Hey! I am

Branley Mmasi

I like Codin

About Me

Here's a little about me

  • Name:Branley Mmasi
  • Email:mmasi.branley@gmail.com
  • Phone:+610 604 8734
  • Country: USA
  • City:Swarthmore, PA

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Education

Swarthmore College

Bachelor of Arts

Computer Science major with a Cognitive Science minor

Swarthmore, PA

2021-2025 (May)

Friends School Kamusinga

High School

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

Kimilili, Bungoma County, Kenya

2015-2018

Experience

Software Engineer

Bloomberg LP | New York, NY

From July 2025

  • Joining the Bloomberg Engineering team as a full-time Software Engineer this summer.

Software Engineering Intern

Google LLC | Sunnyvale, CA

May 2024 - August 2024

  • Developed a spam detection system using text and image embeddings, achieving a 25% improvement in accuracy and addressing image-based spam challenges.
  • Optimized ETL pipelines, reducing data processing time by 10% and ensuring 99.9% uptime with fault-tolerant backend solutions.
  • Conducted code reviews and implemented unit tests in an agile environment, ensuring high-quality deliverables and seamless team collaboration.
  • Gained expertise in cloud computing, distributed systems, and data pipelines, with hands-on experience in C++, Go, SQL, and HTML/CSS.

IT Student Associate

Swarthmore College | Swarthmore, PA

September 2023 - May 2024

  • Executed software upgrades and patch implementations, addressing an average of 35 IT-related tickets per week, improving system efficiency by 20%, and boosting user satisfaction in a high-demand environment.
  • Developed and maintained a user-friendly ticketing system, reducing ticket resolution time by 30% and enhancing customer satisfaction.
  • Collaborated with IT teams to implement new software and hardware solutions, ensuring seamless integration and optimal system performance.

Software Engineering Intern

Amiva Kenya | Nairobi, Kenya

May 2022 - August 2022

  • Collaborated with Amiva's Engineering team to design and implement a payment infrastructure using Python, Django, MySQL and RabbitMQ, improving transaction processing by 40% and over 18% improvement in uptime.

iOS App Developer

CodePath.org | Swarthmore, PA

February 2022 - May 2022

  • Learnt the fundamentals of Swift programming language and made iOS applications on Xcode.
  • Developed a fully functioning iOS Flashcard app as part of the Codepath Intro to Mobile Design—iOS course.

Skills

Awards

Honors Graduate - iOS Mobile Design

CodePath.org - CodePath.org

April 2022

Swarthmore, PA

Runner Up - Kenya Science and Engineering Fair

KSEF - Friends School Kamusinga

June 2018

Nairobi, Kenya

Projects

Bmmasi Portal

React (TypeScript, HTML, SCSS, JavaScript)

A responsive portfolio website showcasing my projects and skills, built with React and TypeScript.

TerraTune

React, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Redis, Web Audio API

A modern web-based music streaming service with user authentication, playlist management, search functionality, and real-time audio visualizations.

JuaCode AI Coding Assistant

React, Python, FastAPI

Developed a full-stack AI coding assistant with a React frontend and FastAPI backend. Integrated Deepseek‑r1, OpenAI, and Gemini models for intelligent responses, featuring autosave, chat renaming, shareable links, and a modern UI with a collapsible sidebar.

Cue List

HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), Local Storage API

An easy-to-use task management app with priority-based sorting and deadline tracking to help me stay on top of my tasks.

Moodi-fi

React, MongoDB, Spotify WebAPI, Gemini API

A tool for Spotify users to get listening summaries and generate mood-based playlists.

Deepseek-r1 with RAG and KAG

Python, Jupyter Notebook

A chatbot using Deepseek-r1 model with Knowledge and Retrieval Augmented Generation.

Sentimental Analysis with GRUs

Python, TensorFlow, Keras

A GRU-based neural network for emotion classification from text, achieving 93% accuracy.

Multi-label Classification with k-NN

Python, Scikit-learn

A custom k-NN algorithm for multi-label classification with feature weighting.

iOS Flashcard Application

Swift, Xcode, SnapKit

An iOS app for flashcard management with a responsive UI, local data persistence, and extensible architecture.

A Smol Course

Python, Google Colab, OpenAI, Hugging Face

A practical, community-driven course on aligning small language models for domain-specific applications, providing a hands-on approach to working with small language models from initial training to production deployment.

Simple Multi-Band Compressor Plugin

C++, JUCE, Xcode, Fork

A simple multi-band compressor plugin built with JUCE, Xcode and C++ based off freeCodeCamp's tutorial.

Google AI Studio Set up

Gemini 2.0 API, Google AI Studio, Google Colab, Jupyter Notebook

API setup for aistudio.google.com.

Contact Me

Contact Number

+610 604 8734

Email Address

mmasi.branley@gmail.com

Location

Swarthmore, PA