Peter Gakungu

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ABOUT ME

Senior Software Engineer and Product Manager

I am a software engineer with over 10 years of experience in product development and programming in Python/Django and JavaScript, as well as their respective web frameworks. My focus is on delivering results while being a supportive member of the team, and I am well-versed in agile and lean project management methodologies and have developed a range of skills beyond application development, including problem-solving, time-management, organization, communication, and collaboration.

Throughout my career, I have successfully delivered custom software projects and implemented technology to enhance business strategy. I also provide specialized consulting services in the form of enterprise and solution architecture and governance, drawing from my extensive experience implementing Agile methodologies in both pure and hybrid models. My philosophy of success centers on simplicity, and I pride myself on implementing complex solutions in the simplest manner possible for optimal success and maintainability.

Nairobi (+03:00)

Joined June 2024

EXPERTISE

Python

10 years experience

3 years experience

Solution Architecture

5 years experience

7 years experience

5 years experience

7 years experience

2 years experience

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SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

eld_app

Full-stack application using Django and React that takes trip details as inputs (current location, pickup location, dropoff location, and current cycle used in hours) and output a map with route information and daily ELD (Electronic Logging Device) log sheets ensuring accuracy per the Hours of Service (HOS) regulations for property-carrying drivers

Python

google-flights-clone

A React-based flight search application that allows users to search for flights between specified origins and destinations. This app utilizes the Sky Scraper API to fetch flight data and display results, including prices, departure and arrival times.

JavaScript

EMPLOYMENTS

Senior Software Engineer

Search Atlas

2024-02-01-Present

Designed and automated AWS-based infrastructure for Python/Django and JavaScript/Next.j...

Designed and automated AWS-based infrastructure for Python/Django and JavaScript/Next.js applications, integrating GenAI models, achieving 99.99% uptime for 1M+ users.
Built and optimized CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Terraform, reducing deployment time by 30% and ensuring secure ML model serving.
Implemented DevSecOps practices, integrating IAM policies, CIS compliance, and vulnerability scanning, improving security posture by 25%.
Developed monitoring systems with Prometheus/Grafana, optimizing ML workloads for cost and reliability.
Mentored 3 junior engineers, fostering best practices in MLOps and infrastructure automation.

HTML/CSS

Python

SQL

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HTML/CSS

Python

SQL

Node.js

TypeScript

React

JavaScript

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Python Full-Stack Programmer | Product Manager

Upwork

2012-01-01-Present

Developed expertise in the software development life cycle, from concept, architecture, design, implementation, and testing. I write t...

Developed expertise in the software development life cycle, from concept, architecture, design, implementation, and testing. I write technical architecture documents, and plan end-to-end technical scope of projects including sprint planning. I collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams, mentor and guide teams on complex tasks and activities, identify risks, and provided technical support. Additionally, I ensured code maintainability and quality by setting up quality processes and checkpoints, estimating efforts, and providing technical solutions.

HTML/CSS

Python

Django

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HTML/CSS

Python

Django

jQuery

Pandas

Bootstrap

React

JavaScript

DigitalOcean

AWS

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Senior Software Engineer

Proxify

2023-04-01-2024-05-01

Design, code, fix and debug software.
Maintain, upgrade and improve the performance of existing software.
Create solutions to ...

Design, code, fix and debug software.
Maintain, upgrade and improve the performance of existing software.
Create solutions to technical issues by discussing projects in team meeting
Oversee and manage the technical aspects of software engineering projects

Python

Django

MySQL

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Python

Django

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Celery

React

JavaScript

AWS Lambda

Linux Server Administration

Aws elastic beanstalk

Wagtail

AWS

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