benkimz.
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I design circuits, train models, and ship the software that ties them together.

Engineer with an unusual span: power systems and PCB layout on one side, PyTorch and production .NET backends on the other. I build AI products end-to-end — from the sensor to the model to the interface people use.

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Services

AI-led, engineering-grounded. Three ways we can work together.

Most requested

AI & LLM solutions

Chatbots that actually help, computer vision that actually sees, LLM tools that fit your workflow — built by someone who understands the models, not just the APIs.

  • Custom assistants & RAG systems
  • Computer vision pipelines
  • LLM workflow tools & integrations
Discuss an AI project

Full-stack product builds

Production-grade backends (.NET, Python) and modern React frontends, deployed and monitored on Azure. Two years of shipping for real products.

  • APIs & backends (ASP.NET Core, FastAPI)
  • React/TypeScript frontends
  • Azure deployment & CI/CD
Discuss a product build

IoT & embedded systems

The rare full span: sensor selection, circuit design, firmware, and the cloud dashboard — one engineer, no handoff gaps.

  • ESP32/STM32 firmware & integration
  • Sensor-to-cloud pipelines
  • Prototype & PCB design
Discuss a hardware project
U2

Selected work

Two builds that show the full span — from circuit to model to interface.

More builds

Patient-Therapist Matching System

A web app that uses behavioral and conversational data to recommend compatible therapist matches, exploring how ML can support better mental-health care connections.

  • Machine Learning
  • Web App
  • Mental Health

Resume Tailoring Assistant

An NLP tool that reads a job description and restructures a candidate's experience to match it, using LLMs to do the rewriting.

  • NLP
  • LLMs
  • Automation

AI-Powered Trading Bot

Ingests live market data, identifies patterns through ML analysis, and surfaces trade signals in real time.

  • Machine Learning
  • Finance
  • Data Pipelines

Facial Recognition & Emotion Detection

Computer vision systems for identity verification and emotional-state analysis, built with CNNs and OpenCV.

  • Computer Vision
  • OpenCV
  • CNNs
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Track record

Where the engineering and the code came from.

Back-End Engineer

Applantus (Remote) 2023 - 2025

  • Built backend services with ASP.NET Core and Python for web and mobile products, following clean architecture and maintainable-code practices.
  • Deployed and monitored production systems on Microsoft Azure, handling provisioning, performance tuning, and incident response.

Electrical Engineering Attachee

Modern Power Systems Ltd, Kenya Industrial Attachment

  • Assisted in designing solar PV systems for residential and commercial installations, covering array sizing, inverter selection, and distribution board layouts.
  • Supported on-site PV installation, inverter configuration, and system commissioning.

B.Eng in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Moi University, Eldoret 2020 - 2025

Second Class Upper Division

Capstone: Automated Fruit Quality Inspection and Sorting System — an ESP32-CAM for real-time streaming, a six-DOF robotic arm, and a NEMA 23 stepper-driven turntable, with a React interface sending frames to the Google Gemini API for quality analysis and a custom-designed power supply for every subsystem. Full write-up on the fruit-sorting system.

Leadership

  • Vice Lead, Google Developer Student Club, Moi University (2023-2024) — launched an ML track, ran workshops introducing students to AI, and coordinated cross-university technology events.
  • Secretary, IEEE Moi University Student Branch (2023-2024) — organised technical forums and facilitated membership in IEEE Computer and Communications Societies.
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Toolbox

The full bench — the models, the stack, and the hardware. Breadth is the point: one engineer who can carry an idea from schematic to shipped.

AI / ML

  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • scikit-learn
  • OpenCV
  • NumPy
  • Pandas
  • Matplotlib
  • LLM APIs
  • Prompt engineering

Languages

  • Python
  • C#
  • JavaScript / TypeScript
  • SQL
  • HTML/CSS

Frameworks

  • ASP.NET Core (.NET 9)
  • Blazor
  • React
  • Vite
  • Flask
  • FastAPI
  • Tailwind CSS

Hardware & EEE

  • ESP32
  • STM32
  • Arduino
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Robotic arm control
  • Stepper/servo motors
  • Sensor integration
  • Circuit design
  • PCB layout
  • PV system design
  • Power supply design

EEE tools

  • KiCAD
  • LTspice
  • MATLAB / Simulink
  • Proteus
  • GNU Octave
  • OpenPLC
  • Oscilloscopes & signal generators

Cloud, data & workflow

  • Microsoft Azure
  • Docker
  • CI/CD
  • Git
  • MS SQL Server
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite
  • Jira / Confluence
  • Agile/Scrum
  • Linux
U5

Word on the street

Notes from people I've worked with — and space for yours.

U6

Start a conversation

Tell me what you're building — I read every message myself.

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Location
Nairobi, Kenya · working globally