About Me
I'm Sam Rasugu a Software Engineer with a passion for transforming ideas and building interactive applications. I have a strong foundation in software development, with a focus on mobile, web and backend technologies. My experience includes working with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products that meet user needs.
Drawing on experience with DevOps, I am actively developing skills in this area. With a keen interest in cloud computing and CI/CD practices, I continuously seek ways to improve development processes, learn new technologies, and enhance my expertise. Thriving in fast-paced environments, I embrace new challenges with enthusiasm.
Let's build something unforgettable! 🚀
Experience
Senior Software Engineer @MONOS
April 2024 - Present | Manchester, UK - Hybrid
As a Software Engineer at MONOS, I contribute to the development of several key products. I play a central role in building the MONOS App, enhancing its guided learning journeys, community-driven discussions, and content delivery system. For MONOS Mankind, I developed features for donation management and relief tracking to support humanitarian causes. In MONOS Markets, I helped create vendor tools and dashboards to manage small Halal businesses and improve public engagement. For the Halal Directory, I built a scalable search engine with verification workflows, enabling users to discover verified Halal businesses globally.
Software Engineer @USAID - HealthIT
Sept 2023 - Nov 2024 | Nairobi, Kenya
Contributed to the design, development, and successful release of CPIMS (Child Protection Information Management System) an open-source health platform that delivers reliable, prompt, and uniform countrywide information to support fact-driven planning on children protection programs
Software Engineer @Savannah Informatics Limited
July 2023 - May 2024 | Nairobi, Kenya
Actively contributed in developing, piloting, and maintaining UoNAfyaApp360 in collaboration with the University of Nairobi and Johnson & Johnson, playing a key role in defining product requirements, development, and launching the UoNAfyaApp360 application. Played a key role in the maintenance and optimization of sghi_core, an open-source shared Flutter package package for components, and helper functions for Flutter applications.
Software Engineer @RedBrumbies Limited
May 2021 - July 2023 | Nairobi, Kenya
Worked as a Mobile Software Engineer in the development of Vitu Kwa Ground, a comprehensive platform for user engagement, reporting, and analytics. Involved in the creation of Agrofi, a mobile app and USSD platform designed to connect over 20,000 farmers, lenders, and suppliers, significantly impacting agricultural accessibility.
Skills
TypeScript / JavaScript / Python / Flutter/Dart / React / Next.js / React Native / Tailwind CSS / Node.js / Express.js / SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) / MongoDB / Flask / Git / GitHub / REST APIs / Figma / AWS (EC2, Amplify, Route53, Cloudfront, RDS, VPC & ELB ) / Firebase
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science @University of Nairobi
August 2020 | Nairobi, Kenya
Grade: Second Class Honors Upper Division
Relevant coursework: Software Engineering, Data Structures and Algorithms, Human Centered Design, Computer Networks, Database Systems, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.