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Backend systems and APIs engineered for scale, reliability, and security
I design and build backend architectures, APIs, and data services that power production systems. Specialties include payment integrations, microservices, background processing, observability, and database design for high-throughput applications.
2024 - Present
Independent / Contractor
Developed ReD Market On, ReD Tickets, ReDPay and contributed to SaltHub, Ngaphaya, Globescope, VirtueAroma and Datourism websites.
2021 - 2024
Backend Developer at Callpay
Worked on payment systems, integrations, and backend services.
2019 - 2020
Backend Developer at DittoHire
Built and maintained core backend services and APIs for hiring platform features.
2018 - 2019
Junior Full Stack Developer at Creative Studio
Built backend systems and databases for web applications serving startups and agencies.
2015 - 2018
Bachelor of Computer Science, Richfield Institute
Focused on Software Engineering, Database Design, and Web Development.
Design and implement robust REST or GraphQL APIs with clear versioning, documentation, and reliable client contracts. Includes request validation, pagination, rate limiting, and error handling.
Architect and build microservice-based systems, service-to-service communication (gRPC, REST), service discovery, and fault-tolerant patterns to improve scale and maintainability.
Schema design, indexing strategies, query optimization, migrations, and working with relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (Redis, MongoDB) datastores for high throughput systems.
Implement secure authentication and authorization (OAuth2, JWT, SSO), encryption-in-transit and at-rest, secrets management, and secure coding practices including threat modelling and security reviews.
Design and implement reliable background processing using queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis), idempotent workers, retry strategies, and dead-letter handling for asynchronous workloads.
Containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), infrastructure as code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployment strategies to production with rollbacks and blue/green or canary releases.
Set up logging, metrics (Prometheus), tracing (OpenTelemetry), alerting, and SLIs/SLOs to keep systems reliable and observable in production.
Integrate third-party APIs, payment gateways, webhooks, and build reliable payment flows with reconciliation, idempotency, and security best practices.
Profiling, bottleneck analysis, caching strategies, horizontal scaling, and capacity planning to improve latency and throughput under load.
Technical reviews, architecture design, migration planning, and mentoring teams on backend best practices to deliver reliable and maintainable systems.
Salt Hub
Salt Hub is more than an agency — we are your strategic brand storytelling partner, grounded in Faith, Servanthood and deep cultural insight.
In an increasingly cluttered world, we help you find your authentic voice and align your growth strategy with the real needs and emotions of your customers.
Year
2024
Role
Lead Product Designer
Globe Scope
A Leading provider of ICT solutions, optimizing your business technology requirements, protecting data and assets, and unlocking opportunities through innovative, secure, and scalable systems. From strategy to implementation, we keep organisations connected, protected, efficient, and future-ready.
Year
2024
Role
Systems Integrator & Solutions Architect
Virtue Aroma
We are a Virtuous Company with expertise in fragrance oils and innovative space diffusers, body care, and home care products.
Our mission is to offer consumers outstanding quality products and service experiences with integrity and care for all customers, stakeholders, and suppliers.
We sell space diffusers and fragrance oils that are inviting, productive, and full of character.
Our company is built upon fundamental values whilst it meets all necessary criteria in terms of BEE, SAHPRA and other accreditation and certification.
Year
2023
Role
E-commerce
Ngaphaya Y2K10
We are a Virtuous Company with expertise in fragrance oils and innovative space diffusers, body care, and home care products.
Our mission is to offer consumers outstanding quality products and service experiences with integrity and care for all customers, stakeholders, and suppliers.
We sell space diffusers and fragrance oils that are inviting, productive, and full of character.
Year
2023
Role
Brand & E‑commerce
ReD Market On
ReD Market On is an online marketplace connecting local sellers with customers — offering seamless checkout, seller dashboards, and integrated payments to help small businesses scale.
Year
2023
Role
E‑commerce Platform
Roberto AI Voice Assistant and Navigator
Roberto AI Voice Assistant and Navigator is a voice-powered assistant for Botble CMS that enables hands-free navigation, voice search, and real-time interaction. It improves accessibility and user experience by allowing users to control and explore websites using natural speech.
Year
2023
Role
AI Integration & Backend Development
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From R4,500 ...
Startup Package
MVP launches, product discovery, and rapid iteration — focused on validating ideas and getting to market fast.
Ideal for startups -
From R9,500 ...
Scale Package
Growth-focused engineering: integrations, performance tuning, analytics, and product optimisation to support scaling customers and traffic.
For growing teams
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Enterprise & Ecosystem
Customised solutions and ecosystem management: dedicated engineering, SLAs, integrations across payments, seller platforms, and partner networks.
Enterprise & partners