David Kahara
Lead Software Engineer at Sanlam Allianz Investments Limited - KE
Nairobi County, Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Kahara is a Lead Software Engineer with nine years of experience building scalable, secure systems across finance, ed-tech, and insuretech, currently driving product and engineering at Sanlam Allianz Investments Kenya. He blends full-stack expertise (Python, JavaScript, React/Angular, Next) with cloud architecture (AWS/Azure), API design, and DevOps to deliver custom ERPs, compliance modules, and mobile apps that integrate with banks and fintech partners. Known for mentoring and leading cross-functional teams, he has a track record of turning regulatory and finance complexity into streamlined workflows and measurable productivity gains. Prior roles at Moringa School and Andela sharpened his focus on best practices, production-grade CI/CD pipelines, and developer education. He combines hands-on coding with stakeholder engagement and a practical security mindset, often surfacing product improvements that non-engineers notice first. Based in Nairobi, he’s open to collaborations that bridge technical excellence with business impact.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Android Development, Android Development at Moringa SchoolCodecademy
Swahili, English
Github Skills (47)
azure-storage9
sqlalchemy9
flask9
graphql8
mongodb8
virtualenv8
backup8
aws-s38
postgresql8
archiving7
redis7
greenplum7
aws7
django-database7
django7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
d-kahara/d-kahara.github.io
May 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:18 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
d-kahara/Github-lookup
Jun 2017 - Apr 2020
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches, 1 comment in 2 years 9 months
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