Software Engineer
With a Masters in Pure Mathematics and a treasure trove of skills, this Software Developer is available for new roles. (Remote or Western Cape)
His experience includes solid .NET, especially with a lot of the newest tech. On the front end side he is more than capable with Vue/Nuxt, and has built most of devops (AzureDevops) for the projects.
Traits
Resilient
Strong
Self-driven
Passionate about problem solving
Highly adaptable
I enjoy working with a team of highly motivated individuals solving interesting, challenging problems. My skill set is diverse, with exceptional quantitative as well as people-oriented skills.
I adhere to the SOLID Principles, am a firm believer in Test-Driven Development and the correct implementation of the right design patterns.
Education
Degrees / Certs
MSc Pure Mathematics 2015
BSc Hons Pure Mathematics 2014
University of the Witwatersrand
AZ 301 - Microsoft Azure Architect Design
University of the Witwatersrand
Professional Scrum Master I – Scrum.org
AWS Certified Developer - Associate (2018)
Summary of Skills
Tech Time Proficiency
C# 8.0+
.NET Core 3.0+
Azure
AzureDevops
SQL
Swift/Objective-C
Angular
VueJS/Nuxt
Experience
Company 1: (2015)
Software Developer: iOS and Xamarin
Gained Native iOS experience while contracted to a large corporation. Learned both Objective-C and iOS;
Built up experience working in the iOS ecosystem with the iOS framework; Excelled as a native iOS developer, particularly in the design and implementation of complex layer animations due to a strong mathematical background.
Company 2 (2016) Quantitative Analyst: Credit Risk
Experience in the development of new Credit Risk Models for the Group Credit Risk
Portfolio of corporate bank, playing a pivotal role in the conversion of the IAS39 credit risk models to the new IFRS9 credit risk models; Part of a team taking a supervisory role over the IFRS9 conversion process, which gave me an excellent view of the bank-wide credit risk operations.
Re-employed by Company 1: (2017-2020) Software Developer:
Xamarin
Head-hunted due to previous performance at corporate; Worked on a brand-new project developing a Xamarin application for corporate. Played a key role in the success of one of the first enterprise Xamarin apps in the country.
Spring (with Oracle SQL)
Novice experience as a back-end developer using a microservice architecture, with Java Spring, orchestrating a Docker cluster with Kubernetes. Was part of the team that moved the app backend from older monolithic services to a modern microservices approach.
TeamCity, Python
Put in charge of the set-up and implementation of DevOps for the corporate mobile app.
Automated the build process with TeamCity & Python. This included unit testing reports, certificate signing and publishing both Android and iOS versions of the app to the testing environment as well as respective app stores.
C#, SQL BI Tools
Contracted for a Data Science project for another corporate, due to my strong mathematical background.
Data Forecasting, Preparation, and Cube Building using SSIS, SSRS and SSAS were some of my responsibilities.
C#, ASP.NET Core, VueJS, SQL Server, DevOps
Worked for a tech strong company, helping them break up their WCF Monolith into a Micro Service Architecture; Built up a wealth of SQL experience optimizing existing SQL structures. Began the rewrite of the old Razor MVC front-end using VueJS. Assisted with setting up most of the devops framework, all on Azure DevOps.
Gained in depth SQL, Azure, and VueJS/Nuxt experience as the lead on a rewrite team.
Company 3 (2020-) Azure Architect
Company 2 had decided to move onto more lucrative clients, and I decided to stay on and finish the rewrite. In the process, I worked with a myriad of Azure technologies - EventHubs, EventGrids, Azure Functions, SignalR, CosmosDB, Azure Cloud Storage. The move to Azure was built on a strong DevOps backbone enforced and set up in Azure Devops. The goal of the project was not just a rewrite, but to architect a highly scalable update streaming service on Azure. All of this was built to service a brand new front-end using Nuxt.
C#, ASP.NET Core, VueJS, SQL Server, DevOps
| Experience / Tech | Total Years | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| C# 8.0+ | 7 | 9/10 |
| .NET Core 3.0+ | 2 | 8/10 |
| Azure | 2 | 6/10 |
| AzureDevops | 3 | 7/10 |
| SQL | 3 | 7/10 |
| Swift/Objective-C | 3 | 7/10 |
| Angular | 3 | 7/10 |
| VueJS/Nuxt | 3 | 7/10 |