Samwel Ngugi
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About
Junior Data Engineer with hands-on production experience building end-to-end pipelines on GCP, Airflow, dbt, and Kafka.
Shipped
Kenya's first open-source macroeconomic intelligence pipeline — live in production, fully containerised, zero manual intervention. Comfortable owning the full stack from REST API ingestion and Kafka streaming through to cloud warehouse deployment and BI dashboards. Self-directed, async-first, and ready to contribute from week one in a remote data engineering role.
Experience
Data & Systems Support Intern at Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) (2024-01 – 2024-12)
Data and systems support intern focused on database management, data extraction, and reporting
- Pulled, cleaned, and exported structured datasets from institutional databases to support quarterly and ad-hoc reporting cycles — improving data accessibility for cross-functional teams.
- Built and maintained Excel-based reporting tools used by departmental stakeholders for operational decision-making and regulatory submissions.
- Collaborated with technical and non-technical stakeholders to gather reporting requirements and translate them into structured, consumable outputs — developing early fluency in data communication.
Education
BSc in Computer Science – Riara University (2024)
