Chris Otta
Software Development Engineer In Test at Safaricom PLC
Kisumu County, Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Otta is a Software Development Engineer in Test with 11 years of experience focused on cloud and infrastructure engineering, DevOps, and software testing. Based in Kisumu, Kenya, he currently improves testability, robustness, and performance of development processes at Safaricom PLC. He has a strong background in technology education and community building, having designed curricula and mentored developers at LakeHub Academy and the Mozilla Open Leaders program. Chris blends hands-on testing and automation skills with developer relations experience that grew a 500+ community, showing he can bridge technical excellence and user-facing trust. Known for turning complex concepts into teachable workflows, he brings a practical, mentorship-driven approach to improving engineering quality and developer experience.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, B, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, B at Maseno University
English, Swahili
Github Skills (13)
sprint6
hosting6
java5
mozilla5
version-control5
javascript4
react3
nodejs2
web-platform2
python1
code-analysis1
leader1
collaboration1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ottagit/git_push_freshman
Apr 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:95 commits, 1 PR, 18 pushes in 2 months
hostingversion-control
ottagit/otta-chris
Jan 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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