Mutsa Murapa · Technical Lead · Full-stack software engineer

I guide mobile and backend delivery at Africa Software Architects, and build products from their user-facing experience through to the services behind them.

Harare, Zimbabwe · Architecture / Mobile / Backend

Selected work

Product building, technical leadership, and the systems behind software people use.

Published · Google Play

DraftKind

An AI email assistant for clearer messages and faster replies.

I built DraftKind to help people move from a rough draft or incoming message to a more considered email. Users can rewrite a message, generate a reply, and adjust the tone while keeping control of the final wording.

I built the Android app and its Spring Boot backend, including writing history, templates, saved preferences, PDF context attachments, secure authentication, and RevenueCat premium access. I also deployed and operate the DigitalOcean backend with rate limits, encrypted history, AI-provider reliability controls, monitoring, and Sentry crash reporting.

My role

Product builder · Android, backend, release, and operations

  • React Native
  • Expo
  • Spring Boot
  • PostgreSQL
  • DigitalOcean
View on Google Play
DraftKindPublished · Google Play
DraftKind app icon
  1. Write
  2. Refine tone
  3. Reply

In development · Pre-launch

Leaky Pockets

A cash-first Android tracker built around physical reconciliation.

Leaky Pockets is a local-first Android app I am building to make cash easier to track and reconcile. It gives cash pockets a movement history, supports income and expenses, and records same-currency transfers as their own linked movements.

The central flow compares expected cash with a physical count. Differences stay visible so users can investigate or resolve them, or keep them recorded as leaks. I built the persistence layer around SQLite and Drizzle, with precise minor-unit amounts for currencies with zero, two, or three decimal places.

My role

Product owner and builder · Android app

  • React Native
  • Expo
  • SQLite
  • Drizzle
  • NativeWind
Leaky PocketsIn development · Pre-launch
Leaky Pockets app icon
  1. Record
  2. Count cash
  3. Reconcile

Client work

LFM Marketplace

A client product spanning multiple platforms.

I served as Technical Lead across backend and frontend delivery, while solely owning the mobile app.

LFM MarketplaceClient work

LFM Marketplace

Technical lead · mobile owner

Experience

Leading cross-functional delivery while staying close to the products and services being built.

Africa Software Architects

Technical Lead

October 2025 — Present

Lead mobile and backend delivery across architecture, release readiness, and production operations. Coordinate technical work across engineers, set UAT and production-readiness criteria with QA, mentor developers, and support live services and Android releases.

Marytechenock Solutions

Software Developer Intern

June 2024 — October 2024

Led delivery of a custom WordPress company website, completing the work ahead of schedule while collaborating with a remote team to plan, resolve issues, and refine the result.

How I work

Make the work clear before it spreads.

I translate product requirements into architecture decisions, scoped delivery work, and release criteria teams can use.

Keep the product and platform in the same conversation.

I work across mobile experiences and backend services so integration, reliability, and user needs shape decisions together.

Treat release as part of the build.

UAT, production readiness, monitoring, operational support, and clear handovers belong in the delivery plan.

Tools I use

Mobile

  • React Native
  • Expo
  • TypeScript
  • NativeWind

Backend

  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • REST APIs
  • Kafka

Data and delivery

  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite
  • Docker
  • DigitalOcean
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes

Product operations

  • Google Play releases
  • RevenueCat
  • Sentry
  • Figma

About

I’m Mutsa Murapa, a Technical Lead and full-stack software engineer based in Harare, Zimbabwe. I lead mobile and backend delivery at Africa Software Architects, and keep building my own Android products through DraftKind and Leaky Pockets.

I hold a Diploma in Software Engineering from TelOne Centre for Learning, expected November 2026.

For product, engineering, and delivery conversations

mumurapa@gmail.com