Sheja Manene Junior
Software Engineer · Full-Stack Developer
The interface is only the surface.
I engineer complete product experiences and the living systems beneath them—from fluid interfaces to resilient APIs, distributed data pipelines, and cloud runtime infrastructure.
Kigali, Rwanda
Full-Stack Systems · Edge to Core
Travel platform · Full-Stack Developer
TM Travels
A travel platform for searching flights and hotels, then managing the booking journey from request to payment and follow-up.
Engineering story supported by a clearly labeled conceptual workflow.Find viable flight and hotel options
Requests move through the travel search integration before results are normalized for the interface.
Amadeus APIA travel platform for searching flights and hotels, then managing the booking journey from request to payment and follow-up.
Travel customers need a simpler way to search travel options and submit and manage booking requests.
Backend API · Database structure · Booking workflow · Third-party integrations
Built around the problem—not a template.
Retail operations, education coordination, computer vision, commerce, learning and security each demand a different visual and engineering model.
Bambu
A retail store management system built to bring daily operations, inventory and store visibility into one focused workspace.
Dreamize Africa School Training & Coordination System
A centralized platform for managing school training programs, information and coordination workflows.
Rwanda Water Meter Reading System
A computer-vision system designed to read information from Rwandan water-meter images.
ShopkeeperPro
A modern shop-management MVP shaped around everyday operations for small businesses in Rwanda and East Africa.
FarmQuest
An agriculture-focused educational game concept spanning planting, harvesting and food preparation.
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Cybersecurity & CTF Work
Hands-on cybersecurity learning through practical challenges and CTF competition work, including a fourth-place finish.
A system still evolving
Learning moved into building. Building exposed the next thing to learn.
Rwanda Coding Academy
Software Programming and Embedded Systems—across software engineering, web, backend, Java, algorithms, security, robotics and DevOps.
TM Travels
Worked across the frontend, backend, data model, external services, payments and production infrastructure.
Connected project ↗Dreamize Africa
Designed and developed software systems for an education and training organization, while contributing to the platform’s ongoing improvement.
Connected project ↗Bambu
Leading the product direction and development of a retail store management system.
Connected project ↗RSwitch
Engineering mobile product experiences inside a professional technology environment.
I work across the product boundary.
My strongest area is backend development, but I like understanding the entire system: problem, interface, data, integrations, deployment and use.
Dreamize Africa · ShopkeeperPro
Product interfaces
JavaScript · TypeScript · React · Next.js · Vite · Tailwind CSS
Backend systems
Node.js · Express · NestJS · Java · Spring Boot · Python · FastAPI
Data & infrastructure
MongoDB · PostgreSQL · MySQL · Prisma · Docker · Linux · Nginx · PM2
Applied engineering
REST APIs · JWT · RBAC · OpenAPI · Payments · Computer vision · CI/CD concepts
Now / Kigali
Working inside a real engineering environment—and widening the systems I can own.
Mobile Engineer
RSwitch
Mobile systems / Backend systems / DevOps / Cybersecurity / AI
Not seeking full-time roles. Available for selected freelance work and collaborations.