Chris Baker
Technology Lead At EMGuidance
Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Baker is a seasoned technology lead with over two decades of hands-on software development and 12 years in senior roles, currently driving architecture and delivery at EMGuidance from Gauteng, South Africa. He has built and led teams across diverse sectors—financial services, telecoms, mining, and education—bringing pragmatic expertise in Java, C#, Spring and enterprise integrations. As a former principal consultant at Thoughtworks and founder of his own consultancy, he combines strategic consulting experience with day-to-day engineering craft and a track record of shipping mission-critical systems. Notably, he has led cross-functional teams delivering university-wide systems and secure applications for the diamond value chain, demonstrating skill in both high-security and high-availability environments. Colleagues would describe him as a curious, lifelong learner who thrives on mentoring teams and solving complex integration challenges.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Sun MicrosystemsBachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Still to complete, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Still to complete at UNISASt Stithians CollegeSpringSource
Github Skills (29)
dashing9
http-api7
json7
swift6
azure-container-instances6
swiftyjson6
json-parser6
json-data6
api-client6
cocoapods5
rest-api5
rest5
api5
cas5
health5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mpedigree1/casable
Feb 2014 - Mar 2014
CAS middleware for Node & Express applications
Contributions:16 commits in 1 month
node-expressexpressjsspidjavascriptexpress
crbaker/fikl
Sep 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:58 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 1 year 5 months
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