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
27kreached
4answers
2questions
Github Skills (57)
bootstrap10
bootstrap-components10
contentful10
react-components9
javascript9
typescript9
advanced-search9
open-source9
react9
email-client8
react-component8
nodejs7
convex7
field-editor7
sdk7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
bhekanik/bhekani.com
Jan 2024 - May 2026
Personal website, blog and portfolio
Contributions:44 PRs, 156 pushes, 31 branches in 2 years 4 months
giscus
bhekanik/pro-search
Oct 2021 - Aug 2022
Advanced search query creator
Contributions:12 reviews, 185 commits, 122 PRs in 10 months
queryadvanced-searchsearch-enginecreatorsearch
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