Kgothatso Matlala
Software Engineering Team Lead at Excite-Data
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolKgothatso Matlala is a software engineering team lead and founder with nine years of experience building production-grade ML, computer vision and embedded systems across mining, manufacturing and defense sectors. Currently leading engineering at Ninety One and running Excite-Data to bridge 4IR gaps, he blends hands-on Python/C development, MLOps/DevOps (MLFlow, Prometheus, Kubernetes) and product ownership to deliver measurable business outcomes. He has a strong systems-engineering background from astronomical and defense projects, where he designed real-time middleware, communication protocols and high-accuracy ML models. Known for coaching junior engineers and codifying best-practice architecture and CI/CD standards, he pairs technical depth with leadership that drives adoption across organizations. Unusually, he combines executive-level strategic thinking (Executive MBA in progress) with low-level performance work—optimizing C code and deploying mission-critical computer vision pipelines.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Cape TownBachelor of Science (BSc) Electrical and Information Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Electrical and Information Engineering at University of the WitwatersrandMatric Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Matric Mathematics and Physical Sciences at Sikhululekile Secondary SchoolExecutive MBA Business Administration and Management General, Executive MBA Business Administration and Management General at University of Cumbria
English, Tswana, Zulu
Github Skills (113)
lightning-network10
relay-modern10
payment-gateway10
btcpayserver10
crowdfunding10
relay10
wallet10
seo10
recurly10
payment10
kotlin-android10
nostr-protocol10
nostr10
bitcoin10
compatibility10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
exonumia-cc/exonumia
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
Exonumia is a project looking to translate literary content that explains how Bitcoin works into native African languages.
Contributions:61 commits, 9 PRs, 224 pushes in 2 years 11 months
africantranslatelanguagesafrican-languagesbitcoin
kngako/sphinx-kotlin
Jul 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:77 pushes, 20 branches in 4 months
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