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# Victor Mbashia

Software engineer, 5 years in, with a track record of shipping systems clients actually rely on. I start from what the client needs, then obsess over what could break — because real trust is built in the failure paths, not the demo.

Lead Engineer @ Sema

- First Name: Victor

- Last Name: Mbashia

- Nickname: Mbash

- Member since: 2026-07-31

- Fediverse: @victor_mbashia@vutuv.de

- Followers: 1

- Following: 1

- Connections: 1

- Gender: Male

## Tags

- [fashion](https://vutuv.de/tags/fashion) (0 endorsements)

- [gym](https://vutuv.de/tags/gym) (0 endorsements)

- [software](https://vutuv.de/tags/software) (0 endorsements)

## Experience

- Lead Engineer @ Sema [Other activities]: I led the development of Semawebapp, a digital mental health platform, from concept to pilot and production. I designed and built core features, scaled the platform, and continued delivering improvements based on user and business needs.

- Senior Engineer @ Virgil Africa: I built high-throughput ticketing and payment systems at Virgil Africa using Elixir and RabbitMQ, designing concurrent, fault-tolerant services capable of handling large transaction volumes. I optimized asynchronous workflows, integrated external payment providers, and delivered reliable, scalable backend systems.

## Languages

- English: C2 (Preferred contact language)

- Swahili: C2

## Links

- [Linkedin](http://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-mbashia)

- [Github](https://github.com/mbashia)

- [Portfolio](https://www.victormbashia.com/)

## Contact

- Personal: <mbashiavictor@gmail.com>

## Posts (2 total)

- 2026-07-31: [Hello everyone, just got here.](https://vutuv.de/victor_mbashia/posts/019fb7fb-f2d2-7445-b3d1-066221e50b40)

- 2026-07-31: [Hello, this is great.](https://vutuv.de/victor_mbashia/posts/019fb7f0-93e6-7e35-8e57-54bb4601cc69)