About Me
My name is Laurent, a techie and music lover. Part time DJ and full time Software Engineer. I create future-proof solutions to help companies with their business angles. My insatiable love for the scientific aspect of music together with my tech skills make me an active explorer in the audio world as well. I spent some of my free time looking at how to develop exciting audio products that will one day change the Music industry of my home country. (Kenya)
Contact Details
Laurent 'C4' Juma
Edinburgh United Kingdom,
+44 7442 272010
laurentjuma.c4@gmail.com
Education
Heriot-Watt University
MSc. Artificial Intelligence •Graduating September 2023
Jomo Kenyatta Univetsity of Agriculture and Technology
BSc. Computer Science •June 2022
Moringa School
Certification in Mobile Development(Android Java) and Web Development(Angular and Java/Spark) •January 2020
Learnt the actual practicals when it comes to software development. A lot of industry-driven learning with daily stand ups, mini projects and random coding tests from codewars.com
Work
The Open Institute
Android Mobile Developer / Web Developer• June 2021 - Present (Full Time)
Developing mobile and web solutions to meet the company's vision and goals. Specifically data collection applications that can be used in remote areas with poor internet connection.
Mbogi Music
Android Mobile Developer• May 2020 - Present (Personal Project)
Developed an Android streaming app that let's the user browse and play radio stations and podcasts from all over the world.
East African Data Handlers
Web Developer• February 2021 - April 2021 (Contract)
Participated in the development of a government portal (web app) that aims to help combat efects of global warming by encouraging the public to plant trees.
Maono Lands Management System
Web Developer• November 2020 (Contract)
Developed an inhouse system for managing overall company activities such as recording and tracking land sales and employees using ReactJs and Firebase as a backend service.
Rieng Radio
Android/iOS Mobile Developer, Radio Station Programmer• October 2020 (Joint Initiative)
Developed an online radio station called Rieng Radio. A combination of a mobile app I developed using Flutter and an open source streaming service called IceCast I set up and hosted to communicate with the app.
Africa's Pocket
Android Mobile Developer• June 2020 - October 2020 (Contract)
Took part in development of the company's android mobile app, specifically translating the wireframes to actual front end code and also consuming the company's APIs to communicate with their backend
Data Integrated Limited
Front End Java/Spring Developer (Internship)• October 2018 - July 2019
Developing front end for company website. Also maintained POS systems.
Skills
I'm a Java and Kotlin enthusiast, amongst other skills I am well familiar with