Lawrence Otieno
Senior Software Engineer at Andela
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolLawrence Otieno is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building and integrating distributed, enterprise-grade systems across payments, traceability, and financial services. He combines strong Java/J2EE and Spring Boot expertise with hands-on experience in microservices, Docker/Kubernetes, AWS/GCP, and database systems like MySQL and Sybase to deliver resilient back-end architectures. At CarePay and Andela he focused on cloud-native patterns, CI/CD and domain-driven design, while earlier consultancy work applied biometric and accounting integrations to empower dairy co-ops, SACCOs and MFIs. Known for bridging technical design and stakeholder-facing demos, he brings practical product thinking to complex integrations such as ISO 8583 payment switches. Based in Nairobi, he’s driven by applying enterprise technology to financial inclusion and rural empowerment.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Alliance High SchoolBsc. Computer Technology, Information Technology, Bsc. Computer Technology, Information Technology at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
English, Swahili
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (50)
visual-studio-code10
oh-my-zsh10
docker10
python10
electron10
microsoft10
converting10
typescript10
bash10
rails10
vscode-extension10
editor10
cli-app10
php10
visual-studio10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
LarryWachira/cp2-bucket-list
Apr 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:80 commits, 8 PRs, 35 pushes in 3 months
pythonflaskbackendbucket-listangular
LarryWachira/society-platform
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:31 commits, 4 PRs, 10 pushes in 2 days
apikeepsocietiesjavascriptexpress
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