Software Engineer & product founder with 9+ years building high-throughput distributed systems — now applying that production discipline to help companies move fast with AI.
Most companies aren't stuck on the models — they're stuck on the engineering.
I bring 9 years of production systems discipline to AI adoption, so POCs don't stay POCs.
Have an AI idea but don't know if it's worth investing in? I'll help you build a working POC in weeks — not quarters. Validate the value, expose the risks, and make an informed go/no-go decision before committing a full engineering team.
Help your engineering team adopt AI tooling without disrupting existing workflows. From AI-assisted code review and test generation to intelligent documentation and CI pipeline agents.
Already have backend APIs, databases, and services? I'll connect LLM capabilities to what you've already built — building the bridge between AI models and your production infrastructure, cleanly and reliably.
I'm deliberately learning AI engineering at the pace of someone who builds things, not just reads about them. Every topic I study gets turned into something — a mini project, a demo, a published finding. Follow the journey as it happens.
An LLM agent that reads borrower profiles from the RepayIntel backend and generates plain-language risk summaries for creditors — reducing the cognitive load of credit assessment.
A fintech platform connecting borrowers and creditors with high-performance backend services — loan management, repayment workflows, and real-time data flow built for scalability and security from day one.
A secure personal health records platform founded in 2024, based in Harare. Bank-level encryption for medical records, appointments, medications, and vital signs — always accessible, safely shareable with healthcare providers.
The backbone of a 9-year career — building payment gateways, mediation systems, and enterprise services that process millions of transactions daily.
Kotlin for modern JVM development — used to build the IAM Spring Boot Starter on Maven Central. Additional working knowledge of Go, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, and Android.
Three years as a Software Development Engineer at AWS on EC2 Core — orchestration services and edge proxy infrastructure serving global cloud traffic.
Extensive experience with high-throughput messaging, caching, and data architectures — RabbitMQ, HazelCast, ELK Stack, and MySQL at production scale.
Hands-on BPMN modelling and implementation using Camunda — applied in the FNB compliance orchestration project to manage multi-channel regulatory workflows.
Served as Solutions Architect at Econet — leading design reviews, driving technology adoption, and bridging business requirements with technical delivery.
A Spring Boot autoconfiguration starter for IAM — drop into any Spring Boot 3 app and Identity & Access Management comes pre-wired. Built with Kotlin, bundling iam-core and iam-api with Spring Data JPA.
The React companion to the IAM library — TypeScript-first hooks and components for role-based access control in React apps. Keeps UI permission logic clean and declarative.
As a Software Development Engineer on the EC2 Core team at AWS (2021–2024), contributed to the API orchestration service underpinning EC2's front-end infrastructure — one of the most critical and heavily-trafficked services in cloud computing.
Also worked on the edge and service proxy layer using Envoy Proxy — ensuring reliability, latency, and resilience at global scale.
Camunda BPMN-powered service for FNB's customer compliance workflows — triggering document collection, verification, and regulatory status updates via SMS, email, and mobile app.
Centralised gateway managing subscriptions and payments for 100k+ Kwese TV subscribers across Africa — integrated with MTN, Airtel, Vodacom, and Econet mobile money platforms.
Re-designed and built the gateway processing 1M+ transactions per day — the single integration point for all clients with the billing system. Served as SCRUM master throughout.
Pro-bono Android app for offline field data collection in low-connectivity environments, built voluntarily for the Graça Machel Trust.
Multi-MNO SMS routing engine dispatching 200,000+ messages daily to Kwese TV subscribers across Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Botswana.
Building and launching two live SaaS products — RepayIntel and HealthVault. Taking on backend engineering contracts, exploring AI engineering, and offering AI adoption services to companies that want to move fast with AI.
Member of the EC2 Core team — API orchestration and edge/service proxy infrastructure. Systems design, implementation, and on-call operations for one of the world's most critical cloud infrastructure layers.
Led development of FNB's Camunda-based compliance orchestration service. Mentored junior developers and drove team coding standards.
Solution design across mobile money gateways, USSD clients, and business payment platforms. Enforced development standards, evaluated technologies, and supported production systems.
Team lead across the Kwese TV platform — ACS gateway (1M+ daily transactions), Kwese Mediation Gateway (100k+ subscribers), notification engine (200k+ daily SMSs). Integrated mobile money platforms across six African MNOs.
Cassava Payments Gateway, Bulk SMS re-implementation in Spring Boot, and ACS SMS subscription service for 1M+ customers.
Internal e-learning platform and Innovations portal for 2,000+ staff — the beginning of a career in enterprise Java development.
Postgraduate degree deepening expertise in software engineering theory, systems design, and research methodology.
Honours degree in Computer Science — the foundation that launched a career in enterprise Java development and distributed systems.
Whether you need a battle-tested backend engineer, a systems architect, a Java & Spring tutor, or someone to help you move fast with AI — reach out. I read every message personally.
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