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Muturi
David.
Full-stack web and mobile engineer // Product Engineer
- Full-stack web and mobile engineer based in Kenya.
- About three years of professional work in JavaScript and Python.
- Building tools, software and products.
- Exploring Rust for systems programming.
Building & shipping Exploring: Rust / Systems
Work
- Solo, FNewsteerMar 2026 - now
- Trading loss-prevention app built around forex news blackout windows.
- One Python backend feeds a web dashboard, a Chrome extension, a mobile app and an MCP server for Claude Desktop.
- Frontend Engineer, MicroRootsKeERP
- Interface for an ERP that runs AI-assisted microgreens production.
- Next.js, Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui.
- Software Engineering Intern, COSEKE KenyaAug 2025 - Feb 2026
- Built and maintained React dashboards for an enterprise document management SaaS.
- Worked with designers and backend engineers on responsive, accessible interfaces.
- Integrated REST APIs and tuned performance.
- Software Engineering Fellow and Resident, HeadstarterJul 2024 - Mar 2025
- Shipped an AI churn prediction model, an image generation tool and a SaaS learning platform.
- Used React, Next.js, Firebase, OpenAI and AWS, with CI/CD in agile teams.
Projects
- FNewsteerWeb / Mobile / API
- Warns traders before high-impact news and keeps them out of blackout windows.
- Android home screen widget and push alerts.
FastAPINext.jsExpoFastMCP
- Kenya Import Duty CalculatorPublic tool
- Estimates import duty on vehicles, motorcycles and machinery from the KRA CRSP schedules.
- Matches KRA's own template to six decimal places.
FastAPISQLiteNext.js
Writing
- How this site is built17 Oct 2026
- One Python script, no dependencies, and a folder of plain HTML at the end.