📍 Nairobi, Kenya
I am a dedicated Software Engineering professional focused on building scalable web applications and ensuring system reliability through rigorous software testing. My experience spans the end-to-end development lifecycle, from digitizing manual workflows to integrating secure M-Pesa payment gateways. I am highly skilled in modern frameworks including Next.js and Flask, with a strong commitment to clean architecture and comprehensive system documentation.
- Football Academy Management System: Developing a comprehensive management portal for athletic academies to track athlete performance, staff payroll, and financial records. This platform is engineered using Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and Prisma ORM with a PostgreSQL database.
- Yana Africa Project: Acting as a team lead, building backend systems, lead ingestion pipelines, and dynamic scoring engines.
- NyumbaHQ: Architecting the backend, background jobs, and domain setup for a robust Property Management System.
- VibeBuy: Building the database schema and full-stack architecture for a custom e-commerce application.
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DevOps, Architecture & Tools:
- University of Eastern Africa, Baraton: Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering (2020-2024).
- Moringa School: Software Engineering Bootcamp (Oct 2025 - June 2026).
- African Management Institute (AMI): Management & Soft Skills Certification (2025).
- Email: leleigideon97@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gklelei/
- Phone: +254-758-080-448