Wisani Shilumani
Software Architect at Allan Gray Proprietary Limited
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolWisani Shilumani is a software architect and founder with nine years of experience building consumer and fintech products from Cape Town. Currently shaping platform architecture at Allan Gray, he previously led engineering teams and shipped frontend-first experiences across startups and agencies, with core strengths in JavaScript frameworks and serverless backends. He’s a serial entrepreneur behind Simfolio, Boardroom and AtFirst, blending product intuition with engineering discipline to launch customer-focused apps. Beyond work, he cultivates Cape Town’s maker community through Indie Hackers and authors a book of Tsonga wisdom, reflecting a commitment to culture and wellbeing. His background in mechanical engineering and an MBA from UCT give him a rare mix of technical rigor and strategic business acumen.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering at University of Cape TownGNAM, Business in Hong Kong, GNAM, Business in Hong Kong at HKUST Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Graduate School of Business - University of Cape Town
English, xitsonga, Afrikaans, Italian
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Github Skills (83)
hot-reload9
google-authentication9
facebook-login9
webpack-plugin9
facebook-authentication9
google-login8
javascript8
frontend8
react8
expo8
ios8
server8
react-native8
android8
typescript8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
WisaniShilumani/wisani-twitter-bot
Sep 2019 - Jan 2021
Bot that tweets some of @wisanishilumani's favourite quotes and classic japanese haikus.
Contributions:1 review, 12 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 4 months
twitter-botbotjapanesequotesfavourite
JalapenoDigital/enlighten-release
Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:14 pushes in 2 months
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