Experience

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  Sierra Monitor Corporation

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Software Developer

    • Apr 2023 - Present
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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  Tenacious

  • South Africa
  • IT Services and IT Consulting
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Chief Technology Officer

    • Mar 2022 - Apr 2023

    Managing development team:- Driving standups- Ensuring code quality- Reviewing code implementation- Ensuring quality deployments- Architecting solutions with team and other C levelsProducing quality environments:- Ensuring our team is kept on top of the latest technologies- Researching into technologies and providing documentation and examples- Ensuring best practices are followed during development- Providing support with knowledge gained from R&DDeveloping and implementing solutions:- Implementing fixes and features into web and mobile clients, and server solutions- Diagnosing and fixing issues with frameworks used- Ensuring complete and accurate code coverage- Mentoring junior and intern developers during implementationsProvision of resources for learning developers:- Concisely explaining concepts- Ensuring understanding and knowledge gain- Frequent progress checks in their own projects- A no-shame attitude towards inquiries

  • Senior Developer

    • Nov 2019 - Mar 2022

    Creation and enhancement of services pertaining to the cryptocurrency exchange Xago:- Fitting tests onto existing services- Creating features such as Trusted Beneficiaries and External Transactions- Implementing the API clients- Implementing the mobile trade client- Implementing fixes and features into the web React client- Mentoring junior developers in their learning periodsImplementation and design of features relating to the N-Fuse platform:- Implemented and integrated front-end Administration dashboard using VueRefactor of work relating to mine supplier AEC-Electronics:- refactored server that sends simple packets from devices- recreated React frontend using newer technologies and a simpler structure

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  The Blockchain Terminal

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • VP Cybersecurity

    • Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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  Fintech Industrial

  • United States
  • Financial Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Interim Chief Technology Officer

    • Feb 2020 - Mar 2023

    As CTO and current project lead developer, I need to have a vision of how we can use different technologies in our company:- I have to gauge if and how our technological resources meet our short- and long-term needs- I must outline the goals for our research and development- I create timelines for developing and deploying our requirements- I manage our technology budget- I ensure our code adheres to regulatory standards

  • Project Lead Developer

    • Jun 2019 - Feb 2023

    I have to coordinate and build solutions considering multiple teams:- Built a cache service to not be rate limited by SEC filing endpoints- Built front-end in React to display key information- Built services to facilitate user managementI had to set up our server-side technology stack:- Node.JS for the API- React.JS for client-side serving- MongoDB to store information- Redis to facilitate caching- nginx to route endpoints