I'm Khumbo Nyirenda.

Working in an agile cross-functional team to continuously deliver new products and platform improvements

• Champion a test-driven, scalable, and maintainable development approach with intraday deployments.
• Frontend lead for 5 major applications with a monthly disbursal of £25 million, rising by 10% monthly
• Mentor junior developers including regular pairing sessions.
• Work closely with backend developers, product, and designers to collaborate in decision making.
• Architected and built several new products and redesigns including a flagship direct to customer, business to business and internal solutions using React, Gatsby, Next, GraphQL and Node.
• Partner with backend developers in Kotlin to maintain an event-driven microservices system.
• Implemented a script to secure dozens of apps against vulnerable base image versions.
• Created an accessibility testing framework for frontend and QA developers.
• Develop a shared components library, accessibility initiatives, and other cross-team standards.
• Experiment using Optimizely to compare designs and features.
• Integrate Splunk, Sentry, and Amplitude loggers.
• Test components and applications using Jest, Cypress, and Playwright.
• Migrated applications from Gatsby.js to Next.js framework.
• Active member of the diversity forum and created Zopa’s first Black Network.

Taught HTML, CSS, and JavaScript while mentoring groups of career switchers and new developers.

• Built React and Redux frontend application and a Python backend to interact with a machine data stream, execute API functions in Fusion 360, and send toolpaths direct to themachine.
• Programmed a SlackBot application to automate the creation and modification of records, using Typescript, Node, Fusion Lifecyle’s REST API, Amazon EC2 instances, and Slack’s Web API: Bolt.
• Developed a Python and Typescript add-in for connecting directly to an additive machine using Fusion 360’s API and Octoprint’s REST API.
• Taught a coding course on Python, Typescript, C++, React, Redux, and REST APIs for 16 attendees.
• Troubleshot interface software and debugged application code.
• Organised team development work using Git version control and Jira to manage projects.
• Conducted a review of Manufacturing Execution Systems by assessing API integrations and connectors.
• Created digital assets including webinars, manufacturing tutorials, and YouTube live content.
• Pioneered a data modelling spreadsheet used to design strategies for the unification of Autodesk’s products and assessed the impact on returns and subscribers. Presented this impact for fourproducts.

Produced actionable insightsto manufacturing readiness of over 250 customers in 22 countries

• Adapted an existing mechanical assistive upper limb to design a 3D printed robotic prosthesis.
• Surpassed expectations with a functional prototype costing a total of €135 to manufacture, three times below the allocated budget and more than ten times less than the closest competitor.

• Worked to design, build, and operate large-scale solar PV and wind turbine renewable energy systems. • Adapted to various roles in the technical, electrical, planning, finance, and commercialdepartments. • Managed six solar installers and completing Front End Engineering Design studies.

Developed a mixed flow pump additive prototype Cardiovascular LVAD (left ventricular assist device).

Learnt how to use physical science, mathematics and computing to assess engineering systems.

• Achieved 2:1 for MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
• Staff Student Liaison Council Co-chair

Responsible Design Project: e-NABLE. Adapted an existing mechanical assistive upper limb to design a 3D printed robotic prosthesis.