetes
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Platform Engineer in developer tools, Kigali or hybrid

Target roles
Platform Engineer
Level
Mid
Industries
Logistics, Climate tech
Work mode
On-site
Available
From next quarter
Work authorization
Authorized to work in Rwanda
What I'm looking for
Hands-on work on service mesh with room to mentor.
Not interested in
Agencies and outsourcing firms

13 years in platform engineering. Strongest at service mesh and Kubernetes. Open to the right conversation.

Kigali, Rwanda · remote OKci/cdkubernetesservice mesh
Open

Experience

  1. Staff Platform Engineer
    May 2022 - Present
    Wren Cloud · 4 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Kigali, Rwanda
    • Built the experimentation framework 27 product teams use to ship changes safely.
    • Reduced cloud spend on developer platform by 40% in two quarters.
    • Cut p99 latency on the developer platform services from 710ms to 60ms.
  2. Senior Platform Engineer
    Sep 2019 - May 2022
    Twiga Foods · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Kigali, Rwanda
    • Built the experimentation framework 10 product teams use to ship changes safely.
    • Wrote the CI/CD service that now handles 14 million requests a day.
  3. Senior Platform Engineer
    Nov 2015 - Sep 2019
    McKinsey & Company · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Kigali, Rwanda
    • Mentored 8 engineers through their first promotion.
    • Wrote the CI/CD service that now handles 79 million requests a day.
  4. Platform Engineer
    Oct 2013 - Nov 2015
    M-KOPA · 2 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Kigali, Rwanda
    • Wrote the Kubernetes service that now handles 20 million requests a day.

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Education

  1. University of Nairobi
    BSc, Computer Science
    2009 - 2013

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