👋 Hi, I'm Stephen Kaihula

Full Stack Systems Engineer specializing in real-time systems, backend architecture, and scalable platforms.

I build production-style systems focused on:

• live streaming infrastructure
• identity & access management
• data-driven administrative platforms

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🚀 Featured Projects

🎬 Live Broadcast Studio

Real-time browser-based broadcast control system

• Preview / Program switching (TAKE pipeline)
• WebRTC streaming via LiveKit
• RTMP ingestion via MediaMTX + FFmpeg
• Modular UI for media, overlays, transitions, and audio

🔗 https://github.com/stephenkaihula/live-broadcast-studio

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📈 Membership Campaign Platform

Organizational membership and campaign management system

• Membership lifecycle and segmentation
• Campaign and activity tracking workflows
• Rule-based configuration engine
• Geographic analytics and admin dashboards

🔗 https://github.com/stephenkaihula/membership-campaign-platform

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🔐 Identity Management System

Authentication, RBAC, and identity workflow platform

• Secure login, registration, and session handling
• Role-based access control (user, staff, admin)
• Multi-step identity application system
• Staff processing workflows and admin governance

🔗 https://github.com/stephenkaihula/identity-management-system

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🧠 Architecture Focus

I design systems with clear separation of concerns:

Frontend UI → API Layer → Business Logic → Database / Infrastructure

Key areas:

• real-time communication (WebRTC, RTMP)
• backend service design
• workflow-driven systems
• modular UI architecture

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⚙️ Tech Stack

Languages PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Systems & Tools LiveKit, MediaMTX, FFmpeg, Docker

Database MySQL

Concepts REST APIs, RBAC, streaming pipelines, system orchestration

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📌 What I Focus On

• building complete systems, not isolated features
• turning complex workflows into usable platforms
• designing scalable backend architectures
• solving real-world operational problems

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📫 Contact

📧 stephenkaihula@gmail.com

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