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Michael l.

Michael l.

Django | FastAPI Engineer | Healthcare Fintech | Mpesa GeoDjango

I build production-grade healthcare and fintech software — and I understand the domain from the inside. I am a licensed Pharmaceutical Technologist and Python/Django engineer based in Nairobi, Kenya. I founded and shipped lyttis — a live healthcare platform connecting patients with providers across Kenya, featuring: → GeoDjango + PostGIS location-aware health facility search → HIPAA-compliant drug database with audit logging and RBAC → Multi-gateway payments: Mpesa (Daraja API), PayPal, Paystack → Celery + Redis async task processing and notifications → Bot and spam filtering middleware → AWS + Docker + GitHub Actions CI/CD deployment → Subscription billing and transactional email (ZeptoMail) → 5,400+ Google impressions monthly with zero paid marketing I also built and commercially sold a cross-platform desktop pharmacy management system — automated builds for Windows (.exe), Linux (.deb), and macOS using FastAPI, React, PostgreSQL, PyInstaller, and GitHub Actions matrix builds. Two pharmacies currently use it in production. ───────────────────────────── MY STACK ───────────────────────────── Backend: Python · Django · FastAPI · Celery · DRF Database: PostgreSQL · GeoDjango/PostGIS · Redis DevOps: Docker · AWS (EC2, S3, CloudWatch) · GitHub Actions Payments: Mpesa/Daraja API · PayPal · Paystack Frontend: HTML · CSS · Bootstrap · JavaScript Desktop: PyInstaller · PyQt5 · NSIS · Inno Setup Security: HIPAA · JWT · RBAC · audit logging ───────────────────────────── WHO I WORK BEST WITH ───────────────────────────── → Health tech startups needing a developer who understands clinical workflows without extensive onboarding → African businesses needing Mpesa payment integration → Teams building pharmacy, telemedicine, or patient platforms → Companies needing production-ready Django or FastAPI backends I do not just write code. I understand why a pharmacist needs drug expiry alerts, how a clinic manages appointments, and what HIPAA compliance means for healthcare data. That context makes my software better and your project faster to ship. If you are building in health tech or African fintech — let's talk.

🇰🇪Nairobi, Kenya$45/hr100% JSSSince Dec 2015

Earnings and projects

MRR
$1.1k

Last 6 months ÷ 5.8 months active (since May 2026)

World#43,670 / 412k
🇰🇪Country#175 / 3,243
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $6.4k

Total earnings
$6.5k
World#232,546 / 412k
🇰🇪Country#1,694 / 3,243
Per project
$3.3k

$6.4k in the last 6 months

World#51,905 / 412k
🇰🇪Country#276 / 3,243
Projects, last 6 months
1
100% fixed0% hourly
World#128,092 / 412k
🇰🇪Country#813 / 3,243
Projects in all
2
100% fixed0% hourly
World#328,886 / 412k
🇰🇪Country#2,743 / 3,243

Earnings, last 30 days

$6.5kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$6.4k$6.5k$6.6kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 9% in HTML5

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #26Celery275 freelancers · 🇰🇪 #1Top 9%
  2. #54Healthcare IT359 freelancers · 🇰🇪 #1Top 15%
  3. #186Redis1,774 freelancers · 🇰🇪 #1Top 10%
  4. #231AWS Development1,478 freelancers · 🇰🇪 #1Top 16%
  5. #258Payment Gateway Integration2,302 freelancers · 🇰🇪 #2Top 11%
  6. #328HIPAA1,315 freelancers · 🇰🇪 #3Top 25%
  7. #449CI/CD3,691 freelancers · 🇰🇪 #3Top 12%
  8. #653Django5,931 freelancers · 🇰🇪 #2Top 11%