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.
// the dark lord & nagini, somewhere in the server room
// control is an illusion — but uptime is real
// the dark lord's professional journey
Came back, this time to own the full technical architecture for the organisation's entire product catalogue, in-house and external: selecting technologies, defining infrastructure patterns on AWS, and establishing engineering standards across all projects.
+ Owned the end-to-end software development lifecycle across every engineering team, setting coding standards, review policy, and CI/CD tooling.
+ 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.
+ Built RESTful APIs and a Go-based geo-proximity service powering nearby-provider search on the Safi platform.
+ Migrated legacy projects onto AWS and designed scaling frameworks to absorb unplanned traffic spikes.
+ Architected on AWS with scalability balanced against infrastructure cost, and led project scoping, team composition and technology selection for all new initiatives.
When I went back to Mviyo, this role moved to part-time contract rather than ending. 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.
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.
Led backend development for Credex, a fintech peer to peer digital wallet delivered over 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.
First run at Mviyo, on the engineering side. I left for a full-time role at Great Sun, then came back two months later as the architect, which is a more flattering way of saying they missed me.
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.
My own company, and the one I contract through. It has run alongside every other role on this list since 2019. Still open, still taking work. I did a lotttttt of freelance projects. A LOOOOT. LOL.
+ Delivered the Vantage Point ERP, roughly 609,000 lines of Go covering point of sale, inventory, accounting, payroll and ZIMRA fiscalisation, with a React Native mobile POS beside it.
+ Built the platform systems for Zimbabwe's largest forex trading institution: a client portal, a twenty seven section admin console, and a video-based learning platform.
+ Delivered Melo, an AI-driven savings app used across ten African countries, integrating Paystack payments and OpenAI-powered planning.
+ 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.
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.