Bhekani Khumalo
Senior AI Software Engineer at dealbase.africa
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBhekani Khumalo is a Senior AI Software Engineer based in London with nine years of experience building scalable AI systems and shipping products alongside entrepreneurial ventures. He blends a foundation in civil and water engineering with deep GIS and software engineering expertise, having progressed from municipal engineering and GIS roles in Zimbabwe to senior engineering positions across Africa, the UK, and the US. At Contentful he focuses on production-grade AI features, while also founding dealbase.africa to bridge tech and market access in Africa. Comfortable across frontend and backend stacks, he brings a practical systems mindset informed by infrastructure, spatial data, and product delivery. An uncommon strength is his ability to translate civic engineering problems into data-driven software solutions, making him adept at tackling spatially complex, real-world challenges.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BEng (Hons) Civil and Water Engineering, BEng (Hons) Civil and Water Engineering at National University of Science and Technology
English, ndebele, north, Bantu, Zulu
Stackoverflow
143reputation
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Github Skills (49)
bootstrap-components10
bootstrap9
javascript9
advanced-search9
open-source9
react9
mongodb8
creator8
typescript8
react-components8
nodejs8
database7
react-native-ios6
clerk6
firebase6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
bhekanik/www.bhekani.com
Apr 2019 - Jul 2023
My portfolio website
Contributions:32 PRs, 62 pushes, 18 branches in 4 years 3 months
javascriptreact
bhekanik/arcpyTools
Mar 2019 - Aug 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 6 months
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