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Lumu Kabongo

Software Engineer
Port Elizabeth,Eastern Cape

Summary

Experienced Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience and a Bachelor of Computing degree at NQF Level 8. Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining web applications for retail, telecommunication, and media industries. Skilled in PHP, Laravel, Phalcon, JavaScript, C#, and DevOps tools such as Jenkins and Kubernetes. Recognized for strong problem-solving skills, collaborative teamwork, and delivering scalable, maintainable software solutions.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
15
15
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Intermediate Software Engineer

Superbalist
11.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: E-commerce & Retail
  • Day-to-day work included: working with the core system that handled the logic for customer purchases, orders, shipping logistics and refund systems.
  • Led the design and delivery of a sales reporting system written in PHP integrated with RabbitMQ for queueing, enabling automated reporting to external partners REST API.
  • Lead Developer in multiple projects which include delivery pricing project and delivery rescheduling with 3rd party logistic providers’ api.
  • Authored a comprehensive technical scope document for a heavy goods pricing system, now used as a benchmark template across the engineering team.
  • Collaborated on scalable backend services using Laravel and Jenkins within Kubernetes-managed environments.
  • E-commerce & Retail
  • Tools: PHP, Laravel, Git, JavaScript, Jenkins, K8s, Python, SOAP, RabbitMQ, Co-pilot
  • Enhanced performance by identifying and resolving coding inefficiencies.

Intermediate Software Developer

Axxess
01.2020 - 10.2022
  • Company Overview: Internet Service Provider
  • Day-to-day work included building and maintaining web applications serving thousands of Fibre and Mobile users.
  • Integrated third-party APIs for secure ID verification systems.
  • Modernized legacy systems to boost internal productivity and system reliability.
  • Internet Service Provider
  • Tools: PHP 7, JavaScript, MySQL, REST, SOAP, Git, Phalcon

Web Developer & Photographer

Waking Life Media
05.2017 - 08.2018
  • Company Overview: Media
  • Developed and maintained web platforms using Laravel and WordPress.
  • Produced visual content and managed social media channels.
  • Media
  • Tools: PHP, MySQL, WordPress

Intermediate Developer

BAPO BA MOGALE Investments
05.2016 - 01.2017
  • Company Overview: Investment Services
  • Developed internal sales and investment tracking tools with CRUD operations.
  • Investment Services
  • Tools: C#, MSSQL, Angular

Junior Software Developer

Kgolagano IT
01.2015 - 07.2015
  • Company Overview: IT Services
  • Built and deployed custom web solutions for clients using PHP and ASP.NET.
  • Implemented Google Ads integration and enhanced user management tools.
  • IT Services
  • Tools: PHP, C#, ASP.NET

Office Admin & Temp Web Developer

BAPO BA MOGALE Investments
06.2013 - 06.2014
  • Supported internal teams as office administrator before transitioning into a temporary dev role.

Junior Network Administrator

BBTK-SETCA
Brussels
09.2010 - 11.2011
  • Maintained IT infrastructure, including hardware setup, network configuration, and database management.
  • Tools: SQL, Windows Server, DHCP, Exchange

Education

Bachelor of Computing - NQF 8

Belgium Campus
Pretoria, South Africa
04.2001 - 01.2016

Matric - High School Certificate

Charlton Vos College

Certificate in Advanced ASP.NET MVC Development - undefined

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Skills

PHP

C#

Laravel

Phalcon

JavaScript

Angular

HTML

CSS

Jquery

MySQL

MSSQL

GIT

Jenkins

RabbitMQ

Docker

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Timeline

Intermediate Software Engineer

Superbalist
11.2022 - Current

Intermediate Software Developer

Axxess
01.2020 - 10.2022

Web Developer & Photographer

Waking Life Media
05.2017 - 08.2018

Intermediate Developer

BAPO BA MOGALE Investments
05.2016 - 01.2017

Junior Software Developer

Kgolagano IT
01.2015 - 07.2015

Office Admin & Temp Web Developer

BAPO BA MOGALE Investments
06.2013 - 06.2014

Junior Network Administrator

BBTK-SETCA
09.2010 - 11.2011

Bachelor of Computing - NQF 8

Belgium Campus
04.2001 - 01.2016

Matric - High School Certificate

Charlton Vos College

Certificate in Advanced ASP.NET MVC Development - undefined

Incus Data

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