Experience
Eleven years. One thread.
From an early on-demand grocery platform in 2014 to multi-agent AI platforms today: backends that carry real money, real data and real users.
Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Senior Software Engineer · Smart Kitchen Co
Architecture and delivery for ParcelNow, OrderEase, ERP and warehouse systems.
- Owned system design across Next.js, FastAPI, PostgreSQL and Redis
- Established Docker-based development and deployment standards
- Technical owner for Mngr, a Laravel ERP
- Led a Kotlin picking-and-packing app for warehouse operations
- Reviewed code and mentored engineers
Jun 2018 – present
Founder & CTO · Mmogo Media
My consulting company: client platforms, WhatsApp commerce and integrations.
- Architected JoelTransport, eButler and Flemoji; lead engineer for Altur
- Moved Harambee Youth Accelerator journeys from a mobisite to WhatsApp
- Integrated Payfast, Paystack, Peach Payments, MTN MoMo, Infobip, Twilio, Sage and Zoho
Jun 2023 – Sep 2025
Intermediate Backend Engineer · 4-Sure Technology Solutions
Claims platform; led the move from a Django monolith toward services.
- Django monolith on PostgreSQL and PostGIS
- Led planning and architecture for the move to independently deployable services
- Automation scripts for repetitive operational work
Dec 2022 – May 2023
Lead Engineer · TransAfrica Strategic Advisory
Joel Transport booking platform on AWS.
Apr 2022 – Dec 2022
Full Stack Python Engineer · Siyavula Education
Python, Pyramid, PostgreSQL and React for an education platform.
- Maintained production services, including after-hours support
Mar 2021 – Mar 2022
Full Stack Engineer · BPOSeats
Django and Vue.js product features.
Mar 2019 – Feb 2020
Full Stack Engineer · Leadbook
Kafka email-validation pipeline: 200M+ addresses.
- Introduced Apache Kafka for scalable asynchronous processing
Dec 2018 – Nov 2019
Chief Product Officer · AmalgaNation
Designed, built and launched the MVP.
- Customer discovery and product-market-fit experiments
Sep 2017 – Feb 2019
Software Engineer & Data Analyst · Praekelt (Helm)
Analytics and conversion tracking across MTN properties.
Nov 2014 – Mar 2017
Co-Founder & CTO · BuiSoft
eButler: an early SA on-demand grocery platform.
- Managed two full-time developers while staying hands-on
Education: Bachelor of Economics, University of Namibia (2013) · AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (2021) · Robocorp Automation Developer Level III (2023)