Available for engagements · Kenya · GMT+3

Hi, I'm Martin Mbithi

Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years building scalable web, mobile and cloud systems across government, NGO and private-sector environments — with a strong focus on secure architecture, Linux infrastructure and hardened APIs.

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Role
Software Engineer
Experience
7+ years
Focus
SWE × Cybersec
Location
Kenya · Remote
~/martin.mbithi — zsh
Portrait of Martin Mbithi
$ whoami → engineer.building(secure_systems)
PHP · Laravel Node.js Python Java PostgreSQL · MySQL Linux · Docker REST APIs DevOps Cybersecurity
// what i do

Engineering across the full stack — with a security mindset

From county-government ICT systems to enterprise SaaS, I design, build and harden production systems that are secure, observable and maintainable.

Software Engineering

Full-stack web & mobile delivery, RESTful APIs, scalable backends and clean, maintainable code for government and enterprise clients.

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • Java
  • JavaScript

Cybersecurity

Applied security best practices — secure coding, hardening Linux servers, access control, auth flows and defence-in-depth for public-sector ICT.

  • Secure Auth
  • Server Hardening
  • OWASP
  • Access Control

Cloud & DevOps

Deployment pipelines, CI/CD, Linux systems administration, containerisation and reliable hosting for high-availability applications.

  • Linux
  • Docker
  • CI/CD
  • Nginx
  • VPS

Data & Systems

Schema design, database performance, system integrations and automations that replace slow manual workflows with measurable impact.

  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • APIs
  • Automation
7+
Years of experience
30+
Projects delivered
15+
Government systems
99.9%
Uptime target