Brian Ochieng Oginga

Backend Software Engineer | Fintech & SaaS Systems

Mombasa, Kenya

ABOUT

Backend Software Engineer with hands-on experience building fintech and SaaS backend systems, including payments, lending workflows, asynchronous processing, and internal tools. Strong foundation in backend engineering principles such as API design, data modeling, background jobs, system reliability, and cloud deployment. Production experience with Python and Django, with growing exposure to JVM-based backend concepts. Motivated by Tala's mission to expand financial access through reliable, scalable backend systems.

SKILLS

RESTful API design & implementationAsynchronous/background processingData modeling & schema evolutionAuthentication & role-based access controlSystem reliability & performance awareness

PythonDjangoDjango REST FrameworkJava

PostgreSQLMySQLSQLite

DockerGoogle Cloud PlatformLinuxUbuntuGitGitHubCI/CD

CeleryRedis

M-Pesa STK PushM-Pesa C2B

Clean codeMaintainable backend designRefactoringDebuggingAPI documentationArchitectural decisions

EXPERIENCE

Backend / Full-Stack Engineer

- Present

Lendpoint • Kenya

Multi-Tenant Microfinance (MFI) SaaS

EDUCATION

Kenya Coast National Polytechnic

- 2022

Diploma in Information Technology

Mount Kenya University

- Present

Bachelor of Science in Information Science