Junior Backend Engineer based in Nairobi, Kenya, focused on building secure, well-structured APIs for the East African market — payments, farm management, and billing systems that handle M-Pesa callbacks, real-world data conditions, and production constraints.
I hold a BSc in Information Technology from Kabarak University and currently serve as Founder and Team Lead at Backend Engineers 2026, where I lead a structured engineering team through a backend roadmap covering FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and system design.
- 🔭 Currently building KukuFiti — a live agritech API for broiler farm management, deployed on Render
- 📝 I write about what I build and review what I commit. One commit every day, no exceptions.
- 🌍 Open to Junior Backend Engineering roles in Nairobi, remote-first teams, and backend freelance contracts — especially in Fintech and Agritech
- ⚡ Stack: Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, asyncpg, Docker, Nginx (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS)
- Database first: Design the schema before writing a single route. Data integrity is not optional.
- Failure modes early: Guard against unexpected payloads, unreliable webhooks, and external API timeouts before they reach production.
- Raw SQL where it matters: asyncpg over ORM on performance-critical paths for full query control.
- Reproducible deployments: Numbered SQL migrations, environment-based config, and containerized builds — no manual steps on the server.
| Project | Description | Stack | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| KukuFiti — Broiler Farm API | Production FastAPI backend for poultry farm management. Tracks flock health, feed cycles, mortality events, and KES/M-Pesa finances. Modular monolith with schema-per-module PostgreSQL isolation and numbered SQL migrations. | Python FastAPI asyncpg PostgreSQL 16 Docker |
🟢 Live API | 📂 GitHub |
| Mobile Money Gateway | Multi-tenant proxy layer for Safaricom Daraja integrations. Normalizes error codes, handles webhook delivery with exponential backoff, and enforces per-tenant rate limiting via Redis. | FastAPI PostgreSQL Redis Docker |
📂 GitHub |
| WiFi Billing System | ISP billing API with OAuth2 scopes, RBAC authorization, and M-Pesa Daraja payment flows. Integrates with MikroTik RouterOS for automated voucher generation and session control. | FastAPI PostgreSQL MikroTik API |
📂 GitHub |
Multi-tenant Daraja webhook handling with Redis rate limiting and PostgreSQL Row-Level Security isolation.
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Merchant -->|Triggers payment| GW
GW -->|Check limits| Redis
GW -->|Check tenant| DB
GW -.->|Signed payload| Safaricom
Safaricom -.->|Async Webhook| GW
GW -->|Normalized webhook| Merchant
| Period | Role |
|---|---|
| Jan 2026 – Present | Founder and Team Lead, Backend Engineers 2026 Community |
| Jan 2025 – Apr 2025 | ICT Intern, Huduma Centre Nakuru (Kenya) |
| Sep 2021 – Dec 2025 | BSc Information Technology, Kabarak University |
