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Lusapo Austin Ngcwabe

Senior Principal Software Engineer
Sandton

Summary

Detail-oriented, organized and a problem solver. Enthusiastic team player ready to contribute to the team/company culture and success. Enjoys mentoring and teaching in order to upskill engineers/developers.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Principal Software Engineer

IQ Business
08.2022 - Current

Consulted for Investec

  • Worked as Team Lead overseeing multiple
    developers over a number of projects.
  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
  • Documented vulnerabilities and outlined improvement recommendations.
  • Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.
  • Coordinated efficient large-scale software deployments.
  • Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
  • Provided guidance and mentored less-experienced developers.
  • Participated in implementation of back-end features using C# and Azure.
  • Collaborated with clients to define solution requirements.

Intermediate Software Engineer

Entelect
11.2019 - 08.2022

Consulted for FNB, Old Mutual & Silica (now FNZ)

  • Ran micro-projects (3 – 4 months for up to 6 months) with consideration to business and quality assurance standards.
  • Offered experience with C# and .NET as well as assisted in the architecture of new solutions (App service setup and CI/CD pipelines).
  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
  • Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
  • Conducted regression testing and submitted observations to development team.
  • Integrated third-party tools and components into applications.
  • Collaborated with management, internal and development partners
    regarding software application design status and project progress.
  • Provided guidance and mentored less-experienced staff members.

Software Developer

Arksoft – Business Software Architects,
06.2018 - 11.2019

Consulted for DG Capital

  • Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs, and improving functionality.
  • Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
  • Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
  • Documented technical workflows and knowledge to educate newly hired employees.

IT Support Technician & Software Developer

Shopfit Group
06.2017 - 06.2018
  • Explained technical information in clear terms to non-technical individuals to promote better understanding.
  • Responded to support requests from end-users and patiently walked individuals through basic troubleshooting tasks.
  • Configured hardware, devices, and software to set up work stations for employees.
  • Trained users on how to operate components and systems.
  • Provided user training

Student Assistant

Nelson Mandela University
01.2016 - 12.2016
  • Supported student learning objectives through personalized and small group assistance.
  • Assisted students with programming fundamentals.
  • Assisted students with C# programming and how to solve a problem andcomplete practical's using best practices.

Education

Bcom: Computer Science & Information Systems: - Computer Science

Nelson Mandela University
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
01.2012 - 12.2016

Skills

    Agile

Collaborative development planning

Technical Analysis

Project planning

Solutions deployment

Mentoring and Training

Interests

  • Action Cricket
  • Dota2
  • Long walks on the beach

References

  • Marco Munnik | +27 (0)843815516
  • Anthony Woolridge | +27 (0)835642555
  • Terence Davis-Taylor | +27 (0)834063140
  • Ruan Swanepoel | +27 (0)792988407

Timeline

Senior Principal Software Engineer

IQ Business
08.2022 - Current

Intermediate Software Engineer

Entelect
11.2019 - 08.2022

Software Developer

Arksoft – Business Software Architects,
06.2018 - 11.2019

IT Support Technician & Software Developer

Shopfit Group
06.2017 - 06.2018

Student Assistant

Nelson Mandela University
01.2016 - 12.2016

Bcom: Computer Science & Information Systems: - Computer Science

Nelson Mandela University
01.2012 - 12.2016
Lusapo Austin NgcwabeSenior Principal Software Engineer