SOFTWARE ENGINEER & COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT

Noel Nyakundi.

A creator’s curiosity.
A hands-on approach.

I build full-stack products and test how they work for people, from collaboration platforms to accessible multiplayer experiences.

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Full-stack developmentAccessibility & QALive production

Selected work.

Product ownership. Engineering. Quality.

FOUNDER & SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Barazia

Less networking.
More progress.

I founded Barazia to help people move from finding collaborators to making progress together. The platform is designed around shared interests, focused asks, and time-bound alliances. I own the product direction and full-stack engineering, including the systems behind trust and safety.

React · Supabase · PostgreSQL · Cloudflare
Visit BaraziaExplore the live platform
Inside the build

From product concept to system design.

My implementation spans collaborator discovery, project asks, local networks, and meetups. I also designed the database, server-side authorization, moderation controls, and release-verification workflows.

Responsive interfaces. Predictable behavior.

I improved discovery pages with loading placeholders, protection against out-of-order requests, and smoother data transitions. Reducing layout shifts helps the interface stay steady as content arrives.

Release decisions backed by evidence.

I built release-verification workflows with GitHub Actions and Cloudflare. Limited canary releases, deliberate failure tests, and preserved verification records support reviewable decisions before wider rollout.

EXPLORE BARAZIA
barazia.comOpen site
Barazia’s live homepage: a forest-green and gold design with the headline Never Build Alone.

Homepage preview · Opens Barazia in a new tab

Find your field.Connect through craft and shared interests.
Build an alliance.Turn an ask into focused, time-bound work.
Earn trust.Build a record through contribution and completion.

BACKEND AUDIT SCOPE

40writable tables covered
72server write paths audited

Security beyond the interface.

My backend work covers server-side authorization and content-safety checks, including disguised unsafe input. Enforcing these rules in the database protects write operations even when requests bypass the interface.

PostgreSQL · Supabase · Development and validation

RELEASE PREPARATION

01

Stage the change.

Staged canary workflows check a limited release before wider rollout.

02

Test the failure.

Fault-injection drills deliberately test how the system handles failure.

03

Keep the evidence.

Immutable records preserve what was tested and support traceable release decisions.

TESTING & QA LEAD · CAPSTONE02

BT Towne

A shared world.
More ways to take part.

I lead testing and QA for a team expanding an accessible multiplayer world. Our capstone focuses on live voice, inventory and shop features, and creator tools. My responsibilities cover test strategy, assistive-hardware testing, issue documentation, and fix verification.

Explore my QA work

Accessibility across the complete interaction.

I coordinate BT Speak Pro testing for Braille input, text-to-speech, navigation, responsiveness, and error feedback. Coverage follows the full interaction between player, device, and software.

Multiplayer, voice, and AI behavior.

I define coverage for multiplayer and voice latency, synchronization, and failure recovery, alongside performance and AI behavior. The focus is how the experience holds together across players and devices.

Test strategy through fix verification.

I set QA priorities, document reproducible issues, communicate release risks, and verify fixes with the development team. The capstone is ongoing; these are my responsibilities within a shared project.

Accessibility · QA · Real-time systems
INTERNSHIP · MORINGA SCHOOL03

Moving-services app

Making the booking
process simpler.

I built and deployed a full-stack booking application using React, Node.js, and MongoDB. My work covered the customer experience and the client-server infrastructure supporting it, alongside code reviews and mentoring.

Development & mentoring

I maintained client-server infrastructure and mentored 3+ project groups through code reviews, Git workflows, debugging, and agile development practices.

React · Node.js · MongoDB

More code and projects on GitHub.

github.com/sirnoel7

A LITTLE ABOUT ME

A creator at heart.
Software is one medium.

I’m studying Computer Science at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Outside software, I make music, write poetry, and explore visual design. Coding is another way to turn an idea into something people can use, experience, or build on.

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EDUCATION

B.S. Computer Science

Minnesota State University, Mankato
Expected August 2028

CURRENT WORK

Software, QA & live production

Barazia · BT Towne · University broadcast team

Behind the broadcast

I configure, integrate, and troubleshoot live audio/video signal paths, device connectivity, and network-dependent streaming workflows. I validate end-to-end production setups, research reliability improvements, and prepare edited, color-graded media for delivery.

LANGUAGES

English & Swahili

Native proficiency

Let’s connect.

Open to software engineering, development, and IT internships.
I also welcome conversations about building something together.