George Okumu — Full-Stack Developer and Product Manager, Nairobi Kenya

Build. Test.
Ship. Repeat.

I bring a rare combination of engineering depth, QA rigor, and product thinking to every project I touch. Whether I'm writing the code, testing it thoroughly, or owning the product roadmap — I do it end-to-end.

Full-Stack Developer, QA Consultant, and Product Manager with a track record building and shipping applications across fintech, agritech, and insurance in East Africa. I've led QA processes, managed product roadmaps, and mentored 150+ developers at Moringa School and MindHub.

Laravel React Java Spring Boot Next.js Mpesa / Daraja Product Strategy QA Engineering Technical Mentorship

Where I Create
the Most Impact

01

Full-Stack Development 4+ yrs

End-to-end web applications with Java SpringBoot, Laravel, React & Next.js. Scalable REST APIs, real-time dashboards, and polished frontends.

02

QA Consulting 1+ yrs

Quality assurance across test planning, manual & automated testing, bug triage, regression suites, and QA process design. Hands-on QA at JaGedo.

03

Product Management 1+ yrs

Discovery to delivery: user research, roadmaps, PRDs, sprint planning, and stakeholder alignment. PM at JaGedo, bridging engineering, QA, and business goals.

05

Mpesa & USSD Integrations

Deep expertise integrating Africa's Talking and Daraja API — mobile money, USSD flows, and SMS notifications built and tested for the African market.

Technologies I Use
Day-to-Day

Laravel React Java / Spring Boot Next.js Tailwind CSS MySQL / PostgreSQL Mpesa / Daraja API Africa's Talking Git / GitHub REST APIs JavaScript ES6+ Data Science / ML

Let's Work
Together

Open to full-time roles, contract work, and consulting.
Whether you need a developer, a product lead, or both — let's talk.