HI! I'm Elton Renda

Full Stack Development Guru

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About Me

An accomplished, self taught individual with expertise in web design, programming, application integration, devops and project management.

I consider myself to be a hard worker with a solid work ethic, ensuring all tasks given to me are completed to the highest standards.

I am a very quick learner, always looking to push the boundaries with the latest technologies.

location_on

Cape Town, South Africa

email

elton@ebrdev.co.za

phone

+27-00-000-0000

schedule

35 Years young

Skills

The skills I have gained over the years and still learning on a daily basis.
Always looking to further my knowledge and push the boundaries.

Languages

Essentials to be a developer

HTML/CSS

5 Years

JS/Node.js

5 Years

PHP

5 Years

Typescript

2 Year

SQL/NoSQL

5 Years

C#/.Net

2 Years

Golang

1 Year

Java

2 Years

Kotlin

3 Years

C/C++

3 Years

Libraries / Frameworks

Quicker, easier & reusable code

Codeigniter

4 Years

jQuery

5 Years

Svelte

3 Years

VueJS

2 years

WordPress

3 Years

Contentstack

1 Year

AngularJS

1 Year

React

2 Year

RiotJS

1 Year

Everything Else

Tools, patterns, software, standards ...

Docker

5 Years

GIT

3 Years

Linux

5 Years

MVC

4 Years

Rest

4 Years

TDD

3 Years

CI/CD

3 Years

AWS

1 Year

DevOps

5 Years

Kubernetes

2 Years

What, Where, When

I have been extremely privileged to work at a few awesome companies.
The experience and knowledge gained by working for them is immensely valuable.

Senior Software Engineer more_vert

Equal Experts

April 2018 - Presentclose
  • Development of Logistics, Fintech, and E-commerce projects.
  • Working with clients on definition of scope of a project.
  • Designing, installing, testing, and monitoring of new systems.
  • Coaching and upskilling client development teams.
Vue.js, AngularJS, React, Node.js, Kotlin, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Cypress, Contentstack
Senior Software Engineer more_vert

OWLR Technologies Ltd

October 2017 - April 2018close
  • Development of multiple Node.js micro services to process IP camera motion alerts.
  • Designing, testing, and monitoring of the entire platform.
Node.js, LUA, Redis, Docker, Buddy CI/CD, Firbase, AWS - ECS, lambda, ELB, S3, SNS, SES, RDS
Full Stack Software Engineer more_vert

Manalto Inc

April 2016 - August 2017close
  • Development of modern user interfaces using AngularJS and Atomic design.
  • Development of multiple Node.js micro services to publish Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram posts.
  • Designing, testing, and monitoring of the entire platform.
Node.js, AngularJS, MongoDB, Redis, Docker, Jenkins, IBM, AWS - EC2, lambda, ELB, SNS, SQS, RDS DynamoDB
Lead Developer more_vert

Semantica Digital

April 2014 - April 2016close
  • Designing, developing and maintaining WordPress websites.
  • Development of custom integration with WordPress, WooCommerce, and existing systems.
  • Development of an internal dashboard for automated WordPress installation.
  • Liaising with clients regarding projects.
PHP, WordPress, WooCommerce, SQL, Docker, Nginx, VPS
PHP Developer more_vert

Traffic Synergy

April 2013 - April 2014close
  • Development of web scraping bots, to automate capturing of client data.
  • Designing, developing and maintaining websites.
  • Creating user interfaces for internal staff software.
  • Presenting demonstrations to management of all software and interfaces developed.
PHP, jQuery, SQL, Apache, VPS

Portfolio

Some of the awesome projects that I had the privilege to have worked on recently.

August 2018close

  • VueJS frontend served from node.
  • 5 Kotlin API's.
  • Kubernetes containers running on AWS.

April 2016close

  • AngularJS 1 & AngularJS 2 frontends.
  • NodeJS backend.
  • AWS Gateway API.
  • AWS SNS + SQS + Lamba.

August 2015close

  • WordPress e-commerce site using WooCommerce.
  • Custom WooCommerce extension coded, that extends product pricing to display different pricing per branch.
  • Custom API coded that adds/updates/deletes products programmatically based on data from a external service.

May 2015close

  • Simple back-end system coded using modified version of Codeigniter
  • Generate pricelist PDF's using data from a external data source.
  • Generate full pricelist, brand pricelist or a pricelist from a product category 3 levels deep.
  • Download or send the pricelist to a client instantly.

March 2015close

  • WordPress site.
  • Custom WordPress plugin coded, that interfaces with a external API to add/update/delete accommodations.
  • Custom WordPress plugin coded, that adds GeoIP related content and currency conversion.
  • Array of custom post types created to link everything together.

March 2015close

  • Quoting system coded using modified version of Codeigniter
  • Add/Edit/Remove clients, quotes, invoices, preps and track payments made by clients.
  • Generate PDF's of quotes, invoices and job cards / checklists for staff.
  • Instantly view generated documents with a custom PDF viewer written in JavaScript.
  • Send generated quotes and invoices to clients instantly via email.

November 2014close

  • WordPress site.
  • Custom WordPress plugin coded, that interfaces with a external API to add/update/delete users, and display legal matters for logged in clients.

October 2014close

  • WordPress e-commerce multisite using WooCommerce.
  • Custom WooCommerce extension coded, that extends product pricing to display different pricing for different user groups.
  • Custom API coded that adds/updates/deletes products, categories, brands, users programmatically based on data from a external service.
  • Dynamic menu's created from above API data.

August 2014close

  • WordPress multisite.
  • Custom theme.
  • Custom post types.

Contact Me

location_on

Cape Town, South Africa

email

elton@ebrdev.co.za

phone

+27-60-506-6075