Nick Langa't

I build systems
that scale and lead
teams that ship.

Backend engineer and engineering leader with 8 years of experience building distributed systems that process payments and financial transactions at scale. Promoted to Head of Engineering at Shukran after owning two flagship APIs as the sole backend engineer. Now managing a 6-person cross-functional team while staying hands-on with Python, Django, DRF, Celery, Redis, and AWS.

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8Years in Production Engineering

7Production Systems Owned

50K+Users Across Products

4Products Shipped

Experience

Head of Engineering

Shukran.co

Dec 2024 – Present

Senior Backend Engineer

Shukran.co

Dec 2023 – Dec 2024

Full Stack Software Engineer

REVEALL

Mar 2021 – Dec 2023

Senior Software Engineer

Busara Center for Behavioural Economics

May 2018 – Feb 2021

Projects

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Watchdock

Know when things break before your users do

Real-time monitoring and observability for servers, containers, logs, and websites. Instant alerts when something breaks or degrades so engineers can detect, understand, and fix issues before they impact users.

DjangoPostgreSQLCeleryRedisNext.jsAWS

Clarity

One workspace. Zero scattered tools

AI-powered project management that brings tasks, sprints, standups, docs and real-time chat into one workspace. Let AI handle the busywork like writing descriptions, breaking down tasks, and fixing copy while your team stays aligned and ships faster.

GolangPostgreSQLNext.jsOpenAIAWS

Codetail

Level up with hands-on coding challenges

Premium practice platform for Python, Django, FastAPI, and SQL. AI-assisted feedback, personalized daily digests, streak-based progress tracking, and tiered subscriptions. Designed with a focus on satisfying interactions and polished UI.

FastAPIMongoDBNext.jsDockerAWS

Open Source

watchdock-errors

v0.1.2

Error tracking SDK for Watchdock. Framework integrations for Django and FastAPI, built-in PII scrubbing, and customizable event filtering.

pip install watchdock-errors

daraja-sdk

v0.1.0

Typed, async-first Python SDK for M-Pesa (Safaricom Daraja API). STK push, Django signals, FastAPI router included out of the box.

pip install daraja-sdk

kenyan-counties

v0.3.1

Lightweight Python package for Kenya's 47 counties, constituencies, and wards. Zero runtime I/O, Pydantic models, FastAPI routes, and Django ORM support.

pip install kenyan-counties