I love to program. Spend most of my time going down rabbit holes: be it new tech or frameworks, tools, or music. Otherwise, you'll find me watering my plants, playing guitar, or planning the next side-project.
Freelance Software Engineer & Designer
@ MONODSN
- custom design and implementation of websites for various clients
- gathering of requirements from clients & converting of requirements into workable chunks & timelines
- integration of next.js with cms systems
- Django Admin + PostgreSQL + Graphql Backend integrated with next.js
- custom shopify e-commerce stores using react/hydrogen
- iot system for environmental monitoring
- sports predictor system
python
docker
next.js
react
tailwindcss
shopify
golang
Django
Rive.app
graphql
PostgreSQL
AWS Data Engineer
@ BMW IT Hub ZA
- experience in building data pipelines for bmw-related data using aws glue/emr pyspark jobs and relevant supporting infrastructure deployed with terraform
- authored and contributed to various tools to improve engineer efficiency in documentation and data validation/testing workflows
- part of enabling team to build ai-powered tools for data engineering workflows
- design & implementation of data quality web api and react-based frontend
- mentoring of junior/graduate engineers.
python
Apache PySpark
GitHub Copilot
Apache Iceberg
SQL
AWS
docker
VSCode
FastAPI
Redis
Junior Software Developer
@ Teamgeek
- voted geek of the year (employee of the year) for 2023 by my colleagues
- assisted in development of django & fastapi backed services for various clients, including yoco
- frontend development of Yoco website
- assisting in planning, prioritising, and assigning of tasks to team members
python
Django
gatsby.js
tailwindcss
graphql
docker
Web Development Intern
@ Teamgeek
- frontend development using gatsbyjs for various clients
- working with GraphQL API for static site generation
gatsby.js
tailwindcss
typescript
react
graphql
education:
BIS (HONS) Multimedia
@ University of Pretoria
2022-01 to 2024-06
BIS Multimedia
@ University of Pretoria
2018-01 to 2021-12
licences & certifications:
@ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
@ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
@ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
@ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
my favourite rabbit holes so far: