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Peter Bikundo

bikundo.peter@gmail.com +254722382085 Nairobi, Kenya

Senior Full-Stack Engineer with over 10 years of experience designing and scaling high-performance financial SaaS systems, transactional engines, and robust multi-tenant platforms. Expert in the Laravel framework ecosystem and modern frontend architectures featuring Vue 3 and Inertia.js. Accomplished in deploying production-ready, AI-backed workflows, integrating complex third-party billing APIs, and writing comprehensive test suites to ensure strict platform integrity and compliance in regulated sectors.

Experience

Staff Backend Engineer

May 2023 - May 2025 (2 yrs)
Workpay
  • Optimized payroll processing workflows to slash computation and export times from over 3 hours to under 2 minutes.
  • Spearheaded GitLab CI/CD pipeline integrations, boosting deployment efficiency by 40% while reducing system downtime.
  • Delivered high-availability RESTful APIs maintaining 99.99% uptime, and introduced Pest, Pint, and PHPStan to enforce strict code-quality standards.
  • Mentored junior engineers and authored internal troubleshooting guides, reducing incident resolution times by 35% and increasing overall code consistency by 30%.

Engineering Manager

May 2022 - Apr 2023 (11 mos)
Eneza Education
  • Led a 15-engineer team in building AWS and Laravel-based SMS, USSD, and web learning platforms, scaling educational content delivery to millions of users via regional telecom partnerships.
  • Architected the migration of legacy monolithic infrastructure to Node.js, Elixir, and Python microservices, improving platform scalability and fault isolation.
  • Automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and AWS CodeDeploy, reducing deployment errors and accelerating release velocity.
  • Spearheaded Agile delivery frameworks across cross-functional teams to ensure the consistent, on-time shipping of core platform features.

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2016 - Mar 2022 (6 yrs 2 mos)
Eneza Education
  • Architected a high-scale Laravel/PHP backend that delivered offline educational content via USSD to millions of users across Africa.
  • Spearheaded technical integrations with telecom giants Safaricom, MTN, and Tigo to deploy reliable mobile services across diverse cellular networks.
  • Integrated Facebook Graph and Wikipedia APIs to automate the delivery of real-time educational content and increase platform engagement.

Software Engineer | Technical Lead

Sep 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 yr 3 mos)
MOOKH AFRICA
  • Architected secure Laravel backend systems and optimized database schemas to establish a highly scalable foundation for multi-market transactions.
  • Integrated diverse payment processing APIs including Stripe, PayPal, Mpesa, and MTN MoMo to facilitate seamless localized checkout experiences.
  • Spearheaded Agile sprints and cross-functional alignment between developers, designers, and stakeholders to accelerate product feature delivery.

Software Engineer

September 2015 - September 2016 (1 yr)
Eneza Education
  • Architected and launched a scalable Mobile Learning Platform utilizing PHP and AWS, expanding educational access to a broader user base.
  • Integrated Wikipedia and Facebook Graph APIs to enrich user profiles, automate content sourcing, and streamline social authentication.
  • Developed USSD-enabled learning pathways to deliver critical educational resources to users in low-connectivity regions.
  • Provisioned and optimized the AWS cloud infrastructure to support high-concurrency traffic and guarantee platform uptime.

Software Engineer

October 2014 - September 2015
MARAMOJA transport
  • Architected real-time API integrations and transactional webhooks to stream location-based logistics data, minimizing latency across distributed services.
  • Engineered data pipelines to process complex geolocated logs, providing precise real-time tracking and mapping of fleet operations.
  • Designed precise financial calculation systems triggered by transactional webhooks, eliminating billing discrepancies and ensuring automated invoicing accuracy.

Education

Kenyatta University

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering
2009 - 2014

Expertise

PHP Laravel Vue 3 Inertia.js TypeScript JavaScript MySQL AWS S3 Laravel Cloud Nightwatch PHPUnit RESTful APIs Webhooks Background Jobs Multi-Tenant SaaS FinTech Double-Entry Accounting AI Product Integration Nightwatch.js