George Otieno
Senior Software Engineer at Andela Inc.
Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolGeorge Otieno is a Senior Software Engineer based in Kenya with over 10 years of experience designing and delivering full-stack web applications. He brings strong front-end expertise in JavaScript and AngularJS, demonstrated through contributions to the Community Health Toolkit’s CHT Core where he improved reporting templates and offline-first UX for digital health workers. With an MSc in Computational Intelligence from the University of Nairobi and a solid computer science foundation from Maseno University, he combines academic rigor with practical engineering. He is skilled at refactoring legacy templates, resolving build/watch issues, and connecting UI elements to backend data models to improve usability and maintainability. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful, production-focused changes that enhance impact in resource-constrained health settings.
10 years of coding experience
MSc Computational Intelligence, Computer Science, MSc Computational Intelligence, Computer Science at University of NairobiBachelor's degree, Computer Science & Technology, Second Class Honours (Upper Division), Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Technology, Second Class Honours (Upper Division) at Maseno University
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Github Skills (21)
javascript10
angularjs10
html-template9
html9
chdk8
chr8
chm8
ch8
mobile7
webapp7
tomcat6
nodejs6
pouchdb6
android6
spring-boot6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
medic/cht-core
Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
The CHT Core Framework makes it faster to build responsive, offline-first digital health apps that equip health workers to provide better care in their communities. It is a central resource of the Community Health Toolkit.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:71 commits, 57 PRs, 192 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:George primarily focused on front-end development, specifically modifying the reports content template. Their contributions involved linking patient names to their contact profiles, adding conditional display directives for links, and refactoring hyperlinks using Angular directives. They also addressed Grunt watch issues related to template deployment. The user demonstrated skills in JavaScript and AngularJS, working with templates and front-end logic within the context of a digital health application.
digital-healthmhealthmobilemedicalpouchdb
Jodge/restful-bank-account
Sep 2016 - May 2019
Contributions:20 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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