Ron Timothy

Software Engineer with a deep passion for systems architecture, designing how components fit together, how data flows, and how infrastructure holds up under real-world conditions. Experienced in building production backend systems, integrating payment APIs, automating CI/CD pipelines, containerizing services, and architecting end-to-end platforms from bare metal upward. Comfortable working across the full stack, from database schema design to deployment topology, with a strong emphasis on reliability, security, and scalability.

IT Apprentice at iServe Africa / Church Army Africa (2025-09 – Present)

Embedded within the IT department of Church Army Africa, providing hands-on technical support across the organisation and its affiliated college.

• Managed and resolved networking issues including router and switch configuration, LAN troubleshooting, and maintaining stable connectivity.
• Administered on-premise servers, handling maintenance, configuration, and ensuring reliable uptime for internal systems.
• Identified operational gaps and initiated development of two internal systems: an IT Helpdesk & Resource Management System and ARTAS, an academic records and transcript automation

Software Engineer (Volunteer) at CodeYetu (2024-07 – Present)

• Built and maintained backend services for the CodeYetu platforms, improving API stability and performance in a live production environment.
• Integrated M-Pesa Daraja APIs (STK Push, C2B, B2C), enabling secure payment workflows across multiple client applications.
• Designed and implemented a caching layer for payment verification endpoints, reducing redundant API calls and cutting response times by 40%.
• Led root cause analysis on a critical production payment failure, coordinating with Safaricom support to restore live payment flow.
• Contributed to infrastructure hardening initiatives including Web Application Firewall (WAF) integration and DDoS mitigation strategies.
• Collaborated with engineering leads across sprints to support go-live cycles and maintain production stability.

Software Engineer Intern at JHUB Africa (2024-05 – 2024-07)

• Led end-to-end system architecture design for the Smart Mushroom Project, defining service boundaries, data flow, and deployment structure from bare-metal upward.
• Integrated MQTT protocol for IoT device communication, enabling reliable real-time telemetry ingestion from distributed sensors.
• Designed a scalable architecture supporting real-time data ingestion and processing using Django and RESTful APIs.
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines that reduced deployment time by 40% and improved release reliability.
• Containerized services with Docker to standardize environments across development and deployment stages.
• Mentored and coordinated a team of six developers to align backend functionality with project milestones.

BSc in Computer Science – Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology