Arnold Kunihira
Senior Software Engineer at GDExperts
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Summary
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Top SchoolArnold Kunihira is a Senior Software Engineer based in Kampala with nine years of hands-on experience building and operating scalable web and API systems across fintech, healthtech, and telecom sectors. He excels in backend development using PHP (Laravel), Java (SpringBoot), Python (Django) and Node.js, and consistently applies Docker, Git, Redis and PostgreSQL to deliver production-ready, well-tested solutions. Arnold has led and mentored engineering teams, managed SaaS licenses and compliance, and run technology audits for large clients such as MTN Uganda, demonstrating strong operational and governance discipline beyond pure coding. He’s comfortable translating evolving business requirements into maintainable architectures and has a track record of improving delivery through testing, documentation and developer training. Notably, his background spans both hands-on feature delivery and company-wide IT policy and systems administration, giving him a rare blend of developer and IT stewardship.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree - Computer Science, Bachelor's degree - Computer Science at Makerere University
English
Github Skills (33)
integrate9
illuminate9
utility8
console7
laravel7
gateway7
cli-application7
console-application7
composer7
shell6
application6
cli6
php6
symfony-console6
python6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
YO-Uganda/YoPaymentsPython
Oct 2017 - Feb 2020
Python sample code of how to integrate with Yo! Payments Gateway
Contributions:20 commits, 17 pushes in 2 years 3 months
integratepaymentspythongateway
arnoldkunihira/pizzeria-api
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
Contributions:39 reviews, 10 PRs, 4 pushes in 8 days
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