Stephen Ochieng • Full Stack Engineer

I bring technology systems to life, end to end — the goal is always to make someone's life a little better.

Attention to detail is the fun part for me, not a chore. That includes architecture. How a system's put together shapes how it feels to use.

· Available for new projects
Things I've Built
Engineering

ShiftSync — Staff Scheduling Platform

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Real-time staff scheduling: shift swapping, overtime tracking, fairness analytics.

Product

WaveLearn — E-Learning Marketplace

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A multi-tenant e-learning marketplace: course authoring, video, real-time chat.

Engineering

Modular POS Platform

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Point-of-sale for small businesses: transactions, inventory, and reporting.

Engineering

UI Behavior Reverse Engineering Tool

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Records real user interactions: feeds them to AI to recreate the behavior.

Design & Product

Love and Hope Centre — NGO Website Rejuvenation

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A dignity-first redesign for a Nakuru NGO's holistic family health care: clinical support, counselling, and community outreach in one warm, human site.

Engineering

Résumé Studio — AI-Native Desktop Editor

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AI-native résumé editor: embedded coding-agent terminal, live Markdown preview, PDF/DOCX export.

Engineering

Book Gent — AI Book Generation & Reading App

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AI book generator: adaptive reading profiles, outline-first chapters, auto-generated quizzes.

Design & Product

Kestrel — Security & Engineering Marketing Site

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Marketing site for Kestrel, a firm that builds software and runs a 24/7 SOC: SEO-first, dark/light, terminal-accent design.

Product

Savouring Africa — Bespoke Culinary Journeys

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Client site for a culinary-travel company: tours, blog, enquiries, and a database-backed admin CMS.

Design & Product

Sambos Hardware — Hardware Store Website

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Client storefront for a Nakuru hardware shop: browse by category, build an inquiry list, order by WhatsApp or call.

Product

Infranet Planner — Field Network Build Planner

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Offline-capable map app for planning ISP fibre builds: live KES cost, client quotes, subscribers, way-leaves.

How I Work

What I love most is a system that's complete — every piece doing exactly what it should, the way a good equation just works. That care runs from the database up through the interface, and into the architecture connecting it all, because how a system's built shapes how it feels to use.

Lately that's meant venturing into low-level fundamentals, working toward embedded systems. Same philosophy, just closer to the hardware. Chasing that same depth into AI now, weaving it into systems, keeps opening up genuinely new ground for what people can experience.

Core Strengths
Software Architecture·System Design·Business-Logic Modeling·Applied AI Integration·Intentional UI/UX Design
Frontend
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSFramer Motion
Backend
Node.jsExpressPostgreSQLPythonREST APIs
Mobile
React NativeExpo
AI & Tools
Gemini AIMCPDockerPlaywrightGit

// technology and human experience, fused into something that actually matters. it's a good chunk of why I do this.

Hire me

Let’s build something worth shipping.

Open to contract, freelance and full-time work. Tell me what you’re building.

Connect

Reach me atpulsecodr@gmail.comstephen.ochieng.it@gmail.com

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