Brian Mecha
Senior Software Engineer (via Afrolabs) at PickUpSkills
Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Mecha is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building scalable web platforms across JavaScript (React, Angular, Node.js, TypeScript) and Python (Flask, FastAPI, Django). He excels at full‑cycle delivery—from responsive frontends to optimized backend APIs and SQL performance—while prioritizing maintainable code, security, cost efficiency, and automation. Brian has led migrations from monoliths to modern stacks, improving load times and system scalability, and regularly makes architecture and database optimization decisions that measurably boost product velocity. Comfortable in fast-paced, cross-functional teams, he also mentors junior engineers and ties technical work to business outcomes through analytics and growth initiatives. Based in Kenya, he brings a pragmatic blend of hands‑on engineering and product collaboration honed across contracts and long‑term roles with Afrolabs, Andela, and several startups.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Business Information Technology, IT, Business Information Technology, IT at University of Eastern Africa Baraton
Swahili, English
Github Skills (16)
corruption4
webpack3
redux3
react3
django2
normal1
reply1
flask-api1
logging1
python1
api1
timestamp1
admin1
flask1
log-in1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
brian-mecha/hello-books
Mar 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:6 PRs, 104 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 2 months
brian-mecha/random-phone-number-generator
Jul 2019 - Sep 2020
A simple appplication to generation a set of random unique phone numbers.
Contributions:6 PRs, 20 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 2 months
phone-numbersphone
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