WHO AM I?
## What do I do? I'm the guy who makes sure your company doesn't go bankrupt because of a single bad config. When sh*t hits the fan because of a vibe coded mess, I'm the guy the guy you call calls!
I've built a career helping resource deprived organisations achieve their goals by optimizing architectures, provisioning streamlined infrastructure, writing resource efficient code and hiring extraordinary talent under budget constraints. I wear multiple hats to elite levels, leading overachieving teams through the various stages of the software development lifecycle. I design, develop, secure, deploy and test software, effectively and efficiently reducing time to market to ridiculous levels. I set development standards, mentor developers, design and enforce software development standards.
// control is an illusion
// the dark lord's professional journey
Owned the full technical architecture for the organisation's entire product portfolio — selecting technologies, defining infrastructure patterns on AWS, and establishing engineering standards across all projects.
+ Designed CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and Kubernetes deployment strategies, achieving zero-downtime deployments across all production services.
+ Authored and enforced organisation-wide engineering standards covering code style, PR structure, code review policy, and testing practices across Go, Python, Django, and Laravel projects.
+ Designed and built a Go-based geo-proximity microservice for the Safi platform, enabling real-time location-based matching between service providers and clients at scale.
+ Integrated production systems with AWS (EC2, RDS, S3), reducing infrastructure spend while maintaining availability targets.
+ Led project scoping, team composition decisions, and technology selection for all new initiatives.
Designed CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, built staging/testing/production environments on DigitalOcean and AWS, deployed applications with Docker. Set up metrics reporting and managed infrastructure security.
+ Designed and deployed development, test and canary environments.
+ Implemented CI/CD pipelines to terraform provisioned AWS and Digital Ocean infrastructure.
+ Prepared Neo4j production, test and canary environments.
Led development team for Credex, a distributed fintech solution leveraging WhatsApp. Contributed to system architecture, selected technology stacks, developed backend services using Node.js, TypeScript, Neo4j, and Django.
+ Refactored serverless architecture, eliminating cold starts and nearly doubling performance.
+ Decoupled client/server logic improving load times.
+ Implemented custom auth system and optimized GraphQL queries.
Designed and led development of a large-scale distributed claims and contributions platform for medical aid organisations, built on Django, PostgreSQL, and a microservices architecture.
+ Engineered a 5x+ API performance improvement through strategic caching, reducing server load in a high-traffic healthcare environment.
+ Built a Go-based audit microservice with MongoDB persistence, providing immutable logging of all user actions for compliance.
+ Created a Node.js PDF generation microservice (Puppeteer / Express.js), decoupling document generation from core business logic.
+ Designed async inter-service communication using RabbitMQ alongside synchronous HTTP, enabling resilient, decoupled service interactions.
+ Stood up and managed production Kubernetes clusters with Jenkins and GitHub Actions CI/CD — zero downtime across all releases.
Engineered a full-stack bulk SMS and email dispatch platform integrating with multiple carrier networks, built on Python, Django, Celery, and PostgreSQL — handling high message throughput asynchronously.
+ Published and maintained open-source API client SDKs on PyPI (Python) and NPM (Node.js), enabling third-party developer integrations.
+ Implemented military-grade encryption for payment data at rest and in transit in a React.js merchant dashboard integrated with PayPal and Payfast.
+ Managed and configured Ubuntu production and test servers for all platform environments.
Long-running contract engagement spanning multiple production systems across retail, real estate, and asset management. I did a lotttttt of freelance projects. A LOOOOT. LOL.
+ Designed and built a full-featured ERP (Vantage Point) with a React Native mobile POS and React back-office dashboard; backend in Go (Fiber) with Redis and PostgreSQL — managing real retail operations.
+ Developed a Golang-based tenant management system with a React.js frontend and PostgreSQL, including mobile self-service access for tenants.
+ Built an asset registry system in Django / React tracking real-time asset locations, automating depreciation and revaluation calculations.
+ Architected the Acrepoint Housing System (Django, Celery, React.js) — a WhatsApp-integrated real estate platform connecting developers with buyers.
+ Built the Dabane Trust education system for local farmers using Django and React.js.
+ Designed a text-based WhatsApp chatbot for low-bandwidth rural areas in Zimbabwe.
Tackled complex technical issues requiring scripting, managed servers, designed CI/CD pipelines. Extended website functionality on Framer using React/TypeScript and automated workflows.
+ Designed backup methodologies for critical systems.
+ Deployed automation scripts to streamline workflows.
+ Integrated third-party APIs to dynamic interfaces in Framer.
Deployed and configured Linux server infrastructure for Hansaworld Standard ERP installations at multiple client sites.
+ Customised the Hansaworld ERP using the proprietary HULL scripting language.
+ Delivered data migration tooling to transition client data from legacy databases.
+ Delivered end-user training to client teams across multiple organisations.