Build → Ship → Scale → Relax.I design the backend, automate the ops, and make outages nervous.☕ Java Expert • ☸️ Kubernetes Native • ☁️ Cloud Architect
I'm Gilbert Kipkorir (Kipkorir Cheruiyot) — a Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, and Platform Engineer with a strong background in backend development, cloud-native infrastructure, and DevOps. With over 7 years of hands-on experience, I've architected and maintained scalable, resilient systems for fintech, telecom, and startup environments.
My expertise spans Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, backend development with Java and Spring Boot, automation, CI/CD, Kubernetes orchestration, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), and high-performance API design. I have a strong track record in compliance-aware fintech system design — including PCI-DSS, API security, and data governance — ensuring production systems meet both engineering and regulatory standards.
As co-founder of Francium Sources, I apply an innovator's mindset to complex platform challenges — shipping practical, production-ready solutions that balance reliability, developer velocity, and business compliance.
A concise, practical toolkit fortified by 7+ years delivering backend systems, SRE practices and cloud-native infrastructure — focused on reliability, scalability and operational excellence.
Core programming languages and frameworks for building scalable systems
Projects: Fintech APIs, Payment Systems, Microservices
Projects: REST/GraphQL APIs, Enterprise Services
Projects: Cloud-Native Apps, Real-time Services
Projects: Automation, Data Processing, ML Pipelines
Projects: CLI Tools, High-performance Services
Projects: Cloud Services, CLI Tools
Cloud platforms and DevOps practices for reliable infrastructure
Projects: Multi-region deployments, Serverless
Projects: GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery
Projects: Orchestration, Auto-scaling, Multi-tenant
Projects: Microservices, CI/CD Pipelines
Projects: Infrastructure as Code, Multi-cloud
Infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and automation
Projects: Cloud migrations, Disaster recovery
Projects: Server automation, Deployments
Projects: Automation, Data processing
Projects: Production servers, Performance tuning
Projects: VPCs, Load balancers, Firewalls
Continuous integration, delivery, and comprehensive monitoring
Projects: Automated pipelines, Blue-green deploys
Projects: Metrics, Dashboards, Alerting
Projects: Log aggregation, Analysis
Projects: Performance debugging
Projects: JUnit, Jest, PyTest
Deep dives into SRE practices, distributed systems, backend engineering, and lessons learned from building and operating production systems at scale.
Key patterns and anti-patterns learned while scaling microservices in a high-traffic fintech environment—from circuit breakers to graceful degradation.
How we implemented comprehensive observability for 100+ microservices, reducing MTTR by 70% and enabling proactive incident prevention.
A practical guide to implementing blue-green and canary deployments in production, with real-world examples and gotchas to avoid.
Moving beyond vanity metrics—how to define, measure, and act on Service Level Objectives that align with business outcomes.
Profiling, optimization techniques, and JVM tuning strategies that helped us achieve <50ms p99 latency at 10K+ requests/second.
Building a blameless culture around incidents—structured playbooks, effective post-mortems, and turning failures into learning opportunities.
Selected backend and SRE projects with measurable outcomes. Client-sensitive implementations are labeled clearly and available as private case studies on request.
Designed and deployed a scalable REST/GraphQL API platform on Kubernetes, supporting millions of requests per day for fintech and telecom clients.
Architecture and implementation details available on request due to client confidentiality.
Automated build, test, and deployment pipelines for a fintech product, reducing release time by 80% and enabling rapid iteration.
Pipeline design, rollout strategy, and before/after delivery metrics documented as a private case study.
Implemented Prometheus/Grafana-based monitoring and alerting for telecom infrastructure, ensuring rapid incident detection and resolution.
Runbooks, alerting strategy, and incident outcome summaries available for interview walkthrough.
Migrated legacy infrastructure to Terraform-managed cloud resources, improving reliability, scalability, and disaster recovery.
Terraform module patterns and migration checklist can be shared as anonymized snippets.
Architected a payment backend with automated failover and disaster recovery, ensuring zero downtime and high transaction throughput.
Operational architecture and resilience trade-offs are available as a private technical deep-dive.
Architected and maintained backend services for Cashia, a fast-growing fintech startup. Focused on reliability, scalability, compliance, and developer experience.
Led reliability and platform engineering for mission-critical telecom services at Safaricom. Improved system uptime, automated incident response, and mentored SRE teams across compliance-sensitive environments.
Developed and maintained Android applications for various clients, focusing on reliability, performance, and seamless integration with backend APIs and cloud services. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centric mobile solutions.
Co-founded Francium Sources as an innovator and engineer, leading the development of scalable fintech solutions and cloud-native platforms. Oversaw product strategy, platform engineering, and SRE initiatives across compliance-conscious markets.
Focused on software engineering, backend development, and distributed systems.
Specialized in AI, machine learning, and cloud-native architectures.
I'm available for Senior Backend, SRE, and DevOps roles or consulting. Reach out via phone, email or the form below and I'll get back to you quickly.