Software Engineer · Nairobi, Kenya
Multi-tenant products, event-driven backends, and payment infrastructure built for production.
The short version
ICT Innovation & ERP Developer Intern, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation — see experience
Multi-tenant SaaS, backend APIs, event-driven processing and enterprise workflow automation.
Python · FastAPI · Flask · Laravel · React · PostgreSQL · Redis · Celery · Docker.
Nairobi & Mombasa, Kenya — open to remote and relocation across Europe.
Experience
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation · ICT Innovation Team
Analysing manual departmental processes and turning them into structured digital workflows with ERPNext and the Frappe Framework — document handling, approvals, reporting and inter-departmental automation.
Evolve Payroll & HR · Remote
Payroll and HR SaaS for SMEs running up to 500 employees: Kenyan statutory deductions, role-based employee management, salary advance workflows, and M-Pesa and bank disbursement with reconciliation tracking.
BRS Holding · Remote
Customised and deployed an AI content SaaS: Claude through the OpenRouter API, usage-based credits with daily quotas, and Stripe subscription tiers on Ubuntu production infrastructure.
What I build
Organisation-scoped platforms with role-based access, isolated business data, billing logic and reporting that stays reliable as tenants grow.
Modular REST APIs with authentication, database modelling, migrations and asynchronous workers that keep heavy operations off the request path.
M-Pesa and Stripe integrations, subscriptions, payroll deductions, credit tracking and reconciliation flows that have to balance every time.
Selected work
SaaS platforms, backend infrastructure and AI integrations — with the architecture behind each one.
Flagship · Live product
Multi-tenant property management SaaS for landlords, property managers, finance teams and tenants — leases, rent collection, reconciliation, maintenance and reporting, with Docker-based production infrastructure.
Centralised notification infrastructure: events in, multi-provider delivery out, with retries, delivery logs and monitoring.
Multi-tenant retail platform for sales, inventory, customer credit and reporting, built for how small businesses actually operate.
Real-time voice assistant for property enquiries, streaming audio over WebSockets and triggering domain-specific actions.
Healthcare operations system covering patients, appointments, billing, inventory and analytics with role-based access.
Collaboration
"Herman is an exceptional teammate. His backend expertise and attention to detail always ensure our projects are robust and scalable."
"I admire Herman's ability to simplify complex tasks. His React.js skills made our UI projects not just functional but elegant."
"Working with Herman is a delight. His problem-solving skills and innovative ideas elevate every project we collaborate on."
"Herman's leadership and coding expertise are unparalleled. He has an incredible knack for transforming visions into reality."
"Herman's commitment to excellence is evident in every project. His API design skills are top-notch!"
Next step
Available for backend and full-stack roles, including relocation opportunities across Europe. The fastest way to reach me is email.
