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