Mboya Berry
Software Engineer at Ignite Energy Access
Nairobi County, Kenya
Summary
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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
Github Skills (37)
strava10
whenever10
testing10
ruby10
payment10
google-pay10
transaction9
api9
ruby-wrapper7
mpesa7
stock4
corruption4
python3
flask3
jekyll3
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
m-pesapushstkpaymentgoogle-pay
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