Joseph Maina

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Fintech / Enterprise Platform

Creative Industry B to B Platform

Led the backend architecture for CANEX, a large-scale creative industry marketplace. Designed and implemented distributed microservices handling user ...

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Key Highlights

  • Architected scalable microservices architecture
  • Implemented AI recommendation engine
  • Integrated payment processing systems
  • Redis-based caching for performance optimization
  • Kafka-driven asynchronous workflows
  • Production monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana

Technologies

JavaSpring BootMicroservicesPostgreSQLRedisKafka+5

Impact

50K+ active users, AI-driven personalization, production-grade fintech infrastructure

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B2B / Fintech

African Trade Gateway Platform

Developed and maintained backend services for the IATF platform, enabling secure B2B interactions across multiple African markets. Implemented event-d...

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Key Highlights

  • PCI DSS and GDPR compliance implementation
  • Event-driven architecture using Kafka
  • Redis-based caching for performance and scalability
  • Kubernetes-based production deployments
  • End-to-end monitoring using Grafana

Technologies

JavaSpring BootPostgreSQLKeycloakKafkaRedis+4

Impact

Securely enabled cross-border trade and investment across Africa

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Fintech / IoT

IoT-Enabled Asset Financing & Hire Purchase Platform

Designed a fintech platform enabling users to acquire income-generating assets through flexible installment-based financing. Integrated Safaricom M-Pe...

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Key Highlights

  • Custom installment-based hire purchase agreements
  • Mobile-first payments using M-Pesa
  • IoT-based asset tracking and enforcement
  • Fail-safe mechanisms for tamper detection

Technologies

JavaVue.jsSafaricom M-Pesa APIsIoT Device CommunicationLocation TrackingSMS Notifications

Impact

Reduced asset financing risk while enabling access to productive assets

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Data Engineering

Clean Tech Tracker

Designed and implemented a custom ETL pipeline that runs on a scheduled weekly cadence to continuously collect clean energy–related articles from sele...

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Technologies

PythonFastAPIRAGWeb ScrapingData Analysis

Impact

Improved visibility into clean energy investments for investors, researchers, and policymakers

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Blockchain / Security Engineering

Blockchain-Based Package Management System

Designed and implemented a decentralized package management system to address supply chain vulnerabilities in centralized software registries. The pla...

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Key Highlights

  • Immutable software release tracking using Hyperledger Fabric
  • SHA-256 cryptographic hash validation for package integrity
  • Multi-organization blockchain network with endorsement policies
  • Java-based chaincode for asset and release management
  • Fabric Gateway SDK integration via Node.js backend
  • React and TypeScript frontend for package publishing and validation
  • Production-style observability using Prometheus and Grafana

Technologies

Hyperledger FabricJava (Chaincode)Node.jsExpressTypeScriptReact+7

Impact

Improved software supply chain security through immutable release tracking and cryptographic validation

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Hybrid Cloud Engineering / DevOps

Hybrid Cloud Microservices Platform

Designed and deployed a hybrid cloud microservices platform that integrates locally hosted OpenStack infrastructure with Microsoft Azure virtual machi...

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Key Highlights

  • Hybrid cloud architecture integrating on-premise OpenStack with Azure VMs
  • Kubernetes-orchestrated microservices spanning local and cloud environments
  • Secure cross-environment networking and service-to-service communication
  • Terraform-based infrastructure provisioning for both OpenStack and Azure
  • Stateful workloads hosted locally with Kubernetes StatefulSets
  • Horizontal pod autoscaling across hybrid infrastructure
  • Centralized monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana across environments

Technologies

Node.jsExpress.jsMongoDBDockerKubernetesTerraform+5

Impact

Demonstrated real-world hybrid cloud architecture by integrating on-premise OpenStack infrastructure with Azure-hosted microservices using Kubernetes and secure networking

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