Joseph Rwanda
Production AI Engineer
Summary
Production AI engineer with 4+ years building LLM agents, automation webapps, and enterprise operations systems. Deployed 50+ POS/WMS/ERP systems across East Africa with M-Pesa integration and offline-first architecture. Selected for Anthropic's Built with Opus 4.7 hackathon (top ~500 of 13,000+ applicants). Deep domain expertise in warehouse operations, AIDC, and logistics automation. Remote-friendly, Nairobi-based.
Experience
Production AI Engineer
Origami Tech
Nairobi, Kenya
2020 – Present
- •Built WaybillAgent — Claude Opus 4.7 vision agent for warehouse audits (Anthropic hackathon: top ~500 of 13,000+ applicants)
- •Architected and deployed 50+ production POS, WMS, and ERP systems across Kenya and Tanzania
- •Designed multi-tenant SaaS platforms with M-Pesa payment integration and offline-first architecture
- •Led development of Chelombai ERP: full enterprise system with HR, Payroll, Inventory, Production, and Accounting modules
- •Created AIDC Barcode Toolkit — open-source Claude Code tooling for enterprise labeling workflows
Skills
AI & LLM
- Claude API & Managed Agents
- MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- RAG Pipelines
- Multi-model Orchestration
- Computer Vision / OCR
- Production Evals
Full-Stack
- TypeScript
- Next.js 14+
- React 18
- Supabase / PostgreSQL
- Vercel
- Cloudflare Workers
Enterprise Systems
- POS / WMS / ERP
- M-Pesa Integration
- Offline-first Architecture
- Multi-tenant SaaS
- Barcode / RFID (AIDC)
- Inventory Management
Selected live sites
AIDC Barcode Toolkit
OSS barcode/AIDC primitives for Claude Code and agent-assisted logistics.
Outcome Agent Evals (Hive fork)
Outcome-driven agent evaluation patterns — public GitHub fork.
FarmTrace
Flower & herb traceability — grower, lot, and chain-of-custody workflows.
Soko ERP
ERP for East African businesses — POS, inventory, HR, accounts, and reports with M-Pesa and offline sync.
Votia
Award-style voting SaaS — sessions, nominee registration, verified email-OTP votes, and paid bulk voting via Paystack.
DaktariDesk
Automated WhatsApp appointment reminders for Kenyan clinics — Google Calendar sync, patient recalls, and review requests.
Education
Bachelor of Science — Business and Information Technology
Kabarak University
Nakuru, Kenya
Certifications
Built with Opus 4.7 Hackathon — Top ~500 of 13,000+ Applicants
Anthropic • 2026
RFID Fixed Readers and Antennas Product Certification
Zebra Technologies • 2022
Looking for an AI engineer who ships production systems?