Maureen Kagema

Full Stack Developer with 3+ years of experience building scalable, production-grade applications across the full product lifecycle. Skilled in React, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL, with strong API design, microservices architecture, and database optimisation experience. Exposed to AWS cloud infrastructure, CI/CD workflows, and security-conscious development practices.

Track record of delivering in Agile/Scrum teams across fintech and digital services environments. Keen interest in identity, compliance, and AI-driven product development — with strong alignment to Identify Africa's mission of secure, fraud-resistant onboarding across the continent.

Frontend Developer — Product Engineering at Yellow Pages Kenya (2023-07 – Present)

• Led end-to-end development of company platforms using React, Next.js, Node.js, and PostgreSQL, owning the full product development lifecycle from configuration to go-live.
• Designed and integrated REST APIs and backend services, ensuring robust data flow and system reliability across customer-facing products.
• Executed systematic SIT and UAT cycles, reviewing test cases against services in scope and resolving issues before production release.
• Optimised PostgreSQL queries and relational schemas, improving data retrieval speed and reducing backend service load.
• Implemented unit and integration testing standards, significantly reducing production defects and improving release confidence.
• Collaborated cross-functionally in Agile/Scrum sprints, contributing to planning, standups, and retrospectives; automated repetitive deployment workflows to improve team efficiency.
• Worked with Figma-based designs to translate UI specifications into pixel-accurate, functional frontend components.

Software Developer Associate at FIN Kenya (formerly TrustGro) (2022-06 – 2022-12)

• Developed a full-stack procurement and branch facilitation system from scratch — configuration through deployment — using Next.js, TypeScript, Quarkus (Kotlin), PostgreSQL, Git, and Azure.
• Designed and implemented REST APIs integrated into a microservice architecture, supporting business-critical customer and operational workflows.
• Modelled relational databases and wrote optimised SQL queries for accuracy and performance on sensitive financial data.
• Migrated a monolithic frontend into a micro-frontend architecture, improving scalability and long-term maintainability.
• Participated fully in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, ensuring timely delivery and quality output in a regulated fintech environment — providing direct exposure to compliance-adjacent development.

Freelance Full-Stack Developer at Self-Employed (2023-01 – 2023-05)

• Built full-stack applications for small businesses using React, Nuxt.js, Node.js, SQL, and REST APIs — independently managing configuration, integration, and QA.
• Designed relational schemas and implemented CRUD operations; debugged and optimised systems to improve performance and reduce load times.

Frontend Developer – Intern at Anzili (formerly Mzizzi Kenya) (2019-12 – 2020-04)

• Built and customised e-commerce websites using JavaScript, SQL, HTML/CSS, and Bootstrap in collaboration with backend developers.
• Improved mobile responsiveness across client websites, increasing average time-on-page by 2 minutes.

BSc in Computer Science and Informatics – Strathmore University (2017-04 – 2021-02)