Bongani Mbigi

Kotlin · Micronaut

• Architected a migration from legacy systems to a microservices ecosystem that powers the merchant portal used by thousands of partners, improving scalability and resilience of order workflows.
• Launched the Favor Gold subscription platform, driving double-digit growth in paid adoption and reaching net-positive revenue within three months.
• Built a PCI-compliant financial data access service for 3+ years of transactions, reducing merchant support escalations by about 30%.
• Designed a shared CI/CD pipeline and automated SDK generation, cutting cross-team integration bugs by 25% and accelerating API delivery.
• Set API standards and workflows with product and frontend so feature delivery moved faster across teams.

C# · .NET · Python · TypeScript · React Native

• Owned distributed services for Hudl’s AI-powered Focus Flex Camera, from embedded server logic to mobile app integration.
• Scaled video processing pipelines to hundreds of concurrent game streams, reducing failure rates and improving capture quality.
• Worked with hardware and ML engineers to integrate real-time computer vision models into live video workflows.

Java · Spring · TypeScript · React

• Broke a Spring monolith into modular microservices so services could scale and deploy independently.
• Shipped a TypeScript SDK that cut third-party integration time from weeks to days.
• Led the move to Next.js storefronts, improving page load and SEO with measurable organic traffic growth.
• Worked with architects to set service boundaries and standardize API contracts.

JavaScript · Node.js · Express · React

• Built the first production frontend for Transmute’s decentralized identity platform, shown at Oracle’s Startup Cloud Accelerator.
• Delivered an MVP demo that helped land the company’s first enterprise client.
• Integrated blockchain-based identity verification into the platform.