Frontend & AI engineer · Nairobi, Kenya

Software built for the long run.

I’m Fidel. I build production web apps at Zuri Health, and the AI systems that make products smarter: RAG pipelines, agents and robust ML models.

Portrait of Fidel Isaboke
First Class HonoursStrathmore University, 2026
Current
Junior Frontend DevZuri Health
Personal best
First Class HonoursBSc Informatics & CS
Podium
2nd placeNSK.AI RAG hackathon
Range
React → RAGFrontend, APIs, AI/ML
01 · What I do Split 1 / 4

Interfaces people trust, backed by systems that think.

Frontend

Responsive production web apps, from design file to deploy.

React · Next.js · Redux Toolkit · Tailwind · TypeScript

Backend & APIs

REST services for authentication, data and model inference.

FastAPI · Django · Express · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Docker

AI & ML

RAG pipelines, agents and machine-learning models built to hold up under adversarial pressure.

LangChain · LangGraph · scikit-learn · TensorFlow

How I work: Git, Docker and Postman, with AI coding agents (Claude Code, OpenCode, Antigravity) for scaffolding, refactors and reviews. I read and own every line that ships.

02 · Selected work Split 2 / 4

Things I’ve shipped.

Robust NIDS landing page: Network Security Simplified

Final-year project · 2025

Robust NIDS

A machine-learning network intrusion detection system, hardened against adversarial evasion attacks. FastAPI handles authentication and model inference; a Next.js dashboard shows analysis and alerts in real time.

Next.js · FastAPI · scikit-learn · Adversarial ML

CreditExplain landing page: Understand Regulatory Decisions with Clarity and Confidence

2nd place · NSK.AI RAG bootcamp hackathon

CreditExplain

An advanced RAG system for financial compliance in Kenya and Nigeria, based on the Self-RAG architecture, that explains regulatory decisions with citations.

LangChain · FastAPI · React 18 · Self-RAG

Zerra EdTech AI Code Reviewer GitHub App page

GitHub App · Zerra EdTech

Socratic Code Reviewer

Reviews learners’ pull requests by asking guiding questions instead of handing out answers, so they find their own mistakes.

LangGraph · LangChain · GitHub API · FastAPI

More projects

03 · Milestones Split 3 / 4

The route so far.

  1. Aug 2026

    Graduated, First Class Honours

    BSc Informatics & Computer Science, Strathmore University. Coursework included machine learning, AI, distributed systems and computer security.

  2. May 2026 – present

    Junior Frontend Developer · Zuri Health

    Building and maintaining user-facing features with Next.js, React, Redux Toolkit and TailwindCSS, and turning UI/UX designs into responsive pages.

  3. Jan – Apr 2026

    Frontend Developer Intern · Zuri Health

    Resolved critical bugs across authentication, responsiveness and checkout, optimised pharmacy checkout flows, and gave on-site technical support at medical camps across Kenya.

  4. Jan – Apr 2025

    IT Attachment · Zuri Health

    Work-based learning with Strathmore University. Built a hospital management system with React, Django and MongoDB, and contributed to end-to-end testing of the mobile app.

Certifications

Fidel in his graduation gown, holding his degree
Graduation day, Strathmore University
04 · Off the clock Split 4 / 4
Fidel listening intently in a meeting Fidel giving a thumbs-up mid-race in Karura Forest

The same habit, on and off the trail.

Early runs through Karura Forest are where I untangle problems. The rest goes to novels and history, RPGs, and Manchester United match days.

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