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Peter Gakungu

@petergakungu

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Senior software engineer and product manager building scalable, data-driven cloud solutions.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking a senior engineering or product leadership role where I can lead cross-functional teams, build scalable cloud-native systems, and drive product and data-driven impact while mentoring engineers and improving CI/CD and operational efficiency.

I am a results-driven Senior Software Engineer and Product Manager with over 10 years of experience in full-stack development, solution architecture, and team leadership. I specialize in building scalable, high-performance applications using Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI), modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Node, Next), and AWS cloud infrastructure to optimize efficiency and reduce costs.

I have delivered measurable impact across projects — reducing processing times by 25%, cutting latency by 30%, and lowering operational costs by 20–30% through cloud optimizations and efficient data pipelines. I lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers on CI/CD and best practices, and design robust APIs and cloud-native deployments that turn complex challenges into actionable insights.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

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Search Atlas

Mar 2024 - Present (2 years 3 months)

Developed and maintained scalable Python/Django backend applications and APIs, collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver product features, and contributed to system architecture and code quality.

Python Django MySQL PostgreSQL RESTful APIs Docker Kubernetes CI CD Git

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Freelance Full-Stack Developer

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Upwork

Jan 2012 - Present (14 years 5 months)

Designed and implemented scalable data ingestion pipelines and RESTful APIs, deployed AWS cloud solutions that reduced operational costs by 20%, and mentored teams in CI/CD practices.

Flask fastAPI Python AWS RESTful APIs Data Ingestion CI CD Deployment

Senior Python QA

Code Institute

Jan 2019 - Dec 2024 (5 years 11 months)

Evaluated Python projects for functionality and code quality, conducted detailed code reviews, and mentored teams in CI/CD best practices to achieve 30% faster deployment cycles.

Python Code Review Testing CI CD SOLID Principles QA Mentoring Test Automation

Senior Software Engineer

Hantverkshjalpen

Apr 2022 - May 2024 (2 years 1 month)

Streamlined data transformation pipelines reducing processing time by 25%, improved infrastructure reliability with logging and monitoring, and led teams to implement predictive ML models.

Python Django PostgreSQL Data Pipelines Logging Monitoring Machine Learning Microservices

Software Engineer & Product Manager

Red Booth Creative Agency

Jan 2016 - Dec 2018 (2 years 11 months)

Designed real-time analytics dashboards with React and Python and led data aggregation projects integrating multiple e-commerce APIs to deliver actionable insights.

React Python Data Aggregation APIs Product Management Documentation

Full-Stack Application Developer

DotCom Labs

Apr 2014 - Oct 2016 (2 years 6 months)

Built scalable data pipelines for real-time analytics, optimized cloud infrastructure to reduce costs, and implemented task queues with Celery and RabbitMQ for real-time processing.

Python Celery RabbitMQ Cloud Optimization Data Pipelines AWS Scalability

Senior Django Developer

iCandy Design

Apr 2014 - Oct 2016 (2 years 6 months)

Developed end-to-end data pipelines and e-commerce solutions, improved API performance using Redis caching to reduce latency by 30%, and collaborated on user experience with designers.

Django Python Redis APIs Data Pipelines Payment Integration Performance Optimization UX collaboration