Gilbert Gathara

Gilbert Gathara is a Technical Team Lead and Full-Stack Engineer at Yellow Card App since April 2021, specializing in reliable payment processing and integration across financial platforms in Africa. Prior experience includes roles as a DevOps Platform Engineer at M-Gas, where contributions were made toward transitioning to serverless microservices on AWS, and independent consultancy focused on serverless and JAMStack technologies. Gilbert has also worked as a DevOps Engineer at Andela, Influence & Co., and Atipica, enhancing microservices, CI/CD workflows, and conducting security audits. An earlier position as a Software Developer at Kenya Forest Service involved geo-spatial data analysis and automation of data management processes. Gilbert holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.