About Me

Peter Gitonga

Fullstack Developer

CONTACT INFO

Phone: +254700119134

Email: [email protected]

Portfolio: https://pgitonga.vercel.app

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/petergitonga

GitHub: https://github.com/pptrgi

A Fullstack Developer who enjoys bringing the technical and visual aspects of digital products to life, and generally excited about the future of technology and the role he can play in shaping it as a fullstack developer.

Key Skills

Experience building aesthetic and complex frontend applications with React and Next.js

Experience working with REST and GraphQL APIs

Extensive knowledge of backend development with Node/Express.js and Next.js

Experience with relational database PostgreSQL and non-relational database MongoDB

Good understanding of UI/UX design principles and tools

Strong understanding of the front-end technologies i.e. HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Solid understanding of monolithic, microservices and serverless architectures, and knowledge of cloud-hosted applications

Familiar with version control with Git and Jenkins CI/CD

Constructive verbal and written communication in both English and Kiswahili

Strong problem-solving skills leveraging on data structures and algorithms

Great collaboration skills and ability to work independently

Academic Background

Other Courses

Bachelor of Information Technology

Kisii University | 2015 – 2019 | Second Class Upper

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

Kangaru School | 2011 – 2014 | B (Plain)

Kenya Certificate of Primary Education

Kathande Primary School | 2003 – 2010 | 330 Marks

Digital Network Security

Alison | November 2020 – January 2021

Work Summary

Jan 2023 – Present Fullstack Developer

Lifen Creatives

Design and develop scalable, maintainable, aesthetic and efficient web applications using React and NodeJS

Write clean, modular, and maintainable code that adheres to industry standards and best practices, and analyzing written code for portions of a project/projects

Work with stakeholders, product owners and technical leads to keep projects on track

Optimize applications for performance and scalability

Apply design principles and patterns in creating standard to enterprise-level solutions as needed

Perform regular maintenance to ensure sites remain secure, up-to-date and functional

Conduct testing and debugging to identify and fix issues and errors

Keep accurate and organized documentation for projects

Oct 2021 – Sep 2022 Network Operations Center Monitoring

Webacle Technologies

Monitored the network performance and availability

Installed, configured and maintained networking accessories

Troubleshoot and resolved the reported or potential network issues

Maintained accurate and up-to-date documentation of the network

Provided technical support to users experiencing issues with the network

Performed system updates and maintenance to ensure the network is running smoothly

Optimized server capacity and performance

Developed data security and backup procedures

June 2018 – Aug 2018 IT Intern

Mungania Tea Factory Limited

Used the EWS (Electronic Weighing Solution) technology for tea collection at the tea buying centres

Joined the newly acquired, formatted or repaired workstations to the KTDA company domain.

Installed company softwares like Microsoft Enterprise OS

Participated in hardware repair and maintenance of PC’s, thermal printers and weigh scales

Printed tea growers’ payslips using the Epson dot matrix printer

Wrote cash requests for needful devices e.g. a 24 UTP port DLink switch

Passion Projects

NyumbaHub

A vacant houses finding service enjoying the MERN stack and vibrant minimalistic design. Check the frontend and the API parts of the application.

Qazini Jobs

A job search helper querying RapidAPI, with Graphql and Postgres for backend operations. Visit the website

More projects on GitHub

References

Obed Sagini Webacle Technologies

Director

Phone: 0723 043888

Email: [email protected]

Joshua Okemwa Kisii University

Senior Lecturer – Faculty of Information Science & Technology

Phone: 0720 434121

Email: [email protected]