Summary
Christopher Penkin is a Full Stack Developer based in Gauteng, South Africa, with a decade of professional experience and a two-decade-long relationship with technology that began at Nokia. He has led and delivered diverse projects across sectors, from rebuilding SMS campaign and data-intelligence platforms to enterprise .NET systems and bespoke web applications. Comfortable across front-end and back-end stacks (Python, C#, AngularJS, HTML/CSS, REST APIs), he combines hands-on coding with team leadership, Agile delivery and client-facing product planning. Notable strengths include turning legacy or manual processes into searchable, maintainable systems and owning end-to-end release and API workflows. His background in both research-focused roles and commercial product delivery gives him a pragmatic, evidence-informed approach to building impactful software.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Matric, 12, Matric, 12 at Florida Park High School
English, Afrikaans