Shannon Simiyu
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Nairobi County, Kenya
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- SSoftware EngineerAug 2025 - Current (1 year)Fintech · Unified Payment Gateway · 10+ African Markets · Multi-currency Infrastructure • Serve as the technical point of contact across engineering, customer success, growth, and external client teams, diagnosing production issues, supporting API integrations, and translating system behaviour into clear, timely client communication. • Own first-line incident analysis: trace failures through logs and distributed traces, identify root causes, and surface architectural issues to senior engineers with actionable recommendations which including a webhook retry queue fix that resolved client-side timeout failures across multiple markets. • Built and maintain a Django + React reconciliation platform deployed with Docker and Nginx, used to ma
Data SpecialistMindriftFeb 2024 - Current (2 years 6 months)• Trained AI models by evaluating responses across key metrics, including accuracy, informativeness, and correctness. • Provided high-quality code solutions to address instances where models failed to generate accurate outputs. • Delivered prompt feedback to improve model performance and collaborated with team members to resolve project issues effectively. • Labeled and annotated AI datasets, ensuring compliance with project guidelines and maintaining data integrity. • Worked closely with team members to address ambiguities, enhancing project outcomes and upholding the highest standards of data quality. • Collaborated with multiple clients and researchers on successful AI projects, while also applying my understanding of SQL- Data Science ApprenticeALX AfricaAug 2023 - Aug 2024 (1 year 1 month)• Participated in an intensive 12-month Data Science Bootcamp focusing on data analysis, machine learning, and statistical modeling. • Completed projects, including building data pipelines, conducting exploratory data analysis (EDA), and developing machine learning models for real-world problem-solving. • Gained hands-on experience with tools and technologies such as Python, Pandas, NumPy, SQL, and visualization libraries like Matplotlib and Seaborn. • Demonstrated the ability to translate theoretical knowledge into practical applications by working on end-to-end data science workflows. • Cultivated strong communication, teamwork, and troubleshooting skills through collaborative projects and mentorship sessions. • Developed an und
- Software DeveloperUpworkJan 2023 - Dec 2023 (1 year)• Designed and developed custom features for web applications, ensuring user-friendly and efficient functionality. • Built tailored software systems for clients, including school management systems and customer relationship management (CRM) platforms. • Collaborated with clients to gather requirements, propose solutions, and deliver high-quality software tailored to their needs. • Debugged and optimized existing codebases, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and improved performance. • Integrated third-party APIs and tools to enhance application capabilities and streamline workflows. • Delivered documentation and training materials to assist clients in maintaining and scaling their software solutions. • Managed multipl
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- AI Data Science.alxSep 2023 - Sep 2024 (1 year 1 month)
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.University of NairobiSep 2017 - Sep 2023 (6 years 1 month)