Hi, I’m Brian Wahinya Njau, a Product Owner and Senior Engineering Leader based in Nairobi, Kenya. I drive Huawei’s AppCube cloud platform to enable Super Apps for large enterprises, including Safaricom’s MPESA, Equity Bank, and KCB. Over the past 4+ years, I’ve led cross-functional teams, architected data pipelines, and delivered products that generate over $3M in annual revenue. I’m passionate about scaling platforms from MVP to enterprise adoption, building telemetry and monitoring systems, and translating business goals into clear technical roadmaps. I enjoy collaborating with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to craft product fundamentals that deliver real business value.

Brian Wahinya Njau

Hi, I’m Brian Wahinya Njau, a Product Owner and Senior Engineering Leader based in Nairobi, Kenya. I drive Huawei’s AppCube cloud platform to enable Super Apps for large enterprises, including Safaricom’s MPESA, Equity Bank, and KCB. Over the past 4+ years, I’ve led cross-functional teams, architected data pipelines, and delivered products that generate over $3M in annual revenue. I’m passionate about scaling platforms from MVP to enterprise adoption, building telemetry and monitoring systems, and translating business goals into clear technical roadmaps. I enjoy collaborating with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to craft product fundamentals that deliver real business value.

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Hi, I’m Brian Wahinya Njau, a Product Owner and Senior Engineering Leader based in Nairobi, Kenya. I drive Huawei’s AppCube cloud platform to enable Super Apps for large enterprises, including Safaricom’s MPESA, Equity Bank, and KCB.

Over the past 4+ years, I’ve led cross-functional teams, architected data pipelines, and delivered products that generate over $3M in annual revenue. I’m passionate about scaling platforms from MVP to enterprise adoption, building telemetry and monitoring systems, and translating business goals into clear technical roadmaps. I enjoy collaborating with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to craft product fundamentals that deliver real business value.

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Language

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Work Experience

Product Owner & Senior Engineering Lead at Huawei
July 1, 2023 - November 3, 2025
Own P&L for AppCube mini-program cloud solution serving major banks; secured Equity Bank partnership, KCB partnership, and extended partnership with MPESA mini-programs. Architected telemetry/monitoring systems achieving 99.9% uptime; reduced MTTR 40% via automated anomaly detection. Lead 12+ engineers across full stack; coordinate with Sales, Marketing and Customer Success on product fundamentals. Drove microservices migration for Safaricom Data Operations Platform, yielding 20% revenue increase and 10x scalability. Implemented CI/CD and automated testing, reducing deployment time by 60% and improving team velocity by 35% through Agile adoption. Conduct C-suite negotiations translating business requirements into technical roadmaps.
Software Engineer at Huawei
July 1, 2023 - July 1, 2023
Integrated payment providers into enterprise POS platform, enabling $100K+ monthly transactions with 65% digital adoption. Delivered government solutions for the Kenya Public Service Commission; organized 200+ developer hackathons to boost platform adoption.
Associate Software Engineer at iGov Africa
February 1, 2022 - February 1, 2022
Built authentication systems for Better Coal (mining standards NGO); achieved zero security incidents. Delivered projects on-time, improving client satisfaction by 25% through effective requirement translation.

Education

B.Sc. Informatics & Computer Science at Strathmore University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2021
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning at Strathmore University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2020
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Essentials at The Linux Foundation
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2025
Javascript Data Structures & Algorithms at Free Code Camp
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Telecommunications