Hello! I'm Saul.

I'm a software developer based in Bungoma, Kenya, with over two years spent building, deploying, and maintaining full-stack web and mobile applications.

Most of my work lives in Python and Django, backed by PostgreSQL. I'm just as comfortable in WordPress and Joomla when a project calls for a CMS instead of custom code, and on the mobile side, I build Android apps with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.

I studied Computer Science at Kibabii University and did a full-stack bootcamp with eMobilis, and since then I've moved between backend development, database design, deployment, and the everyday IT support that keeps a system running once it's live. I like being the person who can build something and then stick around to keep it working.

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Capabilities

My work

Backend Development

Django and Python applications backed by PostgreSQL: authentication, role-based access control, background task processing and REST APIs.

Web & CMS

WordPress and Joomla sites built and maintained end to end, from information architecture through content to ongoing technical upkeep.

Database Design

PostgreSQL and MySQL schema design, and the queries and migrations that keep an application's data honest as it grows.

IT Support & Training

Day-to-day troubleshooting for staff and students, and digital literacy teaching for learners meeting computers for the first time.

Experience

Where I've worked

  • Webmaster

    Partnership for Learning & Skills to Advance Safer Engineering in East Africa (PLEASE), Moi University

    Jul 2026 – present · Eldoret

    Maintain project web content and structure, prepare and format staff profiles, draft content recommendations for supervisors, and provide departmental IT support.

  • Head of Information Technology

    Remian Diagnostics Limited

    Nov 2025 – Mar 2026 · Nairobi, remote

    Led design, development and maintenance of the CPD webinar platform, including RBAC, live streaming, background processing and continuous deployment.

  • Computer Teacher and Instructor

    Friends of Watoto CBO

    May – Jul 2025 · Bungoma

    Taught digital literacy to young mothers, teenagers and at-risk youth: Microsoft Office, email, internet navigation, online safety and the Google ecosystem.

  • ICT Support Intern

    Equip Africa College

    May – Jul 2024 · Kitale

    Built a facial-recognition attendance system, set up the video conferencing centre, and provided day-to-day ICT support.

  • Cyber Cafe Attendant

    Kibabii University Cyber Cafe

    2021 – 2023 · Bungoma

    Ran daily operations for a cyber cafe and retail shop, managing staff, stock and customer service through busy university periods.

Education

How I trained

  • BSc Computer Science

    Kibabii University

    Sep 2020 – Apr 2025

    Software development, data structures and algorithms, databases, artificial intelligence and machine learning, distributed systems and cloud computing, with hands-on project work.

  • Certificate in Website Development

    eMobilis Mobile Technology Institute

    Oct – Dec 2023

    A three-month intensive Django full-stack bootcamp covering Python and Django for the backend, alongside HTML, CSS, Bootstrap and JavaScript.

Languages

What I speak

  • English — professional working proficiency
  • Swahili — native or bilingual proficiency