Steve Kamana
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolSteve Kamana is a Software Engineer II based in Nairobi with a decade of hands-on experience building impactful software across startups and a major tech company. Currently at Microsoft since 2021, he brings operational and product-focused engineering experience honed earlier at Zero-Q and through founding CipherTech. His background in mathematics and computer science informs a pragmatic approach to system design, from network and POS deployments to scalable application development. Comfortable leading technical initiatives and training teams, he has a track record of turning business requirements into reliable, user-focused solutions. Known for a playful Gopher-themed GitHub presence, he blends technical rigor with a collaborative, community-minded spirit. He combines entrepreneurial grit with enterprise engineering discipline to deliver software that scales and serves real-world needs.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics and computer science, Mathematics and computer science at Meru University
English
Stackoverflow
1,699reputation
437kreached
51answers
7questions
firebase
top-5%
google-cloud-functions
top-5%
Github Skills (99)
adafruit10
authentication10
spi10
backend10
audio10
playback10
i2c10
html5-audio10
gpio10
r9
javascript9
codegen9
tinygo9
statistics9
golang9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Zero-Q-Ltd/Daudi
Oct 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:1 release, 74 PRs, 91 pushes in 3 months
kisinga/simple-mpesa
Dec 2020 - Jan 2024
A simple example of how MPESA works. Works with all 3 types of customers i.e. Agents, Merchants and Subscribers. Allows you to configure a tariff and apply it to transactions. The project follows DDD principles.
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 years 1 month
dddmpesa
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