Nick Langa't

I architect systems
that scale and
stay fast.

Head of Engineering at Shukran — leading a team of 6 while staying hands-on with Django, AWS, and system design. Previously a senior backend engineer at companies across Germany, the Netherlands, and Kenya.

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3Products in Production

50K+Users Across Products

5Markets Shipped To

10+Engineers Led

Experience

Head of Engineering

Shukran.co

Oct 2025 – Present

Senior Software Engineer

ElevateHR

Dec 2023 – Sep 2025

Full Stack Software Engineer

REVEALL

Mar 2021 – Dec 2023

Senior Software Engineer

Busara Center for Behavioural Economics

May 2019 – 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