Antony (Ndungu) M.
Systems Engineer II - Fintech
Experience
Jan 2022 - Present
4 yearsSystems Engineer II - Fintech
Safaricom PLC
- Developed and deployed robust, highly available and scalable back-end services for Safaricom post pay data bundles mini app that allows users to purchase data bundles with M-Pesa (No. 1 mobile money platform in the world) and Airtime on M-Pesa Super App. (Java, Spring Boot, Maven, Redis, HAProxy, JPA, Microservices, RESTFUL APIs, SOAP Web Services, Docker, OpenShift, GIT, CI/CD, JUnit, Mockito)
- Led the development of auto-billing feature, that enabled automatic billing of partners hosting their Mini Apps on the Mpesa Consumer App Mini App platform when a customer completes a transaction on the Mini App based on agreed contracts. This has freed the finance team from having to do this manually periodically. (System Configurations, SOAP Web Services)
Feb 2019 - Dec 2021
2 years 11 monthsNairobi, Kenya
M-Pesa Developer
Safaricom PLC
- Supported M-Pesa Super Apps integration with M-Pesa. M-Pesa Consumer Super App now has more than 3 million active users. (SOAP Web Services, Java, Tibco Business Works 5, Spring Boot, HAProxy, RabbitMQ, NOSQL (MongoDB), PostgreSQL, REST APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, AWS)
Mar 2017 - Feb 2019
2 yearsNairobi, Kenya
IT Development Consultant
Techsavanna
- Developed and maintained back-end services for a wealth management product providing customers with an easy way to invest their money using M-Pesa. (SOAP Web Services, Java, Tibco Business Works 5, MySQL, REST API)
- Worked in a cross-functional team as M-Pesa Planning Engineer to automate the reversal of person to person transactions when a customer sends money to the wrong person which reduced the number of calls to the call center considerably. (System Configurations, SOAP Web Services)
- Worked as the Safaricom Planning Engineer for the M-Pesa Web Portal OTP feature which improved security by introducing two factor authentication. (System Configurations, SOAP Web Services)
- Worked as a Financial Systems Planning Engineer during an M-Pesa core system major upgrade ensuring a smooth upgrade with reduced downtime and minimal interruption to customers. (System Configurations, SOAP Web Services)
Skills
- Back-end Development
- Front-end Development
- Version Control
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Javascript
- Html
- Css
- Reactjs
- Git
- Databases
- Postgresql
- Mysql
- Oracle Db
- Mongodb
- Containerization
- Docker
- Container Orchestration
- Kubernetes
- Openshift
- Ci/cd
- Jenkins
- Cloud
- Aws
Languages
English
AdvancedSwahili
AdvancedEducation
Oct 2010 - Jun 2016
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
BSc, Electrical and Electronic Engineering · Electrical and Electronic Engineering · Juja, Kenya
Oct 2010 - Jun 2015
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
BSc, Electronic and Computer Engineering · Electronic and Computer Engineering · Juja, Kenya
Certifications & licenses
CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
Scrum Fundamentals Certified
The Linux Foundation
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