Mboya Berry
Software Engineer at Ignite Energy Access
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolMboya Berry is a software engineer and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building scalable systems across East Africa, with deep hands-on expertise in Ruby on Rails, system architecture, and fintech APIs. He has led teams at Wasoko to deliver logistics and B2B marketplace platforms that serve thousands of retailers and hundreds of distribution centers, consistently improving delivery metrics and reducing ops friction through CI/CD and system improvements. Currently driving digital transformation in clean energy at Ignite Energy Access, he designs software that supports field operations and expands decentralized renewable energy access. Mboya’s pragmatic engineering philosophy prioritizes maintainability and business impact—evidenced by measurable wins like a 40% cut in deployment time and a 30% drop in support tickets. He’s particularly effective at shipping payment integrations and developer-friendly APIs used regionwide, and enjoys tackling complex challenges in emerging markets. Open to senior engineering or technical leadership roles in fintech, e-commerce, or high-growth startups, he brings both product-minded execution and regional domain knowledge.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc Information Technology, Bsc Information Technology at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
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Github Skills (36)
testing10
ruby10
mpesa10
ruby-wrapper9
ruby-on-rails6
cocoapods6
rubygems6
mysql6
corruption5
boostrap3
flask3
stock3
jekyll3
login-system3
photography2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mboya/stk
Oct 2018 - May 2020
repo that implements mpesa_stk gem
Contributions:10 commits, 3 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year 7 months
stkmpesarubympesa-stkgem
mboya/mpesa_stk
Feb 2018 - Feb 2022
Lipa na M-Pesa Online Payment API is used to initiate a M-Pesa transaction on behalf of a customer using STK Push. This is the same technique mySafaricom App uses whenever the app is used to make payments.
Contributions:3 reviews, 85 commits, 30 PRs in 4 years
mpesa
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