About

My background is in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. I specifically majored in Computer Engineering, which was offered as a sub-discipline in the EE department.

I have spent a good chunk of my professional life working in the technical training space: as a software development trainer, electrical engineering instructor, a technical curriculum developer, and a technical content developer. I have also served as a Head of Department (ICT and Engineering) in a technical training institute.

A couple of years ago I decided to transition into the software engineering space. I am mainly interested in distributed/backend systems and programming languages/compilers. So far, I’ve mostly worked with Python, Java, and Rust.

My most recent role as a developer was working for a large insurance brokerage firm as a software engineer consultant (short-term contract). I was part of a team that worked on an insurance claims application (I specifically worked on the cards management service). The app was based on a microservices architecture, with about 25 different services. Some of the technologies that we used are: Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ, Liquibase, Camunda (business workflow automation), ArgoCD, Azure DevOps, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

I’ve previously worked at Microsoft as a Technical Content Developer. I was employee number 1 on the Nairobi Identity platform documentation team. I consequently became the “unofficial” Nairobi team lead. In this capacity, I developed the onboarding manual that was used to onboard new team members (the team had grown to 8 members when I left). I also offered mentorship to junior team members.

I’ve also worked at Andela as a software development technical trainer (as a member of the Bootcamp training team).

Prior to shifting into the industry, I worked in the academia, as an engineering instructor/lecturer at Zetech University.

I am currently pursuing a part-time Master’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Nairobi, School of Computing and Informatics.

I’m naturally a very curious person, and I particularly enjoy learning new things every day. I feel energized when working with small, highly motivated teams that care deeply about delivering business results.

For more about my professional experience, please check out my LinkedIn profile.

~ Amat Victoria Curam ~