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Antoney ThuoNairobi, Kenya

Forward Deployed& SystemsEngineer.

Remote / EMEA Compatible
4+ yrs in production

01About

Hi, I’m Antoney.

Results-driven Forward Deployed & Systems Engineer with 4+ years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and maintaining production-grade software solutions, automated CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise API integrations. Proven expertise in Azure App Service, Gunicorn WSGI, Azure Pipelines, Docker, Python, and PostgreSQL. Experienced in bridging technical delivery with stakeholder requirements, taking complex AI and data workflows from initial proof-of-concept into stable, scalable production environments.

Focus: Software Architecture, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, Database Systems.

DEVELOPER IDAT
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Antoney Thuo

Forward Deployed & Systems Engineer

Handle
@antoneythuo
Dept.
Systems Eng.
Class of
2025

Quick facts

Location
Nairobi, KenyaRemote / EMEA Compatible
Education
Master of Computer ScienceUniversity of Nairobi · In progress
Current role
Forward Deployed & Systems EngineerM365CONNECT · Dec 2025 – Present
Taking complex AI and data workflows from proof-of-concept to stable, scalable production.

02Skills

The periodic table of my stack.

27 elements from my core competencies, grouped exactly as they appear on my résumé. Hover or focus a tile to inspect it.

03Selected work

Things I've built.

01Automated data pipeline

Enterprise Risk Processing Pipeline

Designed a Python-based automated data pipeline that parses raw enterprise inputs, handles schema validation, and writes structured outputs to cloud storage with automatic retries.

  • Parses raw enterprise inputs
  • Schema validation
  • Structured outputs
  • Writes to cloud storage
  • Automatic retries
  • Python-based automation
  • Python
Illustrative UI
pipeline / run
  1. Ingest raw inputok
  2. Validate schemaok
  3. Transform → structuredok
  4. Write to cloud storageretry ↻

02Multi-tenant backend

Multi-Tenant Backend with LLM/Vector Integration

Built a multi-tenant backend using Supabase Auth and Row-Level Security (RLS) in PostgreSQL, integrating vector embeddings for semantic document search.

  • Multi-tenant backend
  • Supabase Auth
  • Row-Level Security (RLS)
  • PostgreSQL
  • Vector embeddings
  • Semantic document search
  • Supabase
  • PostgreSQL
  • Vector Retrieval
  • LLM Integration
Illustrative UI
search / tenant
tenant_atenant_bRLS on

04Certifications

Always learning.

01 certification · listed on my résumé

  1. 01AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateAmazon Web Services

05Experience

One continuous path.

  1. 2023

    ExperienceJun 2023 – Dec 2024

    Software Developer Intern

    Sunprime Ltd · Nairobi, Kenya

    • Engineered automated payment settlement pipelines backed by PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Python.
    • Maintained multi-store Point-of-Sale (POS) software, resolving concurrent transaction locking and database synchronization issues.
  2. 2024

    ExperienceJul 2024 – Dec 2024

    Software Developer Intern

    M365CONNECT · Remote (EMEA)

    • Shipped 15+ RESTful microservices with 95% automated test suite coverage in TypeScript and Java.
    • Built automated deployment pipelines with GitHub Actions and GitLab CI, reducing release cycles by 87%.
    • Improved API response latency by 40% through database query indexing, memory optimization, and caching strategies.
  3. 2025

    ExperienceJan 2025 – Present

    Backend Engineer & Data Analyst

    M365CONNECT · Remote (EMEA)

    • Modeled and maintained production PostgreSQL transactional pipelines, enforcing data integrity and payment gateway integrations.
    • Refactored complex SQL queries and execution plans, improving backend processing speeds by 60%.
    • Built automated error logging and observability routines to rapidly diagnose edge-case production failures and microservice discrepancies.
    • Authored complete technical implementation guides, system architecture diagrams, and operational playbooks.
  4. 2025

    ExperienceDec 2025 – Present

    Forward Deployed & Systems Engineer

    M365CONNECT · Remote (EMEA)

    • Architect, maintain, and deploy end-to-end data processing pipelines using Python on Azure App Service backed by Gunicorn WSGI workers.
    • Configure and manage Azure Pipelines for automated testing, continuous integration, and zero-downtime production deployments.
    • Build robust Python and Java integrations for external SOAP/XML APIs, programmatically parsing and transforming unstructured enterprise data.
    • Work directly with internal and external stakeholders to translate complex business needs into production-ready system architecture.
  5. Next

    Next —

    Your team?

06Education

Where I studied.

  1. Ongoing
    Year of finishIn progress

    Master of Computer Science

    Subject
    Computer Science
    School
    University of Nairobi
    Period
    In Progress
  2. Completed
    Year of finish2025

    BSc in Computer Science

    Subject
    Computer Science
    School
    The Cooperative University of Kenya
    Period
    Sep 2021 – Jun 2025
    Focus
    Software Architecture, Distributed Systems, Cloud Computing, Database Systems

07Achievements

By the numbers.

  1. 01 / 06

    Years

    Hands-on experience

    Designing, deploying and maintaining production-grade software.

    4+

  2. 02 / 06

    Faster

    Backend processing speed

    Refactored complex SQL queries and execution plans.

    60%

  3. 03 / 06

    Shipped

    RESTful microservices

    Built in TypeScript and Java.

    15+

  4. 04 / 06

    Coverage

    Automated test suites

    Across the RESTful microservices shipped.

    95%

  5. 05 / 06

    Shorter

    Release cycles

    Deployment pipelines with GitHub Actions and GitLab CI.

    87%

  6. 06 / 06

    Lower

    API response latency

    Query indexing, memory optimization and caching strategies.

    40%

08Contact

Let’s build something together.