Victor Gichohi
Software Engineering Manager at Onafriq
Nairobi County, Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolVictor Gichohi is a software engineering manager with a decade of experience building and operating payment systems that process millions of daily mobile-money transactions across Africa. He leads distributed engineering teams, aligning technical priorities with product goals to deliver scalable, secure and reliable APIs and integrations. His hands-on background spans Python backend development, mobile money REST/SOAP integrations, VPN and deployment operations, and system design reviews from his time at MFS Africa and Beyonic. Victor also has experience in interactive application development—leading a Unity-based educational game—demonstrating a blend of backend payment expertise and front-end/UX collaboration with artists and animators. Based in Nairobi, he combines managerial oversight with active code review and architecture involvement, ensuring production readiness in fast-moving fintech environments.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Upper Second Class, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Upper Second Class at University of Hertfordshire
Github Skills (9)
api-documentation6
api6
markdown5
openapi4
php3
python3
django3
extensible1
ruby1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Victorgichohi/victorgichohi.github.io
Oct 2015 - May 2022
Contributions:129 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 8 months
Victorgichohi/Safi
Jan 2016 - May 2020
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
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