Daniel Nakitare

Senior Software Engineer • MBA • Combat Veteran

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About

Senior software engineer with 7+ years building production backend and full-stack systems in healthcare SaaS, legal tech, and enterprise platforms. I own EHR integrations across 9+ platforms at scale, architect data pipelines, and design APIs that regulated industries depend on. Before tech, I served in the 101st Airborne and ran a business in East Africa for a decade. I bring that same discipline to every system I build.

Languages
PHP
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
SQL
Swift
Go
Frameworks & Databases
Laravel
Vue.js / Nuxt
React
Node.js
SwiftUI
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Redis
Infrastructure & Practices
AWS / GCP
Docker
REST API Design
EHR / HL7
CI/CD
ETL / OCR
AI / LLM Integration

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Carefeed

Jun 2025 — Present
  • Own all EHR integrations across 9+ platforms (Epic, PointClickCare, MatrixCare) — architected secure data exchange protocols and webhook handlers for patient and facility data sync
  • Architected enterprise PDF/OCR processing pipeline automating invoice handling for hundreds of healthcare facilities
  • Cleared a 4-year backlog of 27,000+ failed EHR uploads with a memory-efficient, fault-tolerant retry system — restored data integrity to 99%+ reliability
  • Modernized SFTP integration architecture for 20+ payroll systems, standardizing data mapping and cutting code duplication

Senior Engineer

nQ Zebraworks

Aug 2024 — Jun 2025
  • Owned the DataQ product's API infrastructure end-to-end — a data integration platform for law firms handling sensitive conflict-of-interest data
  • Built high-performance RESTful APIs improving data processing efficiency by 30%
  • Implemented OAuth2 and role-based access control to meet legal sector compliance requirements

Full Stack Engineer

Sensible Care

Jun 2023 — Apr 2024
  • Full-stack engineer on a healthcare SaaS platform serving behavioral health providers (Laravel/Vue.js)
  • Automated medical referral processing using Tesseract OCR, eliminating manual data entry across clinical workflows
  • Integrated payment processor and insurance validation APIs; migrated billing system from legacy codebase into modern Laravel monolith

Software Engineer

nQ Zebraworks

Jul 2021 — May 2023
  • Architected the backend of a business intelligence dashboard on a cloud-based legal practice management platform
  • Cut infrastructure costs by 50% through MySQL query optimization
  • Slashed data aggregation processing times by 75% using Redis caching and Laravel deferred job queues

Software Engineer

Buckeye Interactive

Oct 2020 — Jul 2021
  • Built MVPs for multiple clients simultaneously at a small engineering agency; led projects as primary developer
  • Managed AWS EC2/Docker/Nginx cloud infrastructure for all client projects
  • Shipped production applications for Columbus Metropolitan Library, OpportunityPort, and AFCPE

Software Engineer

boomtime Word of Mouth Marketing

Mar 2019 — Oct 2020
  • Built secure internal and external APIs with authentication and RBAC for a digital agency's proprietary platforms
  • Established comprehensive unit test coverage, reducing bug reports by 90%
  • Designed custom integrations automating data export to clients' third-party services

11B Infantryman

United States Army, 101st Airborne Division

2011 — 2014
  • Combat Infantry Badge • Purple Heart • Afghanistan Deployment
  • Trained 200+ personnel on tactical operations; managed $2M+ in military equipment under combat conditions

Currently Building

Kombe

AI-assisted iOS SSH terminal with WireGuard encrypted tunneling, Claude API-powered command assistance, session resilience across network changes, and gesture-optimized mobile input. Companion macOS daemon for tunnel management and device pairing. Pre-App Store.

SwiftUI WireGuard Claude API macOS Daemon

Mavryn

The MCP control plane. One server that proxies all your upstream MCP servers with tool namespacing, intelligent search, allow/deny policies, health checks, and audit logging. Replace 15 MCP configs with one. Published on npm.

TypeScript MCP TF-IDF Gateway
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Imara

Runtime AI agent governance with compliance-grade audit trails, hash-chained tamper-proof logging, and a YAML policy engine. Maps to EU AI Act, SOC 2, and HIPAA compliance frameworks.

Next.js MCP Proxy OPA PostgreSQL
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Prior Auth Assistant

AI-powered prior authorization assistant that automates healthcare appeal letters. Analyzes denial reasons, matches clinical evidence, and generates compliant appeals to reduce claim processing time.

Python AI / LLM Healthcare FastAPI
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Laravel Outbox

Transactional Outbox Pattern for Laravel. Guarantees at-least-once message delivery in distributed systems, preventing data loss during service failures with relay-based processing.

PHP Laravel Redis
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Terminal Maze

Interactive terminal-themed maze game with multiple difficulty levels and three generation algorithms (DFS, Prim's, Kruskal's). Real-time path tracking with a retro scanline aesthetic.

JavaScript Canvas Algorithms
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More on GitHub

Technical debt tracker, smart contracts, and more open-source work.

Open Source
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Education

Master of Business Administration

Temple University, Fox School of Business

Innovation Management & Strategy • 2017

Bachelor of Arts

Pomona College

Politics & Economics • 2010

Contact

Open to discussing backend architecture, healthcare integrations, API design, or anything you're building. Let's talk.

Open to senior backend & fullstack engineering roles
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