Elkana Maina

Full-stack software engineer who has spent the last two years shipping production web platforms, mobile apps, and RESTful APIs — from co-founding Ellypad Tech to launching Falcosend, a form-processing SaaS with an open-source npm SDK.

Comfortable across the stack: React, Next.js, and Flutter on the frontend; FastAPI, Django, and Node.js on the backend; with hands-on experience in system architecture, database design, and applied machine learning.

First Class

Honours graduate in Software Engineering who prefers owning a project end-to-end — from the first commit through deployment and client handover.

Co-Founder & Software Engineer - Ellypad Tech - Remote / Kenya

(2024-11)

• Co-founded a custom software development firm delivering full-stack web and mobile products, APIs, and automated cloud infrastructure for growing enterprises.
• Delivered client products in roughly half the timeline typical of comparable software projects, through lean architecture decisions and streamlined development workflows.
• Architect and build secure, scalable backend services and workflow automation systems, integrating REST APIs and third-party platforms into client production environments.
• Build cross-platform web and mobile applications for clients using React, Next.js, Flutter, Python, and Node.js — from initial architecture through production deployment.

Founder & Lead Engineer - Falcosend - Remote

(2025-06)

• Founded and built Falcosend, a multi-tenant form-processing API that lets developers collect submissions from static and client-side apps with zero backend configuration.
• Cut form-collection integration time from a multi-day custom backend build down to under 2 hours — covering documentation review, team and service registration, and frontend SDK integration.
• Designed and published falcosend-sdk, a lightweight, zero-dependency npm package enabling single-line client integration; actively maintained on the npm registry.
• Implemented team and workspace isolation with role-based access control, application routing, and environment-scoped API keys.
• Built a real-time analytics and export engine providing submission telemetry with CSV and XLSX export capability.

Software Engineering Intern - County Government of Nakuru - Nakuru, Kenya

(2025-05 - 2025-07)

• Managed N-Computing infrastructure across multiple county ICT hubs, maintaining stable multi-user desktop access for public users.
• Administered servers and LAN networks across county ICT hubs, handling monitoring, troubleshooting, and routine updates to keep systems reliably available.
• Proactively identified and resolved recurring hardware and connectivity issues across ICT hubs, reducing repeat support tickets and downtime for end users.

B.Sc. - Software Engineering - Murang'a University of Technology (2026-08)

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education - Kenyatta Secondary School (2018-01 - 2022-04)