Johannesburg Software engineering Building on the side

Engineer.
Builder.
Curious.

Software Engineer — Lead, working on medical administration systems for a healthcare department. Outside work I build apps and create things with friends. The drive to make doesn't clock out.

What I'm making The road here

Work & making

Things I'm building

Professional and personal, finished and in motion. Honest labels. No inflated claims, no hiding that something is still early.

Professional Building Learning Exploring

  • Medical administration software

    Professional

    Building software that supports healthcare administration workflows with a small team. The domain demands reliability, traceability, and honest communication. No glamour, just things working when people need them.

    Team lead · Healthcare dept · MIP, Johannesburg
    TypeScriptTeam leadershipHealthcare systems

  • Community collaboration platform

    Building

    A tool for gated communities and neighbourhoods to organise, communicate, and act together. Built around the real patterns of how communities actually function, not how platforms think they should.

    Side project · Building with friends
    ProductCommunityLocal networks

  • Exploring the artistic side of engineering

    Exploring

    An ongoing curiosity about what engineering looks like when it serves creative expression rather than utility. Building for the experience of making, not just the function. Exploring where code, play, and visual craft meet.

    Personal direction · Collaborating with friends
    Creative engineeringArtistic expressionCraft

Right now

A living snapshot

Last updated: March 2026

At work

  • Software Engineer — Lead, building medical administration software for a healthcare department.
  • Newly in the lead role, figuring out what good leadership looks like from the inside of it rather than the textbook version.
  • Focused on clarity: better definitions of done, lighter processes, more reliable releases.

Building

  • A foodie app for the places algorithms never surface: neighbourhood finds, unsung spots, the ones worth knowing.
  • A community collaboration platform for gated communities and neighbourhoods.
  • Both in early development with long-time collaborators. Launching regardless.

Learning & exploring

  • Electronics fundamentals, working toward DIY security and physical computing projects.
  • Thinking seriously about game development as a creative direction with friends.
  • Considering structured study: a BA or IT leadership programme from 2026.

Path

A non-linear journey

Civil engineering, a call-centre season, self-taught client hustle, formal credentials, and years of growth inside one organisation. Every chapter added something the next one needed.

2013

Civil engineering studies at CJC, Johannesburg

2015

First client websites, self-taught. Selling and shipping for real businesses.

2018

Joined current company as a junior intern. The start of a long run.

2022

NQF L5 Systems Development + ALX-T / Udacity Full Stack Nanodegree

2022

Promoted to intermediate Software Engineer

2026

Promoted to Software Engineering Lead. Small team, healthcare department.

Contact

Let's build
something that matters.

Reach out on LinkedIn or drop an email. Based in Johannesburg, open to conversations about building things, leading teams, collaboration, or trading notes on what's being made.

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