Stefan Cronje

About Me

Passionate engineer building the future

Senior Software Engineer & Technical Leader

With over 8+ years of experience, I specialize in building scalable, high-performance applications and leading cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional software solutions.

Innovation-Driven Development

I thrive on turning complex challenges into elegant solutions. My expertise spans full-stack development, DevOps practices, and modern architectural patterns, always staying ahead of technology trends.

Location Birmingham, UK

Age 34

Email cronjestefan@gmail.com

Hobbies Enduro riding, Training, Gaming

Honours Degree

Computer Science Cum Laude

2016

Microsoft Imagine Cup

Winner - Hexafit Project

2016

Golden Key Society

Top 10 At University of Johannesburg Academic Excellence

2015

Technical Expertise

Mastering the tools that matter

Backend Development

Java Expert

Spring Framework Advanced

.NET Core Proficient

Database Design Proficient

Frontend Development

JavaScript Expert

Angular Advanced

HTML5 Advanced

CSS3 Proficient

DevOps & Tools

Jenkins Expert

Terraform Expert

Octopus Deploy Advanced

Elasticsearch Intermediate

Professional Journey

Building excellence through experience

Principle Software Engineer

Entelect Software Jan 2023 - Present

Corporate Health Insurance

Full-stack development and technical leadership
Client engagement and solution iteration
Offshore team management
Corporate activity challenges for increased engagement
B2B policy management
Quote and apply journeys

Leadership DevOps Architecture Full-Stack .Net Java React GraphQL Sitecore

Team Lead

Entelect Software Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Rapid Payments Programme (RPP)

Integration with Bankserv Africa payment rails
Architecting cloud solutions and implementing DevOps pipelines
Creating custom corporate bulk payment platform
Full-stack development and technical leadership

Leadership DevOps Architecture Full-Stack .Net Angular Azure pain.001 & pain.002

Project Lead & Release Train Engineer

Entelect Software Aug 2019 - Dev 2021

Corporate Insurance Banking

Leading cross-functional teams and managing client relationships
Architecting cloud solutions and implementing DevOps pipelines
Driving agile practices and solution architecture governance
Full-stack development and technical leadership
Bloomberg, Reuters forex integration

Leadership DevOps Architecture Full-Stack .Net Angular Python

Intermediate Software Engineer

Entelect Software Apr 2017 - Jul 2019

Cell C Video Streaming Platform

Built scalable streaming content management systems and transcoding pipeline
Developed payment portals and mobile applications
Implemented microservice architecture on AWS EKS
React and React Native development

AWS Microservices React Mobile Java Spring

Full Stack Engineer & Project SME

Entelect Software Mar 2017 - Dec 2018

Forensic Case Management System

Complete system rewrite for Discovery's forensics platform
Built automated repayment and incentive systems
Implemented case management and document generation
Quality assurance and user management systems

System Design Automation Document Gen QA Systems Java Jquery

Featured Projects

Innovation in action

BattleFit - Garmin integrated

Fitness app that allows you to compete with anyone in any discipline at any skill level.

Mobile App PWA Java Angular Social Gamification of fitness

Enterprise DevOps Platform

Comprehensive CI/CD pipeline solution serving multiple enterprise clients with automated deployment and monitoring.

DevOps CI/CD Enterprise

Video Streaming Platform

Scalable streaming solution handling thousands of concurrent users with advanced content management and analytics.

Streaming AWS Analytics