# Eliud Munyala

> Eliud Munyala is a Senior Backend & Data Engineer based in Nairobi, Kenya (UTC+3). He builds backend and data platforms, production AI features (hybrid search, retrieval pipelines, LLM classification) and health-tech systems (DICOM/PACS) for hospitals, governments and companies, and runs his own products LightningPDF, ThunderHooks and devformat.tools.

- Contact: eliud@munyala.pro · +254 793 601 115
- Book a call: https://cal.com/eliud-munyala-intro
- Résumé: https://munyala.pro/static/eliud-munyala-resume.pdf
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliud-munyala/
- GitHub: https://github.com/meaLuda
- Working hours: UTC+3 · 6h overlap with US East · full overlap with EU

## Services

- [Senior engineer, embedded](https://munyala.pro/services): Teams that need someone to own a backend or data platform. 3–6 month contract, or full-time. From US$45/hour · about US$7,000/month full-time.
- [RAG production-readiness sprint](https://munyala.pro/services): Teams with an AI feature that works in a demo but not yet under real load and real data rules. 2–3 weeks. US$5,000 – 9,000 fixed.
- [Digital health compliance & security review](https://munyala.pro/services): Kenyan Level 4–6 facilities and health-IT vendors preparing for the Data Protection Act and digital health regulations. 2–3 weeks. US$3,000 – 6,000 fixed.

## Case studies

- [Multi-tenant medical imaging platform](https://munyala.pro/work/medical-imaging-platform): A multi-tenant PACS designed and built from scratch for Kenyan hospitals. Result: Multi-tenant PACS · Kenya DPA 2019. Stack: Go, Orthanc, OHIF, pynetdicom, PostgreSQL, AWS.
- [Records platform for 50+ diplomatic missions](https://munyala.pro/work/diplomatic-records-platform): A multi-tenant document and records management system with hybrid search and AI classification. Result: 2,000+ tests · 49 endpoints. Stack: Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL RLS, ParadeDB BM25, pgvector, Celery, Zitadel OIDC.
- [EA-READY early-warning dashboard](https://munyala.pro/work/ea-ready): A regional early-warning and analytics dashboard for East Africa, live in the UN Environment Programme's WESR sandbox. Result: Live · UNEP sandbox. Stack: Flask, Celery, Redis, HTMX, Leaflet.
- [Media monitoring and broadcast listening](https://munyala.pro/work/media-listening-engine): Print, social, radio and TV monitoring for East Africa, with speech-to-text on live broadcasts. Result: Radio · TV · 13 newspapers · 5 social networks. Stack: Go, NATS JetStream, PostgreSQL, Python ASR, FFmpeg, Gemini.
- [ContentHub multi-tenant document platform](https://munyala.pro/work/document-platform): Document capture, classification and case handling for organisations, with SSO and a Go job runner. Result: AI extraction with fallback tiers. Stack: Django, Go, River, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Zitadel.
- [Kenya government web platforms](https://munyala.pro/work/government-web-platforms): Public sites and a multi-site CMS for Kenyan government offices. Result: 6 microsites on one CMS. Stack: Wagtail, Next.js, Django, Traefik, Garage S3.

## Products

- [LightningPDF](https://lightningpdf.dev): PDF generation API for HTML, CSS and Markdown. (Live)
- [ThunderHooks](https://thunderhooks.com): Capture, inspect and replay webhooks. (Live)
- [devformat.tools](https://devformat.tools): Developer tools that run in the browser, plus an MCP server. (Live)
- [Octavo Reader](https://octavo.devformat.tools): EPUB and PDF reader for Obsidian, desktop and mobile. (Public beta)
- [Tenantree](https://tenantree.app): Back office for Kenyan property managers: M-Pesa reconciliation, owner ledgers, WhatsApp. (Beta)

## Key facts

- 50+ diplomatic missions on one records system
- 2,000+ automated tests in one codebase
- 6 government sites on one CMS
- 3 own products live in production

Last updated: 2026-10-17