(About)

Builder, operator.

Software Developer working in Python, Django and Linux - Full Stack Developer & DevOps Engineer at ADRES Group and founder of Devlynx, based in Nairobi.

Nairobi, KEBSc ICT · 2025

I build web applications in Python and Django, run them on Linux, and handle the infrastructure around them - the person who can build a platform from scratch and keep it running when it matters.

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Derek MuriukiNairobi, KE
0 Client platforms built, migrated or maintained
0 Personal products built end to end
2:1 BSc ICT, Second Upper Class Honours - JOOUST, 2025

Where I've been
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ADRES Group

Full Stack Developer & DevOps Engineer

  • Lead Developer & Project Manager for IE Hub (Inclusive Education Hub for Africa) - a continental eLearning and Community of Practice platform for LM International, built on a custom PHP stack: a public website in six languages, a CMS, a Members Forum and an E-Learning Academy with courses and certificates
  • Led IE Hub's remediation through the client's milestone reviews - fixes across the public site, forum, CMS, e-learning, accessibility and privacy, with formal issue tracking, resolution reports and user manuals
  • Led the COMESA Competition Commission site migration from Divi to Oxygen Builder - staging-to-production cutover, database search-replace, plugin configuration, and structured migration of legacy case data into WordPress/ACF
  • Performance and reliability work on lvbcom.org (LVBC) - LiteSpeed Cache, WebP conversion, WP-Cron replacement, and SEO optimization
  • Built out PRBP (IGAD) site - cookie consent, Events Calendar, Fluent Forms/FluentCRM, Oxygen templating
  • Completed the IGAD FSI domain migration (igadfsi.com → fsi.igad.int) with DNS coordination across external nameservers
  • Completed the Ẹlẹ́wà Art site migration (cPanel → WordPress.com, domain transfer from Squarespace, Google Workspace email DNS preservation)

Clients COMESA Competition Commission · lvbcom.org · ACTESA · LVBC

Fabtek Technologies

Lead Web Developer

  • Lead web developer for fabtektechnologies.com, the site for a Nairobi AI training and ICT consultancy covering its training programmes, services and products

Freelancing

Founder / Independent Developer

  • Web development, SEO, design, and Linux administration for independent clients
  • Designed and built websites for Water Leaders and Knob Fitness
  • Built and launched Timaji Water (timaji.co.ke), a complete water-utility platform with M-Pesa billing and React Native field apps

Clients blessedsam.co.ke · waterleaders.co.ke · knobfitness.com

The stack

CMS / Frontend

WordPress · Oxygen Builder · ACF Pro · Divi · BuddyBoss

Backend

Django · FastAPI · Flask · PHP

Frontend / Mobile

React · React Native (Expo)

DevOps / Infrastructure

Linux Administration · cPanel / Plesk · DNS Management · LiteSpeed Cache · Server Cron · Security Remediation

Databases

MySQL · PostgreSQL · phpMyAdmin

Other

SEO · WP Rocket · Fluent Forms · FluentCRM · Bash Scripting

2025

BSc Information Communication Technology

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology

2:1

Second Upper Class Honours

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