Nickson Kaigi
Software Engineer
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LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/nickson-kaigi
GitHub: github.com/nickaigi
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Software engineer, with over a decade of experience working with Python. Driven individual,
with a background in Computer Science and vast experience developing and shipping software
and data products.
EXPERIENCE
SKUify Limited
Full Stack Engineer
Contributed to the successful development of the SKUify SaaS, enhancing inventory management and pricing optimization for Amazon and Arbitrage sellers, resulting in improved
user engagement and operational efficiency.
Successfully migrated big tables used by the project to PostgreSQL partitioned tables, resulting in quicker query execution and improving API load times.
Maintained CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins for routine deployment to our test and production
servers.
Project Tech Stack:
Celery, Jenkins
FreeCast Inc
Back-end Engineer
United Kingdom - Remote
December 2023 - December 2024
Python, Django, Django REST Framework, React, PostgreSQL,
United States of America - Remote
September 2022 - November 2023
Played a role in the transition of the FreeCast APIs from Django REST Framework to
FastAPI, increasing the number of Requests per Second (RPS) that the project could handle.
Project Tech Stack: Python, FastAPI, Django, Django REST Framework, MySQL,
Docker, GitHub Actions
Sum Software Limited
Full Stack Engineer
Built the ”Journey” component of the Sumfully SaaS, streamlining inventory management
for Amazon and Arbitrage sellers.
Project Tech Stack:
Celery, Jenkins
World Bank Group
Technical Consultant
United Kingdom - Remote
November 2021 - July 2022
Python, Django, Django REST Framework, React, PostgreSQL,
United States of America - Remote
December 2021 - January 2022
Led the development of the Personal Case Based Teaching (PCBT) prototype that aimed
to analyze past judgments in courts of law in a bid to determine judgmental bias.
Project Tech Stack:
Celery, Jenkins
Python, Django, Django REST Framework, React, PostgreSQL,
Maxum Data Limited
Lead Developer
New Zealand - Remote
June 2015 - October 2021
Developed the mPort project that tracked mobile phone number portability across mobile
network operators in New Zealand, resulting in seamless mobile network operator migration.
Developed a search tool for custom Toll Free numbers that lead to an increase in toll free
number uptake from users.
Wrote Lua scripts that allowed customization of Freeswitch, simplifying customization tasks
for the network operation team
Project Tech Stack: Python, Django, MySQL, Lua,
Domains Bot
Senior Python Engineer
Italy - Remote
June 2015 - September 2015
Played a key role in the database redesign and upgrade on the Domains Bot project that
resulted in faster database queries and shorter API response times.
Project Tech Stack: Python, Django, MySQL
SunUp Financial LLC
Senior Python Engineer
United States - Remote
May 2014 - January 2015
Worked on the development of the ”Balance Credit” web project that created the onboarding process for customers of the Company’s Pay Day loans product.
Project Tech Stack: Python, Django, MySQL, JQuery
Soko Inc.
Senior Python Engineer
Nairobi, Kenya
July 2013 - April 2014
Led the development of a Android mobile app for Soko Artisans.
Participated in REST API development on the project that were used on by the Android
app.
Worked on the transition of the Soko web project from Django Framework to the Pyramid
Web Framework.
Project Tech Stack: Python, Django, Django REST Framework, Pyramid Framework,
MySQL, Android.
Sweet Relish LLC
Senior Python Engineer
USA, Remote
December 2012 - July 2013
Worked on the Sweet Relish mobile website that was based on JQuery mobile.
Contributed bug fixes on the project.
Project Tech Stack: Python, Django, MySQL
Code Painters LLC
Lead Engineer
USA, Remote
September 2012 - November 2012
Led the development Gym management website that included subscription management and
gym session reservation.
Project Tech Stack: Python, Django, MySQL, JQuery
Apartment Rentals
Python Engineer
USA, Remote
April 2012
Worked on bug fixes to the project
Project Tech Stack: Python, Django, MySQL, JQuery
MANteresting
Django Developer
USA, Remote
March 2012 - April 2012
Led the development of version 1 of MANteresting REST APIs that were used on the mobile
version of the project.
Worked on bug fixes
Project Tech Stack: Python, Django, REST API, MySQL, JQuery
Alliance Technologies Limited
Software Engineer - Intern
Nairobi, Kenya
September 2011 - December 2011
Developed a mobile version proof of concept for the A1 ERP.
Project Tech Stack: Java, J2ME, PostgreSQL
EDUCATION
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | Bsc. Computer
Science
2012
Second Class Honors, Upper Division
Coursework: Computer Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms, Database Management, Computer Security
CERTIFICATION & AWARDS
Kotlin for Java Developers, Coursera.
SKILLS & INTERESTS
Technical Python, Django, MySQL, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, React Js, Next Js
Interests Chess
2019
