About me

Full Stack Software Engineer and Technical Founder with a BS in Software Engineering, awarded Top Achiever and Golden Key honours. Founder of BluEclipse and architect of Vendorah, a trust-first multi-vendor marketplace platform built for South Africa.

Previously worked as a Junior Software Engineer at Asyst International contributing to POS and retail management platforms, and as Head of Assessments managing academic review operations for 80+ students across multiple classes.

Vendorah

Flagship Project

A trust-first multi-vendor marketplace platform, built for South Africa.

Vendorah is a full-stack marketplace combining escrow-based payments, real-time courier tracking, AI-assisted listing validation, and a complete vendor management platform. Built alongside 34 early vendors acting as testers and advisors to solve real problems in inventory, logistics, payments, and order management.

  • Escrow Payments

    TradeSafe (GraphQL) + Paystack integration with automated payout scheduling, dispute workflows, and fraud-resistant transaction ledgers.

  • Courier Integrations

    Aramex, ShipLogic, and Delivast with real-time tracking, webhook processing, and proof-of-delivery verification.

  • AI Validation Layer

    Real-time AI-assisted listing verification, policy-violation detection, and intelligent suggestions to improve data quality.

  • Risk Management

    Vendor trust scoring, rolling reserve policies, and automated payout holds tied to transaction behaviour.

The Vendorah button will load you into a Demo account automatically to see business tools as well. Visit Vendorah.tech Play Store

What I Do

  • Backend & API Systems

    Node.js, REST APIs, GraphQL, Firebase (Firestore, Functions, Auth), webhooks, and secure transaction infrastructure.

  • Frontend Development

    React, Next.js, TailwindCSS, API-driven interfaces for web applications and platforms.

  • Mobile Applications

    Android development with Kotlin and React Native, including Vendorah on the Google Play Store.

  • Payments & Marketplace Systems

    Escrow-based payment flows (TradeSafe, Paystack), fraud prevention, transaction ledgers, payout scheduling, and courier integrations.

  • AI & Automation

    AI-assisted validation and content moderation systems for marketplace workflows, including listing quality enforcement and policy compliance detection.

Resume

Education

  1. BS Software Engineering

    2021 – 2024

    Pearson Institute of Higher Education, South Africa. Graduated with Golden Key Honours Society (Top 15%) and Top Achiever Award. Certifications: CompTIA A+, Cisco Packet Tracer, AWS Cloud Computing.

Experience

  1. Founder & Lead Engineer, BluEclipse

    Jan 2024 – Present

    Founded BluEclipse and architected Vendorah, a trust-first multi-vendor marketplace platform. Built escrow-based payment infrastructure (TradeSafe, Paystack), courier integrations (Aramex, ShipLogic, Delivast), AI-assisted validation systems, and the full vendor platform, alongside 34 early vendors as testers and advisors. Developed and published the Vendorah Android app to the Google Play Store.

  2. Junior Software Engineer (Part-Time), Asyst International

    2021 – 2023

    Assisted development and maintenance of production POS and retail management platforms. Contributed to admin dashboards, inventory management systems, and marketplace-style management tools. Gained hands-on experience with production codebases and commercial software while studying.

  3. Head of Assessments, Core Teaching Essentials (Remote, USA)

    Jan 2020 – Dec 2024

    Managed academic review and grading operations for 80+ students across multiple classes while supervising additional markers. Developed standardized rubrics and workflows to improve grading efficiency and consistency.

My Skills

  • Platform Architecture & System Design
    85%

    Designed and built Vendorah from the ground up: a multi-vendor, multi-platform system spanning a Next.js web app, Android client, Firebase backend, and a network of third-party API integrations all operating as a single coherent platform.

  • Backend / Full Stack Development
    85%

    TypeScript, Node.js, React, Next.js, Firebase. End-to-end ownership across API design, business logic, data layer, and UI across both web and mobile.

  • API Integration & Event-Driven Systems
    85%

    Built real-time webhook pipelines, GraphQL integrations (TradeSafe), REST integrations (Paystack, Aramex, ShipLogic, Delivast, Google Maps), and event-driven flows for payments, shipping, and notifications.

  • Financial Systems & Escrow Architecture
    90%

    Built a fully custom escrow payment engine from scratch with no plugins or third-party wrappers. Full transaction lifecycle: authorization, holding, reconciliation, payout scheduling, and dispute resolution. First to deploy this model for a multi-vendor marketplace in South Africa.

  • Risk Management & Transaction Integrity
    85%

    Designed vendor trust scoring, rolling reserve policies, automated payout holds, webhook signature verification, and ledger reconciliation to protect platform liquidity and prevent fraud.

  • Data Modeling & Database Design
    85%

    Designed Firestore data models and SQL schemas for multi-tenant marketplace workflows covering vendors, orders, inventory, transactions, and audit ledgers.

  • Cloud Infrastructure
    80%
  • Mobile Development
    75%

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