I build software that works.
17 projects shipped. 11 countries. Full-stack products, market intelligence platforms, scraping infrastructure, and the robotics teams that won silver on the world stage.
About
The full story, without the buzzwords.
Full-stack engineer with production experience at The Artisans Company and Sidebrief. Cofounder of Venturely, a market intelligence platform tracking 20,000+ startups globally. Technical Mentor for FIRST Global Team Kenya since 2023, coaching teams that have competed across five countries and brought home international awards. Mathematics and Computer Science, JKUAT.
- 17 shipped projects across full-stack, mobile, IoT, AI, and e-commerce.
- Production engineering experience at The Artisans Company and Sidebrief.
- Silver Medal at FIRST Global 2025: 1st Runners Up in Winning Alliances, Panama City.
- Featured on Citizen TV, KTN News, Nation Media, The Star, Standard Media, and Kass Digital.
- Visited 11 countries through engineering work, mentorship, and international competition.
"The best engineers do not just write code. They build systems that outlast them and teach others to do the same."
Projects
Shipped products with real users, real constraints, and full technical breakdowns.
Venturely
Market intelligence platform tracking 20,000+ startups globally. AI-powered signals detect funding rounds, bankruptcies, and leadership changes before they hit the news cycle.
FIRST Global Team Kenya
Official platform for Kenya's 2025 Silver Medal robotics team. Student applications, admin review, OTP auth, push notifications, and Pesapal payments.
Scrapifie
Enterprise web scraping platform with TLS fingerprinting, CAPTCHA solving, residential proxy rotation, and bot bypass. API key access for scraping without getting blocked.
PhotoMed
Patented AI mobile app that identifies medicinal plants near your location and matches them to symptoms. Geospatial mapping with PostGIS and AI diagnosis via Gemini.
Department of Logistics
Premium multi-page creative project. Six-route React architecture with Framer Motion, custom SVG icons, and dual-register institutional copy that operates on two registers simultaneously.
ChamaConnect
Chama operations platform for contribution tracking, transparency, member statements, and audit visibility. Built on the full Cloudflare edge stack.
OwnTheJoke
E-commerce printing custom humor on apparel with AI-generated mockups via Gemini, interactive 3D visualization (Three.js), Paystack payments, and flash sales engine.
Matflix
Hardware architecture for bus-powered local media distribution. Ruggedized SBC creates Wi-Fi hotspot serving content to passengers from NVMe storage. Zero internet required.
Experience
Career timeline, from education to production engineering to mentorship.
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Engineering at a business registration and compliance platform serving companies across Africa.
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Built production full-stack systems for a digital services company. Shipped features used by real clients with real deadlines.
Cofounder and Lead Engineer
Cofounded a market intelligence platform tracking 20,000+ startups globally with AI-powered signal detection for investors and founders.
Technical Mentor
Oversaw everything built for international robotics competition. Teams competed in Singapore, Athens, Panama City. Silver Medal 2025.
Peer Mentor
Prepared mentees for pitches, presentations, speech rehearsals, and essay reviews. Made the program feel human.
STEM Educator
Built a robotics and coding program from scratch. Taught students who had never seen a microcontroller to build and program one.
BSc. Mathematics and Computer Science
Mathematics, algorithms, and computational theory. The foundations that make the engineering rigorous.
Mentee, Cohort 8
Selected as one of 38 from thousands across 55 Kenyan universities. Professional growth, innovation strategy, community leadership.
Endorsements
What colleagues and collaborators say.
Through KamiLimu, I have witnessed Kristian's adaptability and commitment to continuous growth. He approaches challenges with creativity and strategic thinking.
Kristian brought strong technical energy and student-centered mentorship to CREPTIE, helping learners build confidence and curiosity in STEM.
Kristian demonstrates strong teamwork, curiosity, and cross-cultural collaboration, with a clear ability to bring diverse groups together around purpose.
Contact
Serious inquiries: engineering roles, mentorship, speaking, or strategic collaboration.
Get in Touch
hello@kristianhans.com github.com/KristianHans04The more specific your brief, the more useful my response. Goals and constraints help. I respond by email with a clear next step.