Senyo Simpson
Senior Software Engineer at Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolSenyo Simpson is a Senior Software Engineer with 8 years' experience building cloud-native, highly available systems and networking for public cloud at Fly.io. He combines backend, DevOps and data-science production experience from roles at Aerobotics—where he moved ML models into production—with hands-on contributions to open-source tooling like flyctl (notably IP allocation and networking features) and documentation for superfly. Based in the Western Cape, he thrives in startup environments and brings an entrepreneurial mindset shaped by the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation. His work spans Kubernetes, managed databases, private/public networking and infrastructure automation, with a pragmatic focus on scalability and reliability. Senyo pairs rigorous academic training (MSc/BS in ECE from UCT) with a talent for turning complex distributed systems challenges into maintainable engineering outcomes. An often-overlooked strength is his cross-disciplinary fluency: he comfortably moves between ML pipelines, backend services and developer tooling to ship end-to-end solutions.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science in Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Cape Town
Github Skills (17)
markdown10
api-design10
command-line-interface10
fly10
io10
go10
markdown-it10
command-line10
documentation10
cli10
docker8
dockers8
abtest7
testing7
ab-testing7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
superfly/flyctl
Jun 2022 - Nov 2022
Command line tools for fly.io services
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:22 reviews, 14 commits, 49 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Senyo primarily contributed to the `flyctl` command-line tool, focusing on the "ips" command functionality. They implemented features for allocating and releasing IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6), including private IP address management. The contributions involved modifying Go code, integrating new APIs, and refactoring code for better organization and reusability, specifically using the internal rendering API. This demonstrates the user's ability to work on the core functionality and structure of the tool.
golangcommand-line-toolsflyio-toolsfly-iocli
superfly/docs
Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:5 reviews, 10 commits, 25 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Senyo primarily contributed to the documentation of the `superfly/docs` repository. Their commits included updating existing documentation, adding documentation for new features like HTTPS redirects, and providing examples. They also focused on restructuring content and adding navigation elements to improve user experience. Their work appears focused on improving the clarity and completeness of the project's documentation.
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