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JAmes Kamau
JAmes Kamau

AI & Solutions Engineer

Actively looking · Member since 5 Nov 2026
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Desired salary
Confidential
Work preference
Remote Only
Experience level
Lead

About

Professional summary

I am an AI and Solutions Engineer with over seven years of experience designing and delivering enterprise cloud platforms, conversational AI solutions, API ecosystems, and intelligent automation systems.

I specialize in translating complex business requirements into secure, scalable, production-ready cloud-native applications. My work spans banking, fintech, insurance, travel, and digital transformation initiatives.

I build AI agents, intelligent virtual assistants, LLM workflows, API orchestration layers, and customer-experience automation solutions. I have hands-on experience with Python, PySpark, Node.js, TypeScript, SQL, Dialogflow, and enterprise integrations.

I have designed and supported solutions across AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, and DigitalOcean. My technical background includes cloud migration, data transformation, database development, Linux administration, Docker, and API security.

I have delivered payment integrations, banking workflows, transaction-enrichment pipelines, fraud-screening systems, and messaging-channel integrations. I am experienced in connecting payment platforms, enterprise systems, webhooks, and third-party services.

I also engineer AI-first products, including My Safari Wallet, Tuma Driver, and Life. These projects reflect my interest in applying AI, geospatial intelligence, workflow automation, payments, and cloud-native architecture to practical user problems.

Notice period: 1 Month

Skills

29 capabilities
API DesignCloud ArchitectureCloud SecurityCodeIgniterCustomer Experience AutomationData AnalyticsDatabase DevelopmentDevOpsDialogflowFraud DetectionJavaScriptLaravelLinux AdministrationNatural Language ProcessingNext.jsPayment SystemsPHPPrompt EngineeringPysparkPythonReactREST APIsRoutingSoftware DevelopmentSolution ArchitectureSQLTechnical SupportTypeScriptWebhooks

Tech stack & tools

Working toolkit

Application Hosting

AzureDigitalOcean

Collaboration

Jira

Data Stores

CassandraMariaDBMySQLPostgreSQLSQLite

Development

AnsibleBitbucketDockerGitGitHubLinux

Languages & Frameworks

CodeIgniterGroovyJavaScriptLaravelNode.jsPHPReact

Experience

Career history

Professional Solutions Engineer Vyntra

I develop and customize enterprise fraud detection solutions for financial institutions. I build Python and PySpark data transformation pipelines for transaction screening, analytics, and real-time fraud-intelligence enrichment.

I customize SQL solutions across Oracle, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and Microsoft SQL Server environments, and deploy banking screening solutions using Ansible, Jinja, and Groovy. I also provide L3 enterprise support and production issue resolution, including deployments for NBS Bank Malawi and Stanbic Bank Kenya and transaction enrichment for the Bank of Ghana.

Solutions Engineer 4C Group of Companies

I designed and customized payment APIs for domestic and international markets, including C2B, B2B, and B2C payment workflows. I provided cloud solution support, enterprise system optimization, secure API authentication, and workflow automation.

I worked closely with clients to convert business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Key outcomes included leading the migration from Cassandra to Oracle Database for the Mpesa Africa Platform, deploying Mpesa Africa Multi-Currency for DRC, and implementing Dynamic Session Key authentication for Mpesa APIs.

ICT Support & Cloud Engineer Caritas Nairobi

I designed and deployed cloud-native solutions on Azure and AWS, led legacy-system migrations into cloud environments, and assessed cloud security and storage architecture. I also delivered enterprise technical support and system optimization.

My work included designing and deploying the Carina AI Chatbot, developing the Audit Report Information System (AURIS), and building a registration platform and bulk SMS system.

Lead Software Developer & Conversational AI Engineer True Ingenuity

As a consulting Lead Software Developer and Conversational AI Engineer, I designed conversational AI assistants using Dialogflow and NLP technologies. I built customer-service bots for WhatsApp, Facebook, and Google Assistant and created cloud-native enterprise applications on AWS and GCP.

I integrated enterprise messaging platforms and backend APIs, and delivered products including Julie AI Assistant for Jubilee Insurance, Safari CRM, Safari Finance, and AI-powered customer-engagement platforms for insurance and digital services. I also worked on My Safari Wallet, an AI-powered collaborative travel platform.

API Integration Expert Flocash

I integrated payment gateway APIs with airline, hotel, and ecommerce platforms. I designed secure payment API integrations and optimized enterprise web services and security.

My achievements included developing a WordPress Payment Gateway Plugin and integrating the Flocash payment gateway across multiple enterprise clients.

Education

Learning history

Technical University of Kenya

Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology

Second Class Honours (Upper Division).

St Joseph’s Junior Seminary

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

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