Serati Vilankulu

Junior Software Developer with over 2 years of commercial experience developing and maintaining enterprise applications within Agile environments. Experienced across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements analysis, API development, testing, debugging, deployment support, and application maintenance. Skilled in React, JavaScript, C#, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, SQL, and Git.

Passionate about building reliable software, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and continuously improving technical solutions.

Junior Software Developer at S-squared (2026-04 – Present)

• Develop and maintain enterprise software solutions using modern development technologies.
• Collaborate with developers, testers, and business stakeholders to deliver software enhancements.
• Analyse and investigate defects, troubleshoot production issues and implement software fixes.
• Participate in code reviews to improve software quality and maintainability.
• Support software deployments and post-release maintenance.
• Perform testing activities including unit, regression and system integration testing.
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives.

Associate Analyst Developer at FNZ (2025-05 – 2025-12)

• Developed and maintained enterprise financial software within an Agile Scrum environment.
• Collaborated with business analysts, testers, and senior developers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Designed, developed and maintained RESTful APIs and application features using modern development practices.
• Participated throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), from requirements gathering through testing and deployment.
• Performed unit, regression and disaster recovery testing to ensure software quality and system reliability.
• Investigated production issues, identified root causes and implemented sustainable fixes.
• Participated in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews.
• Reviewed code and contributed to improving application performance and maintainability.
• Worked with Azure DevOps to manage work items, source control and deployments.

Enterprise Application Development Intern at Intergrove (2025-03 – 2025-04)

• Developed and enhanced enterprise applications using Agile development methodologies.
• Worked closely with senior developers to implement software features.
• Participated in code reviews and technical discussions.
• Assisted with debugging, testing and software maintenance.
• Collaborated during sprint planning and daily stand-up meetings.

Trainee Software Developer at Singular Systems (2024-02 – 2025-02)

• Demonstrated discipline, punctuality, and commitment to a structured learning programme
• Developed software solutions as part of a structured software development learnership.
• Applied object-oriented programming principles and software design patterns.
• Collaborated with development teams using Git version control.
• Performed debugging, testing and code maintenance.
• Participated in software design discussions and implementation activities.

Bachelor of Science Honours in Information Technology: Software Engineering in Software Engineering – Eduvos

Bachelor of Information Technology in Business Systems in Business Systems – Independent Institute of Education Rosebank College (2020-01 – 2022-12)

National Senior Certificate – Bethel High School (2015-01 – 2019-12)