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Douglas Shingirayi Chifetete

Senior Software Engineer
Johannesburg,Gauteng

Summary

Highly skilled and motivated Software Development Engineer with over ten years of experience. Successfully led a team that introduced FIDO 2 and facial recognition to enhance the security of customers digital experiences at a bank in South African. Enhanced performance of micro-insurance application by adding asynchronous processing for scheduled processes (invoicing and payment collections). Able to effectively rally teams toward delivery and growing teams towards self-organisation.

Overview

5
5
years of post-secondary education
5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Software Engineer

Entelect
Johannesburg, South Africa
01.2019 - Current

Contracted to Standard Bank (Digital Platform Security)

  • Technical Lead for Digital Platform Security squad providing security as a service to digital banking platforms and customer journeys.
  • Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs and enhancements.
  • Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.

Senior Java Developer

DVT
Johannesburg, South Africa
06.2017 - 12.2018

Contracted to Vitality Group (Discovery)

  • Built a bespoke login and registration process for the UK market using WSO2 ESB to orchestrate the process flow with a Spring Cloud based back-end via a REST API.
  • Configuring market specific rules for clients using Drools.
  • Setup and configuration of the test environment that ran on Open-shift, Docker and Oracle DB.

Systems Development Specialist

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
12.2015 - 06.2017
  • Worked closely with other business analysts, development teams and infrastructure specialists to deliver high availability solutions for mission-critical applications.
  • Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in TDD and working to improve overall team performance.
  • Optimized invoicing and payment collection processes in the micro-insurance system by making the jobs asynchronous thus improving efficiency by over 50%.

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Global Business and Sustainability, Business Administration

Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
Milan, Italy
10.2012 - 09.2013

Bachelor of Business Studies and - Computing Science, Business and Computing

University of Zimbabwe
09.2005 - 12.2009

Skills

Java

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Timeline

Senior Software Engineer

Entelect
01.2019 - Current

Senior Java Developer

DVT
06.2017 - 12.2018

Systems Development Specialist

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe
12.2015 - 06.2017

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Global Business and Sustainability, Business Administration

Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
10.2012 - 09.2013

Bachelor of Business Studies and - Computing Science, Business and Computing

University of Zimbabwe
09.2005 - 12.2009
Douglas Shingirayi ChifeteteSenior Software Engineer