Bongani Mbigi

01/Experience

1. Nov 2022 — Present

   Favor Delivery/Backend Software Engineer II

   Kotlin · Micronaut

   • –Architected a migration from legacy systems to a microservices ecosystem that powers the merchant portal used by thousands of partners, improving scalability and resilience of order workflows.
   • –Launched the Favor Gold subscription platform, driving double-digit growth in paid adoption and reaching net-positive revenue within three months.
   • –Built a PCI-compliant financial data access service for 3+ years of transactions, reducing merchant support escalations by about 30%.
   • –Designed a shared CI/CD pipeline and automated SDK generation, cutting cross-team integration bugs by 25% and accelerating API delivery.
   • –Set API standards and workflows with product and frontend so feature delivery moved faster across teams.

2. Jul 2021 — Nov 2022

   Hudl/Software Engineer II

   C# · .NET · Python · TypeScript · React Native

   • –Owned distributed services for Hudl’s AI-powered Focus Flex Camera, from embedded server logic to mobile app integration.
   • –Scaled video processing pipelines to hundreds of concurrent game streams, reducing failure rates and improving capture quality.
   • –Worked with hardware and ML engineers to integrate real-time computer vision models into live video workflows.

3. Aug 2020 — Jul 2021

   Broadleaf Commerce/Software Engineer

   Java · Spring · TypeScript · React

   • –Broke a Spring monolith into modular microservices so services could scale and deploy independently.
   • –Shipped a TypeScript SDK that cut third-party integration time from weeks to days.
   • –Led the move to Next.js storefronts, improving page load and SEO with measurable organic traffic growth.
   • –Worked with architects to set service boundaries and standardize API contracts.

4. Aug 2018 — Dec 2019

   Transmute Industries/Junior Software Engineer

   JavaScript · Node.js · Express · React

   • –Built the first production frontend for Transmute’s decentralized identity platform, shown at Oracle’s Startup Cloud Accelerator.
   • –Delivered an MVP demo that helped land the company’s first enterprise client.
   • –Integrated blockchain-based identity verification into the platform.

02/Systems

Languages

Kotlin · Java · C# / .NET · TypeScript · Python

Backend

Spring Cloud · Micronaut · Node.js · PostgreSQL

Infra

Kubernetes · Helm · Docker · AWS · Azure

Delivery

GitHub Actions · OpenTelemetry · Honeycomb · SDK generation

03/Work

04/Education

• Degree

  The University of Texas at Austin

  B.S. Mathematics, Certificate in Computer Science and Business