Healthcare Tech · Africa Fintech · Mpesa · GeoDjango · HIPAA · FastAPI · AWS
Based in Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪 · Licensed Pharmaceutical Technologist turned Software Engineer
🏥 Lyttis.com — Live Healthcare Platform
Connecting patients with health providers across Kenya.
- GeoDjango + PostGIS — location-aware health facility search
- HIPAA-compliant drug database — access control, audit logging
- Multi-gateway payments — Mpesa (Daraja API), PayPal, Paystack
- Async processing — Celery + Redis task queue
- Bot/spam filtering — custom Django middleware
- Infrastructure — Docker · AWS EC2 · GitHub Actions CI/CD
- 5,400+ Google impressions/month with zero paid marketing
Stack: Django · PostgreSQL · GeoDjango · Celery · Redis · Docker · AWS · JavaScript
Cross-platform offline-first pharmacy management system.
- Windows
.exe· Linux.deb· macOS installer — automated via GitHub Actions matrix builds - Sold commercially · In production at multiple pharmacies in Kenya
- Offline-first architecture for low-connectivity environments
Stack: FastAPI · React (Vite) · PostgreSQL · PyInstaller · NSIS · Inno Setup · GitHub Actions
⚡ Plutus — Async Event Ingestion System
Scalable, idempotent, async event ingestion and processing system.
Stack: FastAPI · Async SQLAlchemy · PostgreSQL
stack = {
"backend": ["Python", "Django", "FastAPI", "Celery", "Django REST Framework"],
"database": ["PostgreSQL", "GeoDjango/PostGIS", "Redis", "SQLAlchemy"],
"devops": ["Docker", "AWS (EC2, S3, CloudWatch)", "GitHub Actions", "Linux"],
"payments": ["Mpesa/Daraja API", "PayPal", "Paystack"],
"frontend": ["HTML", "CSS", "Bootstrap", "JavaScript"],
"desktop": ["PyInstaller", "PyQt5", "NSIS", "Inno Setup"],
"security": ["HIPAA compliance", "JWT", "RBAC", "audit logging"],
"learning": ["Rust", "System Design", "Advanced PostgreSQL"],
}I am a licensed Pharmaceutical Technologist (PPB Kenya, Credential #4668) and a software engineer. I understand healthcare workflows from the inside — which means less onboarding, better product decisions, and software that actually fits how clinicians and pharmacists operate.
- Remote backend engineering roles (Django · FastAPI)
- Health tech and African fintech projects
- Freelance contracts involving Mpesa integration or healthcare systems
| 🌐 Portfolio | lyttis.com |
| linkedin.com/in/michael-leli | |
| Stackoverflow | stackoverflow.com/users/21386579/michael-leli |
| lelisoftware@gmail.com | |
| 🐦 Twitter/X | @lelimichael |
---