Akhil Boddu
Senior Software Engineer at Zaio
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolAkhil Boddu is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of experience building learner-focused web platforms and developer tools, currently leading front-end product development at Zaio in the Western Cape. He designs and ships interactive learning experiences—everything from a TikTok-like desktop client for low-mobile contexts to a Netflix-style video player with embedded coding playgrounds and test-runner-capable editors for JavaScript, Java, Python and SQL. His work blends product design, operations automation (Zapier, Monday) and hands-on engineering to scale education delivery and assessment workflows. A UCT-educated developer and former Innovation Labs tech lead, he has a strong background in mentoring, curriculum creation and community building across student and startup ecosystems. Outside work he documents tech and teaching via social channels and brings a creator’s mindset to productizing learning for African audiences. Notably, he pairs front-end performance optimizations with assessment infrastructure to deliver low-friction, interactive coding experiences where connectivity and device parity are challenges.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Honors in Information Systems Computer Software Engineering, Honors in Information Systems Computer Software Engineering at University of Cape TownHigh School 1-12, High School 1-12 at Premier Academy
French, Swahili, English, Hindi, Telugu
Github Skills (7)
blockchain9
react9
ethereum9
typescript9
nextjs9
chakra-ui8
gatsby8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
akhilboddu/zaio-platform-youtube-clone
Mar 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 9 months
akhilboddu/tic-tac-toe-react-course
Aug 2022 - Aug 2022
Contributions:13 commits, 10 pushes, 2 branches in 3 days
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