DANIEL NDUNG’U MIGWI

Personal Information

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/migwi-ndungu

Github: @dmigwi

Gender: Male

Country: Poland (Originally from Kenya)

Professional Summary

• Having been a software developer for more than 5yrs, I derive a lot of personal fulfillment from solving challenges with computers.
• Self motivated individual and a lifelong avid learner that is passionate about electronics, microprocessors and computer programming.
• Love challenges that push me out of my comfort zone and teach me other cool things. Apart from working with golang, some low level languages like C and C++ are fun to work with.
• Have extensively worked in several fin-tech and crypto firms using golang.
• Other C++ and golang I am proficient in DBMS databases (MySql, postgresql), Python/Django, PHP/Laravel, Javascript/Angular/React and arduino.
•  I have working knowledge in computer networking, IP Protocols and Cisco packet tracer functionality.
• I have acquired efficiency for Agile software development methods and thus grown to need little to no supervision. I am accountable, highly productive and efficient especially when managing the Scope, Time and Resource available on a given project for a quality product.
• Due to my passion for software development and the need to always check and improve my skills I like consulting team members or people with more experience.I am an active participant and contributor in open-source projects especially projects in Go, C++ and C on github, bitbucket and other version control platforms.
• I usually place extra emphasis on writing code that is well documented and contains unit and end-to-end tests. This makes code easily maintainable and debugging my solutions becomes easier.

Key Skills

• Backend - Can do almost any heavy lifting with golang. Have worked with Python,  C and C++ before.

• DBMS - Postgresql, Mysql, Mongo, Sqlite.
• Frontend - Javascript, CSS, Angular, Django, Laravel, HTML5.
• Testing - Unit Testing and End To End Testing.
• Arduino - Built a prototype microcontroller to help automate knitting machines.
• Thesis Project - Working on a referral/trust based security model on RFID contactless cards.

Employment History

• Jan 2021 - Current Golang Software Developer Contractor - (Raedah Group)
• Sept 2019 - Dec 2020 Golang Backend Developer - Energi Cryptocurrency
• Aug 2018 - Sept 2019 Software Developer Contractor - Decred Crypto
• July 2016 - Aug 2018 Software Developer - Andela (Cohort 9 - Kenya Office)

Education

Oct 2023 - Present
Vistula University (Poland)

Currently studying masters in Computer Engineering with a specialization in Mobile applications.

May 2012 - May 2016
Maasai Mara University (Kenya)

Did Bsc In Computer Science course and graduated with a second class upper division.