George Otieno
Senior Software Engineer at Andela Inc.
Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolGeorge Otieno is a Kenyan senior software engineer with 10+ years of delivering scalable, secure software across fintech, e-commerce, agritech, and enterprise domains. He specializes in Java (8+), Spring Boot, microservices, AWS, and full-stack development with Node.js and Vue.js, complemented by strong CI/CD practices. He has led backend and full-stack teams to deliver high-performance, user-centric applications and is currently at Mastercard focusing on performance, security, and innovation in global payment platforms. Previously, he served as Technical Team Lead at Lola, steering the delivery of a DTC e-commerce platform, and he has built solutions for financial services, marketplaces, SaaS, and enterprise reporting. George holds a BSc in Computer Science & Technology from Maseno University and an MSc in Computational Intelligence from the University of Nairobi. He is an active open-source contributor, including front-end work on the Community Health Toolkit's medic/cht-core, improving AngularJS-based templates and health worker UX, reflecting a knack for practical, impactful engineering beyond his day job.
10 years of coding experience
MSc Computational Intelligence, Computer Science, MSc Computational Intelligence, Computer Science at University of NairobiBachelor's degree, Computer Science & Technology, Second Class Honours (Upper Division), Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Technology, Second Class Honours (Upper Division) at Maseno University
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Github Skills (23)
javascript10
javascripts10
angularjs10
html-template9
html-templates9
html9
chdk8
chr8
chm8
ch8
mobile7
webapp7
tomcat6
zend-framework26
web-services6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
medic/cht-core
Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
The CHT Core Framework makes it faster to build responsive, offline-first digital health apps that equip health workers to provide better care in their communities. It is a central resource of the Community Health Toolkit.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:71 commits, 57 PRs, 192 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:George primarily focused on front-end development, specifically modifying the reports content template. Their contributions involved linking patient names to their contact profiles, adding conditional display directives for links, and refactoring hyperlinks using Angular directives. They also addressed Grunt watch issues related to template deployment. The user demonstrated skills in JavaScript and AngularJS, working with templates and front-end logic within the context of a digital health application.
digital-healthmhealthmobilemedicalpouchdb
Jodge/restful-bank-account
Sep 2016 - May 2019
Contributions:20 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
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