Bongani Mbigi
Platform / Infrastructure Engineer
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Profile Summary
I build platforms: the services, identity, and Kubernetes environments that product teams ship on. B.S. Mathematics from UT Austin — that is still how I like to work: reduce the problem, then build the smallest system that holds.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer @ Realtor.com
Nov 2026 — PresentBackend Software Engineer II @ Favor Delivery
Nov 2022 — Nov 2026Kotlin · 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.
Software Engineer II @ Hudl
Jul 2021 — Nov 2022C# · .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.
Software Engineer @ Broadleaf Commerce
Aug 2020 — Jul 2021Java · 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.
Junior Software Engineer @ Transmute Industries
Aug 2018 — Dec 2019JavaScript · 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.
Internships
Software Developer Intern @ Blackbaud
May 2018 — Aug 2018Java · Spring · Azure
Software Developer Intern @ Hudl
May 2017 — Aug 2017C# · .NET · JavaScript · React
- Extended the online video editor with dynamic branded overlays.
- Prototyped a highlight rendering pipeline (HTML5 + FFmpeg) that scaled across servers and replaced costly Adobe workflows.
Software Developer Intern @ State Farm
Jun–Aug 2015, Jun–Aug 2016Java · Spring · Cucumber
- Designed a common serialization format (Avro, Protobuf), reducing multi-state processing overhead by 40%.
- Built a Cucumber test automation framework that cut regression cycles by 70%.
Technical Skills
Languages
KotlinJavaC# / .NETTypeScriptPython
Backend
Spring CloudMicronautNode.jsPostgreSQL
Infra
KubernetesHelmDockerAWSAzure
Delivery
GitHub ActionsOpenTelemetryHoneycombSDK generation
Education
B.S. Mathematics, Certificate in Computer Science and Business
The University of Texas at Austin
Talks
Decentralized UX: Designing Around Decentralized Identities
Oct 2019Internet Identity Workshop XXIX