Vincent Mukuna
Full-stack Software Engineer
Full-stack software engineer with experience shipping web, mobile, SaaS, and AI products across new builds and established codebases. Currently a Frontend Engineer with Mindful Trader LLC, contributing across customer-facing products and internal tools, with a UX background and a strong focus on clear, dependable product work.
Technical skills
- Frontend
- TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js
- Mobile
- React Native, Expo, app release
- Backend
- Node.js, Laravel, Supabase, PostgreSQL, Stripe
- AI
- OpenAI API, Vercel AI SDK, tool calling, retrieval, human controls
- Product
- UX, requirements, product flows, testing, maintenance
Experience
Mindful Trader LLC
Frontend Engineer · Contract
Jan 2026 – PresentRemote
- Working across customer-facing products and internal tools to make key workflows simpler, clearer, and more reliable.
- Recent contributions include a redesigned user dashboard on StockMarketGuides, which has received positive user feedback.
Self-employed
Software Engineer · Freelance
Dec 2024 - PresentRemote
- Build and maintain web and mobile products for startups and product teams, taking work from early prototypes through production and launch.
- Built much of BetterFlow alongside its founder and carried the work through launch across public booking, business dashboards, React Native apps, backend workflows, and Stripe payments.
- Turned AmpleLeads from an early AI prototype into a production system with authentication, payments, realtime behaviour, and secure team-scoped data.
Kibbe AI
Frontend Developer · Full-time
Feb 2025 - Jan 2026Remote
- Built and refined the Next.js and TypeScript frontend across the product's core AI-assisted discovery flows.
- Shipped the frontend through launch and supported the product as it reached its first users.
Trans Business Machines Ltd
Software Developer · Contract
Sep 2024 - Sep 2025Nairobi · Hybrid
- Took a property management concept from field research and site visits to a working prototype while contributing to internal and client-facing software.
Statsspeak
Software Developer · Internship
Jun 2024 - Sep 2024Nairobi · Hybrid
- Built a learner book-sharing platform and prototypes for NGO projects as part of a newly forming software team.
Selected projects
Owwed
Expo · React Native · TypeScript · Apple App Store
Designed, built, tested, and released a local-first debt tracker that works without an account and keeps its core data on-device.
Oak & Pine
AI workflows · Tool calling · Human controls
Built a public AI operations demo connected to customer, CRM, and booking workflows with staff review and takeover.
Education
University of Nairobi
Computer Science coursework
2021 - 2024