About
Derrick Mungai is a software engineer based in Kenya.
Founder at TendoYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Derrick went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Derrick can intro founders to Tendo's investors below.
Tendo's investors · 7
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Co-founders at Tendo
Experience
- Safaricom PLCTechnical Lead2016 — 2019Nairobi
- Safaricom PLCBackend Microservices Engineer (Enterprise Integrations team)2018Nairobi
- Mobimech LimitedTechnical Team Lead2017 — 2018
- Intel CorporationIntel Software Ambasador.2016 — 2017Kenya
- MicrosoftMicrosoft Student Partners-Tech2014 — 2015Kenyatta university
Skills & more
Java4JenkinsdockerAndroid3PHP5Red Hat LinuxHTML54CSS1JavaScript3Linux2DockerContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)1
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DevOpsAgile MethodologiesSoftware DevelopmentProgrammingScrumMicroservicesKubernetesJ2MEWindows MobileContainerizationCloud ApplicationsLanguages English · Swahili
- Scrum Fundamentals — Vabro.ai and VMEdu.com (Scrum/Kanban/AI/Business Analysis/OKRs/Six Sigma/Sales and Marketing etc.)
- Kubernetes Course from a DevOps guru (Kubernetes + Docker) — Udemy
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Derrick Mungai?
- Derrick Mungai is a software engineer based in Kenya.
- Where does Derrick Mungai work?
- Derrick Mungai is Founder of Tendo.
- What companies did Derrick Mungai found?
- Derrick Mungai founded Tendo.
- Where did Derrick Mungai go to school?
- Derrick Mungai studied at Kenyatta University (Bsc Computer science, Computer Science); emobilis mobile training institute (mobile app development).
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