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Available  ·  Electronics & Computer Engineer

Simon Wekesa

Backend Engineer / Embedded Systems / Cybersecurity

Building systems that work in the real world — from IoT firmware on constrained microcontrollers to cloud-deployed APIs and ML-driven pipelines. Electronics & Computer Engineering graduate with hands-on experience shipping full-stack platforms, embedded prototypes, and security lab work.

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// 01 — PROFILE

Engineering Profile

Systems thinker. Backend pragmatist. Builder of things that run in the real world.

Electronics and Computer Engineering graduate operating across backend infrastructure, embedded hardware, and cybersecurity. I build things that work at scale and under constraint — not just systems that demo well.

Hands-on experience shipping production systems — from real-time WebRTC communication platforms and cloud-deployed Django APIs to IoT firmware on ESP32 microcontrollers and a structured penetration testing lab with SIEM monitoring. Comfortable at every layer of the stack.

I care about the fundamentals: clean data flows, hardware-software integration, secure-by-design architecture, and systems that behave correctly when things go wrong. Not just on a deadline, but at 3am on a Tuesday.

CURRENT FOCUS

Deepening expertise in cybersecurity assurance, penetration testings, software development and electronic skills. Actively developing systems across multiple domains including EdPal, an intelligent education platform; NexCore, an AI-driven trading system with backtesting and paper trading; a real-time mediasoup-based communication system; CampusVibes, a social and LMS campus platform; and AetherNet, a Rust-based distributed communication system. Pursuing cybersecurity certifications while actively seeking work, collaborations, and engineering opportunities across software, embedded, and security domains.

// 02 — EXPERTISE

Engineering Domains

Six core engineering disciplines — each underpinned by production experience.

// 03 — TECHNICAL STACK

Technology Map

An interactive node graph of the primary technologies, languages, and platforms — hover to see connections.

Languages
Databases / Embedded
Messaging
Infrastructure
// 04 — ENGINEERING JOURNEY

Mission Log

A chronological record of engineering milestones, roles, and deployments. Click any node to open the full operational dossier.

// 05 — PROJECTS

System Dossiers

Click any project to open a full classified-file experience — architecture diagrams, engineering decisions, metrics, and deployment pipelines.

// 06 — SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS

Live Telemetry

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// 07 — COMMUNICATIONS

Open Channel

Available for junior/mid-level engineering roles, technical consulting, collaborations, and system architecture discussions.

get /status Status: OPEN_TO_OPPORTUNITIES Role type: Junior / Mid-level Engineering Domain: Backend · Embedded · AI · Infra Location: Nairobi/ Remote Notice: 1 weeks get /preferences Hard problems: yes Startups: preferred FAANG: selective Respond time: <24h