Derek Leiro
Senior Software Engineer at VunaPay
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolDerek Leiro is a Senior Software Engineer based in Nairobi with seven years of experience building mobile and web products and repeatedly stepping into technical founder roles. He combines hands-on Android and Flutter expertise with full-stack (MERN) experience, having served as CTO or co-founder for multiple startups while also delivering engineering leadership at companies like Drift Consult and VunaPay. Derek moves fluidly between shipping consumer-facing apps and architecting backend solutions, and his background in Business Information Technology gives him a product-minded approach to engineering. He’s comfortable in early-stage, high-uncertainty environments—evident from stints as Entrepreneur in Residence at Antler and several rapid-build ventures. Outside code, his GitHub bio’s cosmically reflective line hints at a perspective that values curiosity and stepping back to see bigger opportunities.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Business information technology, Computer Software Engineering, Business information technology, Computer Software Engineering at Strathmore University
English, Swahili
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (30)
angular8
react8
vue8
javascript8
exams8
ios7
ionic7
css7
typescript7
android7
frontend7
html6
material-design6
jquery6
facebook6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
derekleiro/lively
Jan 2021 - Apr 2023
Lively is an ad-free Opensource🐱🏍, Todo & Goals list🦾, Focus & Productivity tracker🚀
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 3 months
goalslivelytrackerproductivityproductivity-tracker
derekleiro/derekleiro
May 2022 - Apr 2023
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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