visitor@portfolio:~$ whoami
Evans Wanjau
Lead Software Architect · Full-Stack Engineer · AI-Augmented Workflow
visitor@portfolio:~$ cat about.md
# 10+ years building scalable, reliable software for businesses, NGOs and public-sector clients across Kenya and internationally — from healthcare platforms and civic-tech tools to fundraising systems and SaaS products.
# I lead architecture and engineering delivery for a multi-client consultancy — setting technical standards, coordinating teams across concurrent projects, mentoring engineers and handing over production-ready systems to clients.
# I work daily with AI tools as part of a modern, efficient engineering workflow — spec-first design with Claude Pro, reusable AI-readable context files and AI-assisted documentation.
# I care about systems that stay correct at 3 am, teams that grow, and documentation that actually helps.
visitor@portfolio:~$ ls -la skills/
drwxr-xr-x languages/
- -rw-r--r-- TypeScript
- -rw-r--r-- JavaScript (ES2015+)
- -rw-r--r-- Node.js
- -rw-r--r-- React
- -rw-r--r-- Next.js
- -rw-r--r-- PHP / Laravel
- -rw-r--r-- SQL
drwxr-xr-x architecture/
- -rw-r--r-- REST API design
- -rw-r--r-- Microservices
- -rw-r--r-- Event-driven systems
- -rw-r--r-- Redis Pub/Sub
- -rw-r--r-- Kafka / RabbitMQ
- -rw-r--r-- WebSockets
drwxr-xr-x infrastructure/
- -rw-r--r-- Docker · Nginx · Linux VPS
- -rw-r--r-- AWS EC2 · S3 · Lambda · RDS · CloudFront
- -rw-r--r-- GCP Compute Engine · Cloud Run · Cloud Storage · BigQuery
- -rw-r--r-- GitHub Actions CI/CD
- -rw-r--r-- PM2 · process supervision
- -rw-r--r-- PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis
drwxr-xr-x ai-workflow/
- -rw-r--r-- Claude Pro · GPT-4 · Gemini
- -rw-r--r-- Ollama · local LLM inference
- -rw-r--r-- LangChain · prompt chaining
- -rw-r--r-- Spec-first AI workflow
- -rw-r--r-- AI-readable context files
- -rw-r--r-- Hugging Face · model evaluation
visitor@portfolio:~$ ls projects/
Ride with the Warriors — National Fundraising Platform
airbornefraternity.org
Built and own the entire platform for the Kenya Defence Forces Airborne Fraternity's national cycling event, raising funds for widows and children of fallen Kenyan soldiers. The 2025 edition ran four circuits from Ulinzi Sports Complex as a precursor to the Fraternity's Diamond Jubilee; the 2026 edition runs registration end-to-end on this platform, replacing the third-party ticketing services used previously.
Solo build, end-to-end: NestJS API, React frontend, PostgreSQL, and a direct Diamond Trust Bank integration over a site-to-site IPsec/IKEv2 VPN (strongSwan) — including driving the bank's technical onboarding and authoring all VPN configuration documentation. A cron-based watchdog detects and re-establishes dead security associations before transactions can fail.
An all-round system supporting:
- ✓ Cyclist registrations
- ✓ Direct donations
- ✓ Raffle ticket sales
- ✓ Bicycle booking
- ✓ Referral system
- ✓ Bulk bib PDF generation
- ✓ Bulk email & SMS comms
- ✓ Admin analytics
- ✓ Post-event feedback
Clean Cooking Association of Kenya — Member Platform
ccak.or.ke
Website and member management platform for Kenya's government-recognised clean cooking sector association — a business membership organisation of ~104 member institutions spanning private companies, public bodies, NGOs and manufacturers. Handles organisational profiles, membership tiers and dues, a public member directory, and working-group administration.
WapiDoc — Healthcare Facility Discovery
wapidoc.com
Founding engineer on a healthcare platform connecting 10,000+ users with nearby hospitals, clinics and providers — geospatial facility search, real-time dashboard, provider workflows, SaaS billing and analytics.
Owned API architecture for a platform serving 2,000+ users — REST conventions, MongoDB sharding, JWT auth and third-party integrations across 30+ frontend components.
La Contessa College — Institutional Website
lacontessacollege.ac.ke
Designed and built the first web presence for a long-established Nairobi hospitality and tourism college, taking the institution from no digital footprint to a live site on its own .ac.ke domain. Covers the full course catalogue across diploma and certificate programmes in travel, tourism and hotel management, intake and admissions information, and enquiry capture.
Sharklink — Corporate Website
sharklink.co.ke
Designed and built the corporate website for Sharklink, a Kenyan connectivity and technology services company.
visitor@portfolio:~$ git log --oneline --author=evanswanjau
a91f2c7 Lead Software Architect · Anova Communications Ltd
Date: Dec 2024 — present
Leading architecture standards across a 5–10 engineer team. Delivering concurrent client engagements for NGO and public-sector clients including GIZ, UNDP and Ministry of Health. Manages delivery, technical capacity-building and client handover.
4d3b8e1 Full Stack Developer · RemoteMore (Remote)
Date: Sep 2023 — Dec 2024
Built backend REST APIs for the Onima project serving 2,000+ users. Owned API architecture and design, collaborated in an 8-member Scrum team with a 90% sprint delivery rate.
7c0aa52 Founding Engineer · WapiDoc
Date: Jan 2021 — Sep 2023
Joined as founding engineer on a healthcare platform serving 10,000+ users. Led full-stack development (NestJS, PostgreSQL), owned architecture from the ground up, and built a real-time analytics dashboard credited with lifting user adoption.
2b9d341 Web Developer · Webhost Kenya
Date: 2019 — 2021
Delivered 20+ responsive websites and web systems for clients using Redis-cached, Git-based Agile workflows. Managed server administration across the hosting stack.
1e6f409 Freelance Full Stack Developer
Date: 2014 — 2019
Built a Laravel school management system scaling to 40+ schools and 15,000+ students. Built an Elasticsearch-powered recruitment portal search across 5,000+ listings at People and Strategy.
visitor@portfolio:~$ cat contact.md
- email: evanswanjau@gmail.com
- phone: +254 707 837 313
- linkedin: /in/evanswanjau
- github: @evanswanjau
- location: Nairobi, Kenya · remote-friendly