Samuel Karanja

Samuel Ndung’u Karanja Nairobi,Kenya Cell: - Email:- Summary Software engineer with thorough hands-on experience in analysis,design,development,testing,debugging and implementation of mobile applications. Supportive and enthusiastic team player dedicated to streamlining processes and efficiently resolve project issues. Accomplishments I have been involved in several android projects in Kenya and abroad. Below are some of them ✔ Worked with Toprank technologies software engineers to developed “Sasa!” android application for chatting and sending money. The app( it was never fully completed due to financial crisis ) is available at Google play Store(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.toprank.alphachat). ✔ Personally developed 'Smartproperty' app for advertising commercial and residential properties available for sale or rent in Kenya. Google play store link (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crusar.smartproperty). ✔ Involved in development of two commercial android apps at Depth Computing Ltd Experience August 2017 to March 2018 Depth Computing Ltd Android developer Involved in development of 2 android apps. Did front-end tasks like: • app design implementation • local database implementation • solving memory and multi-threading issues • implementation of communication between back-end and the front-end. September 2015 to September 2016 Toprank Technologies Ltd Software Engineer Collaborated with developers and designers to create “Sasa!” android app for chatting and advertising. Did front-end and back-end tasks. Roles • Implemented applications layouts as designed by the designer. • Wrote Unit tests and debugged critical issues such as crashes and memory leaks • implementation of app back-end • handled other front-end tasks as required. 19th Jan -19th march 2015 NHIF Westland branch ICT assistant officer Key Roles • Assisted in configuring and finetuning IT equipment to achieve optimum performance. • Assisted in maintaining inventory of IT equipment/software. • Performed any other duties as assigned by the supervisor. Skills Operating systems Windows,Linux,Ubuntu Programming languages Java,Kotlin IDE Android Studio Data exchange languages JSON,XML e.t.c VCS Git,Bitbucket Database SQLite,Room,ObjectBox,Realm,Mongo db Unit testing Junit, Espresso e.t.c Others Google cloud platform,Firebase,parseserver Libraries Image libraries(Glide,picaso e.t.c) Android Architecture Components,Dagger,Retrofit,KSOAP e.t.c Education 2013 Presbyterian University Of East Africa Main campus Kikuyu,Kenya. Bachelor degree in Computer Science REFEREES 1. Mr. John Mwai Senior Software developer,Toprank Technologies Limited. PO. Box-, Nairobi, Kenya Email Address:-, Tel:- 2. Mr Brian Omachi Operation Director,Toprank Technologies Ltd PO. Box-, Nairobi, Kenya Email Address:-, Tel:- 3. Mr Elijah Mwangi Director,Depth Computing Ltd Email Address:-Tel:- 4. Mr. Philip Kamau Head of Computer Science Department ,Presbyterian University of East Africa. PO BOX-,Kikuyu,Kenya Tel:-