I build platforms end to end: realtime systems, video pipelines, self-hosted AI, and the games on top.
Five years shipping production software from Nairobi. Frontend lead on Pudgy Penguins' Pudgy World, project lead of a video-collaboration platform in daily production use, and founding engineer of the backend that ran Play Arcade's EVO Japan 2026 booth.
Things I have built

Play Arcade
Apr 2026 to Jun 2026Competitive-gaming platform for physical arcade and esports events

Ascents Dialog
Jan 2026 to Aug 2026Video collaboration and team-operations platform, in production

Pudgy World
Dec 2022 to Sep 2023Multiplayer virtual world for Pudgy Penguins on zkSync Era

cspr.fyi
Jul 2022 to Oct 2022Block explorer for the Casper blockchain

rTracer
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026Racing game turned cloud-streamed platform

DashPro
Sep 2024 to Nov 2024DeFi trading dashboard with token screener and wallet tracking

HERE
Feb 2026 to Mar 2026Real-time spatial collaboration with Gaussian-splat scenes
Ascents Compass
Jul 2025 to Nov 2025Geo-anchored 3D capture platform

zukafi
2026, in developmentCreator monetization for the Kenyan market
Where I have worked
Agana Studios
Full-Stack Engineer, contract2026 to presentLead engineer on Play Arcade's founding phase (Go platform backend, WebRTC signaling, Glicko-2 ratings, anti-cheat, Tauri booth companion) and on rTracer's architecture and UE5 Pixel Streaming infrastructure. The platform ran the EVO Japan 2026 booth.
Gradient Rising
Full-Stack Engineer to Tech Lead2025 to 2026Project lead and main developer of Ascents Dialog, a video-collaboration and team-operations platform in production: video pipeline, self-hosted AI captions and summaries, desktop companion, payroll and contracts suite. Tech lead on Ascents Compass, a geo-anchored 3D capture platform.
IDS Company
Frontend Developer to Full-Stack EngineerNov 2021 to Jan 2025Frontend lead on Pudgy World for Pudgy Penguins (about 46% of all commits). Primary frontend developer of cspr.fyi, a Casper blockchain explorer (423 of 753 commits). Top committer on the DashPro DeFi dashboard. Rebuilt The Arcadia Group's site solo.
Independent contract work
Full-Stack Developer, web32024Sole developer of a token-launch platform MVP for an EVM Layer 2 with wallet-signature auth and realtime feeds; a solo presale site in six days; production hardening on a Nibiru Chain DEX.
Before engineering (2019 to 2020) I founded ScorpioX Champions, a PUBG Mobile tournament league, and co-founded Rush Pro Scrims, a 3,500-member competitive community. Running tournaments is why the arcade and esports platform work feels like home.
What I work with
- Languages
- TypeScriptGoRustPythonSQLGDScript
- Frontend
- ReactNext.jsSvelteSvelteKitThree.jsTailwindFramer MotionRive
- Backend
- Go (chiGinpgx/sqlcGORM)Node (ExpressFastifyHono)PostgreSQLRedisMongoDB
- Realtime and media
- WebRTC (LiveKitsignalingTURN)WebSocketsFFmpeg pipelinesHLS/DASHUE5 Pixel Streaming
- Cloud
- GCP (Cloud RunCloud SQLGCSMemorystoreIAPGPU VMs)DockerTerraformCI/CD
- AI
- Self-hosted LLM serving (vLLMQwen)Whisper STTLLM product features
- Web3
- wagmiviemetherswallet-signature authSolidity basics
Available for full-time roles and contract work
Remote from Nairobi, Kenya (UTC+3). The fastest way to reach me is email.