Stephen Gumba
Back End Developer at Peoplebox
Nyeri, Nyeri, Kenya
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Top SchoolStephen Gumba is a pragmatic back end developer with 8 years of experience building APIs and integrating product features to improve user experience, currently enhancing Peoplebox’s core platform with Slack integrations and data-driven tooling. Based in Nyeri, Kenya, he blends hands-on API development and troubleshooting with customer-facing problem solving, regularly resolving issues that keep product reliability high. His background includes refactoring legacy Rails JSON serializers and introducing RSpec testing practices for Flow, as well as early ICT work that reduced operational delays in Kenyan courts—evidence of his focus on practical, measurable impact. Known for a steady, deliver-first mindset summed up as “eat, sleep, code, repeat,” he pairs backend craftsmanship with a knack for translating customer data needs into actionable features.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Information Technology (BBIT), Bachelor of Science - BS, Business Information Technology (BBIT) at DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (DeKUT)
English
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Github Skills (35)
doctor7
mls4
rails-api4
hotel-booking4
openweathermap4
api3
forecast3
ruby-on-rails3
admin3
ruby3
redux2
twitter-api2
rails2
css2
javascript2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bafiam/iRepoter-api
Nov 2018 - Jul 2020
Contributions:69 PRs, 61 pushes, 40 branches in 1 year 8 months
bafiam/vetplus-backend
Aug 2020 - Jul 2023
This is an appointment booking application powered by Rails Api that provides the main functions you would expect from a booking system such as an admin system, a user/patient system and a doctor/vet system.
Contributions:2 PRs, 9 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years
ruby-on-railsapiappointment-bookingadminrails-api
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