Changelog from my journey

I've been building backend systems and leading teams for the past 2 years. Here's a timeline of my professional journey.

Mar 2025 - Dec 2025

Junior Software Developer (Contract)

Ogilvy South Africa

Develop RESTful services in C# and ASP.NET Core that power marketing automation, campaign personalization, and CRM integrations. Maintain SQL Server performance, codify Jenkins release pipelines, and collaborate with front-end teams to ship experiences instrumented with observability and tests.

C# ASP.NET Core SQL Server Jenkins REST APIs
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025

Web Developer Intern

Ogilvy South Africa & Umuzi.org

Built automated Airflow workflows that talk to the GitHub API for pull request hygiene, delivered RESTful CRUD APIs with Flask and ASP.NET Core, and engineered resilient ETL streams across PostgreSQL and MongoDB backends while owning data modeling and migration strategies.

Python Flask ASP.NET Core Airflow PostgreSQL MongoDB ETL
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025

Junior Tech Lead

Umuzi.org

Led a squad of junior developers through Agile delivery, running daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and weekly reflections. Provided hands-on mentorship in C#, Python, and SQL, facilitating code reviews and pairing to elevate quality across concurrent projects.

Leadership Agile Mentorship C# Python SQL
Before 2024

Visual Artist & Sales

Freelance & Bearing Man Group

Started as a visual artist, sketching concept worlds for startups and freelancing. Transitioned to sales where I learned to frame technical value and manage stakeholder relationships. This background gives me a unique perspective on building user-focused technical solutions.

Design Sales Stakeholder Management

Skills & Expertise

C# .NET Core ASP.NET Python Flask FastAPI SignalR Entity Framework PostgreSQL SQL Server MongoDB Docker Git CI/CD Airflow REST APIs Clean Architecture TDD