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[Kaya @DanThaKaya]

A friend is looking for senior devs in Kenya

​Fullstack & strong Git/DevOps
​LangChain & AI/LLM integration
​Autonomous agent orchestration (AutoGen, CrewAI)

​Frontend: React/Next/Vue, AI UIs.
Backend: Python (FastAPI/Flask/Django), LangChain, DevOps

​L2: Kes 300k/L3: 550k
Dm

[KE Developers @devrelations_ke]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Sospeter Mong'are @msnmongare]

Every Backend Engineer should master how to deal with payments! 💳
🔹 Payment Gateway Integrations
🔹 Payment Security
🔹 Webhooks
🔹 Error Handling & Logging
🔹 Testing
🔹 Recurring Payments
🔹 Legal Considerations

[Sharon Jebitok @oxs127]

The Shopify Dev Degree program 2025 cohort application is now open till 14th Feb. Give it a shot, good for those who want a CS degree in partner universities in York University or Carleton University as they intern at Shopify - cost covered plus mentorship https://t.co/S0NDyl6n6t

[Kirinyet Brian @kirinyetbrian]

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong"... Especially at the worst possible time.

[Wamwea🇰🇪 @wamweaaa]

Two developers earn the same salary of 800k. Both single.

One spends it living lavishly. The other saves 500k every month living on 300k which is a lot of money.

In 2 years, one has 12m (not counting the compound interest which is like 130k+ p.m).

Who do you want to be like?

[Kirinyet Brian @kirinyetbrian]

Too often, people dive into building without giving the database enough thought. Later, it becomes a headache. Always plan for your data....how to structure it, scale it, and manage it effectively.

[Kelvin N @NdemoKelvin]

Internship Opportunity:

We are looking for a motivated intern to join our team! The ideal candidate should meet the following qualifications:

1️⃣ Currently in their 3rd or 4th year of study (proof required)
2️⃣Available for a 6-month internship
3️⃣ Understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms, and Computer Science fundamentals

🚨 This is not a remote opportunity and you will be required to report to work daily

If you’re interested, please send your CV along with links to projects you’ve worked on to [email protected].

Looking forward to hearing from you!

[KE Developers @devrelations_ke]

@msnmongare 😂🤣😅

[Technolojesus @VkBoit]

Civil engineers being so terrible other engineers have to work around their incompetences 😂

[Erik Hersman @whiteafrican]

The bad old days of trying to get internet across Kenya… circa 2008-2014 (I think).

😂

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

You’re not learning if you’re not confused half the time.

[Kirinyet Brian @kirinyetbrian]

Write tests to ensure your code meets business requirements.

Write fitness functions to ensure your system meets architectural goals.

Both are essential....functionality without structure is chaos, and structure without purpose is a house of cards....

[Satya Nadella @satyanadella]

GitHub Copilot Free for VS Code has arrived.

[Warui Wanjiru @_byteSlinger_]

Software Security Engineer – Contract
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Front End Web Developer – Contract
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Full Stack Developer – Contract
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

iOS Developer – Full-time
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

https://t.co/1CbaRs6ntD

[Kirinyet Brian @kirinyetbrian]

You tube videos should do a wrap...

[Kelvin N @NdemoKelvin]

Am looking for a senior PHP Developer, here is the JD

send cv to [email protected]

Senior Back-End Developer (PHP)
Employment Type: Full-time (32-40 hours per week)

About the client

They are revolutionizing the legal domain by developing a cutting-edge collaboration platform for legal documents (‘a Github’ for legal professionals). Their team is ambitious, innovative, and committed to making legal processes more accessible and efficient. They are seeking a Senior Back-End Developer who shares their vision for excellence and innovation in legal technology.
Role Overview

As a Senior Back-End Developer, you'll be at the forefront of revolutionizing their platform's core APIs. With customers generating over 100,000 contracts annually and analyzing millions of legacy documents, your expertise will be crucial in managing and optimizing a dynamic codebase exceeding 250,000 lines. You'll collaborate closely with their NLP/AI team to embed cutting-edge AI functionalities into their core API, and work alongside the front-end team to deliver seamless and intuitive user experiences.

Who You Are

- Passionate about Technology: You have a deep interest in back-end development and staying current with industry trends.
- Collaborative Team Player: You thrive in an international team environment and enjoy sharing your knowledge.
- Problem Solver: You approach challenges with both thoughtfulness and pragmatism.
- Start-up Enthusiast: You are comfortable with the dynamic nature of a growing company.
- Effective Communicator: You have excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop and maintain the back-end infrastructure of their legal collaboration platform.
- Implement new features and optimize existing code for performance and scalability.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical discussions.
- Find and solve any issues proactively, together with their team.
- Develop and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable PHP code.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
- Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
- Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues.
- Help maintain code quality, organization and automatization.

Qualifications and Skills

- Minimum of 8 years of experience in back-end development.
- Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming and design principles (SOLID, design patterns).
- Proficiency in PostgreSQL and Doctrine ORM.
- Experience with writing both unit tests and integration tests.
- Familiarity with Git, including advanced techniques like rebasing.
- Understanding of modern web technologies and RESTful APIs.
- Experience with scaling applications.

Tech Stack

PHP API powering an Angular front-end
Machine Learning with Python
PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, PHP API, Angular and Airflow on Kubernetes
Advanced technologies: Knowledge Graphs, Redis, RabbitMQ and Websockets
Values

Open, Honest, and Forthright: they believe in transparency and integrity in all their interactions.
Work with the Best: Join an international team of professionals who are leaders in their fields.
Work Hard, Play Hard: they value hard work but also know how to have fun together.

[Kirinyet Brian @kirinyetbrian]

As a Software Architect , it is important to have both depth of knowledge( expertise in specific technologies) and breadth of knowledge (range of technologies one is familiar with)

I will talk about the latter....

If you want to keep increasing your breadth of knowledge as an architect:

-Follow technical writers on platforms like : medium ,substack, X , LinkedIn. My favourite (@ProgressiveCod2
,@hnasr
@RaulJuncoV)

-Read at least one case study every morning from blogs written by Tech Companies @veno_iot ,Meta,Google,Netflix,Amazon,X(I wish @SafaricomPLC wrote about Mpesa) etc to understand technical decisions they have had to make over the years with an aim to learn and not to copy paste the solution.(Remember architectural patterns make sense when there is context)

-Do Cloud Certifications like AWS Solution Architect Course, Azure cloud Certifications,Google Cloud Certifications and Udemy courses etc

If you forget everything above remember to Keep Learning 💪

So what's your strategy to stay ahead of the game?

[Kirinyet Brian @kirinyetbrian]

When building complex software systems,managing risk proactively helps you avoid managing crisis reactively.

Plan ahead ,design smart,mitigate and stay ahead of the chaos...