Lawrence Katuva
Senior Software Engineer at LD Talent
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolLawrence Katuva is a Senior Software Engineer based in Nairobi with six years of hands-on experience building scalable Node.js backends and React front-ends, along with practical work in Django, Go, Angular and Java. He has a strong track record in payments and high-concurrency systems—leading design and deployment of multi-channel payment gateways and an international payments infrastructure that handles cross-border collections and payouts. At Triply.co he cut infrastructure costs by up to 70% through a dynamic, traffic-driven cloud strategy and now oversees company-wide infrastructure, balancing security, scalability and cost. Known for turning obstacles into opportunities, he brings test-driven discipline, microservices expertise and operational deployment experience across Linux and Windows environments.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Kisasi SchoolComputer science, Software engineering, Computer science, Software engineering at Kenyatta University
English, Kiswahili, kamba
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Github Skills (17)
django6
cron6
mysql6
dedicated4
python3
react3
computer-science3
science3
javascript3
checkout3
java2
authentication2
mpesa2
commerce2
role-based2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Larrykatuva/final_year_project_backend
Aug 2021 - Oct 2021
My final year university project for managing funds from the national government up to county level.
Contributions:49 commits, 28 PRs, 29 pushes in 1 month
nationaluniversity-final-year-projectpythongovernmentcounty-level
Larrykatuva/prsp_backend_nodejs
Oct 2022 - Jul 2023
Contributions:9 PRs, 9 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
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