The full story behind the systems
Engineer who ships, operates, and owns the outcome
Systems that go from an empty repository to production on Linux servers — with accountability for what happens after deploy.
Currently Technical Lead at Favitech Solutions on enterprise-grade Laravel systems — a financial platform processing live transactions, plus document management and point-of-sale products that real companies run their business on. Working across architecture, security, and production deployment.
Through TechXtraSol, a studio that builds products for clients across fintech, retail, real-time communication, and education — taking full ownership from system design to server administration, and sharing what is learned on the engineering blog.
The toolset spans the backend — PHP, Laravel, Go, Redis, queues, WebSockets — chosen for one reason: they carry load reliably in production.
Security-first
Secrets, auth, and audit trails are designed in, not bolted on.
Performance is a feature
Measure, profile, and tune until production numbers hold up.
Own it end to end
Architecture, code, deployment, and the 2am alerts — the full loop.
Norman Bii
Senior Laravel Developer · Nairobi, KE
Currently
- Leading an enterprise financial platform processing live transactions
- Shipping secure file management and RBAC across enterprise systems
- Running TechXtraSol — client products, hosting, and the engineering blog
- Mentoring junior developers and setting engineering standards
A track record of shipping
From leading enterprise teams to building products — a track record, not a list of keywords.
Senior Laravel Developer / Technical Lead
CurrentFavitech Solutions Limited·Jan 2026 — Present
Technical lead on an enterprise financial platform — combining hands-on architecture with team mentorship and engineering standards.
- Lead end-to-end development of an enterprise financial platform processing live transactions — owning data modeling, API structure, and module separation.
- Designed and implemented enterprise RBAC across financial modules, enforcing granular permission boundaries between user roles.
- Engineered Google Authenticator 2FA across all authentication flows, hardening account security for financial system users.
- Built multi-step approval workflows so sensitive financial operations pass structured authorization chains before execution.
- Architected session management with configurable timeouts, concurrent-session detection, and forced invalidation for compliance.
- Established audit logging across critical operations — capturing actor, action, timestamp, and affected record.
- Shipped a secure internal file management system with role-based document access, adopted company-wide.
- Mentor a team of junior developers, run code reviews, and define coding standards the whole team follows.
Junior Laravel & Vue Developer
Favitech Solutions Limited·Sep 2025 — Dec 2025
Maintained and enhanced enterprise financial systems built on Laravel, Vue 3, Redis, Nginx, and Apache.
- Designed and built the internal file management system from scratch — uploads, categorization, access control, and retrieval — adopted company-wide.
- Delivered bug fixes, feature additions, and backend API improvements across production systems with zero downtime incidents.
- Collaborated with senior engineers and QA to ship features under production deadlines, taking on technical feedback fast and building deep domain knowledge in enterprise financial software.
Founder & Lead Developer
CurrentTechXtraSol·Feb 2025 — Present
Founded and operate TechXtraSol — an IT solutions company and developer content platform — handling product development, client delivery, hosting infrastructure, and business operations.
- Architect and ship client web applications using Laravel backends, Nuxt frontends, and Linux server deployments.
- Implemented AI integrations and Google API automation workflows to streamline content management and user engagement.
- Maintain hardened Linux servers with Nginx/Apache, SSL, and routine security audits.
- Publish technical articles and tutorials, growing an audience of developers and career switchers across East Africa.
- Optimized platform SEO and Core Web Vitals, improving organic visibility and retention.
Digital Media Analyst (Intern)
Media Council of Kenya·Mar 2024 — Jun 2024
Monitored and analyzed broadcast media content across Kenya’s radio and TV stations for regulatory compliance with the Journalist Code of Conduct.
- Applied OSINT tools (reverse image search, EXIF analysis) to fact-check media claims.
- Produced structured weekly reports on violations and patterns for senior analysts and council leadership.
- Proposed process improvements that reduced manual analysis time.
C# Full-Stack Developer (Intern)
TheJitu·Jul 2023 — Oct 2023
Built hospital management and e-commerce systems using ASP.NET Core and Blazor WebAssembly.
- Built a hospital management microservice on ASP.NET Web API — patient records, scheduling, and billing modules.
- Delivered an e-commerce platform on ASP.NET Core + Blazor WebAssembly with catalog, cart, and checkout flows.
- Configured Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, reducing manual release overhead.
- Integrated Azure Message Bus to decouple services for reliable async processing.
BSc. Information Technology
Karatina University·Aug 2019 — May 2023
Degree focused on software development, database management, and networking.
- Reached the national stage of the Huawei ICT Networking Competition among Kenya’s top networking students.
Proof of continuous learning
Security, concurrency, and infrastructure — the edge skills that make backend code production-safe.
HCIA — Huawei Certified ICT Associate (Networking)
Huawei
Routing, switching, IP fundamentals, and enterprise networking.
C# Full-Stack Web Development
Short Course · Kenya
ASP.NET Core, Web API, Blazor WebAssembly, and cloud-backed full-stack delivery.
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Location
Nairobi, Kenya · EAT (UTC+3)