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Laurence Brendon Pietersen
Software Engineer
Gauteng
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Engineer
Hyperboliq
Gauteng
07.2022 - 01.2023
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
- Creating and modigying iOs applications
- Binding to RESTFull API's
Technical Consultant
Saratoga
Gauteng
07.2019 - 06.2022
- Analyzed client business processes to propose optimal software applications for unique requirements.
- Researched and adopted new technologies to add value to existing offerings.
- Programming functionality for Android application
- Creating and modifying app pages in Xamarin
- Creating RESTFull API's for integration with Android appliation
- Scripting SQL queries and stored procedures
- Building web services in .Net Core for managing banking reports
- Creating and managing AI Chatbot for integration with mobile application in Azure
- Building web services for managing wallet credit transactions at Standard Bank
Robotic Process Automation Engineer
LarcAI
Gauteng
11.2018 - 07.2019
- Generated process models illustrating automation engineering progress, specifications and details.
- Building RESTFull web services in C#ASP.Net Core
- Using UIPath for RPA
- Implementing Machine Learning Algorithms for Optical Character Recognition
- Building algorithms for image modification using OpenCV
- Building Mailscraper API's that integrate with Outlook
- Xamarin Cross Platform Application Development
Web Application Developer /Full Stack Developer
Bowmans
Gauteng
04.2016 - 10.2018
- Designed, implemented and monitored web pages, plugins and functionality for continuous improvement.
- Applied emerging technologies to update and maintain site applicability.
- Building RESTFull web services in C#(JSON) for Kendo UI
- Developing DB structure for scheduler system and developing web pages
- Maintaining existing ASP and ASP.Neb websites
- Writing SQL queries
- JS frontend manipulation
ASP.NET Developer
Primedia
Gauteng
12.2014 - 03.2016
- SQL database design
- Troubleshot and resolved performance issues for databases and software.
- Database querying, Communicating with database via web services or LINQ to SQL
- Creating and modifying stored procedures
- C# coding
- Working on mapping algorithms for indoor routing using JavaScript
- Rendering XML code and routing on it
- Using JSON in web services, creating algorithms to edit XML files with Data from Database
- Deploying and maintaining Windows * applications
Web, Silverlignt and Mobile Software Developer
Mix Telematics
Gauteng
07.2013 - 11.2014
- SQL database design
- Database querying
- Communicating with database Via web services or LINQ to SQL
- Creating and modifying stored procedures
- C# coding
- Working on vehicle tracking and logistics applications
- Creating algorithms
- Front end development using Bootstrap, HTML, JQuery, JavaScript
- Utilizing Telerik
- Using Java to help with Mobile application development
Education
No Degree - Matric
Randburg High School
Randburg, South AfricaSkills
I am looking to join a company to build a long term relationship with, where I can grow and learn
Where I can collaborate with others and where I can expand my knowledge as I am always hungry to learn more
I am also trying to find ways to implement Machine Learning where I can, to improve and simplify workflows
My long term goal is to become a Machine Learning Engineer
Accomplishments
- I have created a few bot applications that access the Discord API using both Python and JavaScript
- One of them using machine learning the form of Huggingface transformers and the DialoGPT model to create and artificially chat bot.
- Developed solid working knowledge of engineering, design and architecture as a Software Developer.
Interests
I endeavour to learn new and better programming languages frequently
Currently studying AI and machine learning through CourseRA and Google
I also develop bots for discord in C#, Python and JS
Skills
Skills I have acquired during my work experience:
UIPath, C#, CSS, Delphi, ASP.Net, MVC, Unity, Silverlight, JavaScrips, JQuery, Python, Java and Android,
HTML, XAML, SQL, Xamarin.
Just started using AngularJS, Robotic Process Automation, Optical Character Recognition using Google TesseractSVM,
doing a few applications in Swift, started C++ this year
Timeline
Software Engineer
Hyperboliq
07.2022 - 01.2023
Technical Consultant
Saratoga
07.2019 - 06.2022
Robotic Process Automation Engineer
LarcAI
11.2018 - 07.2019
Web Application Developer /Full Stack Developer
Bowmans
04.2016 - 10.2018
ASP.NET Developer
Primedia
12.2014 - 03.2016
Web, Silverlignt and Mobile Software Developer
Mix Telematics
07.2013 - 11.2014
No Degree - Matric
Randburg High School