Alvin Ward
Technical Lead at Peach Payments
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolAlvin Ward is a seasoned technical lead based in the Western Cape, South Africa, with a long track record of evolving from hands-on software developer to engineering leader across payments, legal tech and fintech sectors. He has led multi-site teams and major integrations—managing product engineering at Kurtosys, steering payments engineering and compliance at SnapScan, and directing software engineering during complex acquisitions at Dye & Durham. Known for balancing operational reliability (including PCI DSS-focused systems) with strategic roadmap decisions, he excels at coordinating cross-functional teams, architecture choices and migration projects. Alvin’s career shows a consistent pattern of building and scaling teams, mentoring engineers, and owning delivery across both legacy modernisation and new product launches. An unusual strength is his deep domain experience across banking, loans and telecom billing systems, giving him pragmatic insight into real-world transactional and regulatory challenges. Now leading technical efforts at Peach Payments, he continues to blend technical depth with people-first leadership to deliver resilient, customer-focused platforms.
1 year of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
National Diploma, Information Technology, National Diploma, Information Technology at Tshwane University of Technology (previously Technikon Pretoria)Bachelor of Commerce, Economics, Bachelor of Commerce, Economics at Unisa
Github Skills (9)
authentication10
saml10
authorization9
identity9
security9
identity-management9
openid-connect9
keycloak9
access-management8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
keycloak/keycloak
Sep 2024 - Sep 2024
Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services
Contributions:1 review in 1 day
oidcauthorizationidentity-and-access-managementaccess-managementsecurity
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