// senior frontend engineer

Robert Kibet

Builds privacy-first browser tooling and high-performance web infrastructure.

Lead Product Developer at Finsweet. 5+ years architecting developer tools, SaaS platforms, and scalable web systems used by thousands of production websites. Promoted from Software Engineer to Lead in 16 months.

// role Lead Product Developer
→ stack TypeScript, Svelte, React, Cloudflare
→ based East Africa, GMT+3
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Experience

Finsweet

Remote (USA)
Lead Product Developer Jan 2024 — Present
  • Architected and shipped Consent Pro, a privacy compliance SaaS platform handling GDPR/CCPA requirements end-to-end.
  • Led distributed team building Finsweet Components — scaled to 2,400+ live sites, 950M+ CDN requests on jsDelivr.
  • Established frontend engineering standards, CI/CD workflows, and component governance for enterprise clients including Dropbox.

Finsweet

Remote (USA)
Software Engineer — Core JavaScript Sep 2022 — Jan 2024
  • Built Finsweet Attributes, a JS utility library surpassing 950M+ downloads, serving as foundational infrastructure for Webflow developers.
  • Engineered two Svelte-based Webflow extensions featured on the Webflow Marketplace.
  • Built internal service APIs using HonoJS on Cloudflare Workers with serverless edge architecture.

Credmark PTE

Remote (Singapore)
Software Engineer (Consultant) May 2022 — Aug 2022
  • Delivered Credmark Terminal, a DeFi analytics dashboard with real-time on-chain data visualizations.
  • Integrated MetaMask and Web3.js for wallet connectivity and on-chain data queries.

Safaricom PLC

Nairobi, Kenya
Software Engineer Jul 2021 — Apr 2022
  • Led frontend revamp of Masoko e-commerce platform — migrated to Next.js with GraphQL APIs on AWS EC2.
  • Contributed to Masoko mini-app within the M-PESA super app, a PWA initiative targeting 50M+ users.
  • Created company-wide reusable UI component library with Storybook.js.

Diwala

Remote (Norway)
Software Developer Apr 2020 — Jul 2021
  • Contributed to Africa's first decentralized skill verification platform with blockchain-backed credential portability.
  • Implemented features across React and React Native in a yarn workspace monorepo.
  • Integrated micro-frontend architecture using single-spa.js with Terraform IaC on GCP.

Selected Projects

Consent Pro

Privacy compliance SaaS — cookie consent banners, tracker detection, and automated compliance scanning for Webflow.

  • Browser runtime IIFE driving accept/reject flows across 14 CMP providers
  • Puppeteer + Chrome DevTools Protocol scanning on Cloudflare Workers
  • Durable-Object-per-project SSE architecture for real-time scan updates
TypeScriptSvelte 5Hono.jsCloudflare WorkersDurable ObjectsD1

Finsweet Components

Reusable component infrastructure for the Webflow ecosystem. 2,400+ live production websites, 950M+ CDN requests.

TypeScriptJavaScriptjsDelivr CDNesbuild

Masoko E-Commerce

Led the frontend migration of Safaricom's e-commerce platform from legacy stack to Next.js with GraphQL, targeting 50M+ M-PESA subscribers.

Next.jsReactGraphQLReduxAWS EC2

Stack

Languages

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript (ES6+)
  • HTML5
  • CSS3

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Svelte 5
  • SvelteKit
  • Vue.js
  • React Native

Backend

  • Node.js
  • Hono.js
  • GraphQL
  • REST APIs

Infrastructure

  • Cloudflare Workers
  • D1
  • KV
  • R2
  • Durable Objects
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Terraform

Tooling

  • Puppeteer
  • Playwright
  • esbuild
  • Vite
  • Storybook
  • Git

FAQ

Who is Robert Kibet?

Robert Kibet is a Senior Frontend Engineer and Lead Product Developer at Finsweet. He builds privacy-first browser tooling and high-performance web infrastructure used by thousands of production websites worldwide.

What does Robert Kibet specialize in?

Robert Kibet specializes in TypeScript, Svelte, React, and Cloudflare Workers. His focus areas include privacy compliance SaaS, developer tooling for the Webflow ecosystem, edge computing, and scalable frontend architecture.

Where is Robert Kibet based?

Robert Kibet is based in Nairobi, Kenya (GMT+3). He works remotely with distributed teams across the US, Europe, and Asia.

What companies has Robert Kibet worked for?

Robert Kibet has worked at Finsweet (Lead Product Developer), Credmark PTE, Safaricom PLC, and Diwala. At Finsweet he was promoted from Software Engineer to Lead Product Developer in 16 months.

What projects has Robert Kibet built?

Notable projects include Consent Pro (privacy compliance SaaS for Webflow), Finsweet Components (2,400+ live sites, 950M+ CDN requests), and the Masoko e-commerce platform migration at Safaricom.

How can I contact Robert Kibet?

You can reach Robert Kibet at [email protected], via GitHub at github.com/robertkibet, or on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/robert-kibet. His resume is available at bit.ly/robert-kibet-resume.

Is Robert Kibet open to new opportunities?

Yes. Robert Kibet is open to interesting technical problems, technical leadership roles, and ambitious products. Contact him at [email protected] to discuss opportunities.