Full-stack Python engineer in Nairobi, Kenya.
I build fast APIs, tune databases and keep deployments boring.
- 🐍 Over a decade of building SaaS backends with Python, Django and FastAPI
- 🗄️ I like database work: partitioning, query tuning and API performance
- ☁️ Cloud and delivery: AWS, Docker, Jenkins and GitHub Actions
- 🌍 I work remotely with teams in the UK, US and New Zealand
- 🤝 Open to collaborating on Python, Django and Neovim projects, and to contributing to open source
- 🧠 Interested in machine learning
Charts cover my original (non-fork) public repositories and refresh automatically every week.
| Project | What it is | |
|---|---|---|
| configs | My Linux and Neovim configuration files (Lua) |  |
| django-pesapal | Demo of integrating PesaPal payments into a Django app |  |
| happening_backend | Backend for a news app: "It's happening" |  |
| kotlin-coursera | Code from the Coursera Kotlin for Java Developers course |  |
| effective-javascript | Notes from Effective JavaScript by David Herman |  |
Have a slow query or a big migration? Email me at nickaigi@gmail.com or find me on LinkedIn. More about my work is on my portfolio.