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Wilson Cardoso

@iamwilsoncardoso

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Principal/Senior Full Stack Engineer specializing in cloud-native, scalable systems.

South Africa

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles where I can lead cloud-native architecture, mentor teams, drive CI/CD/DevOps excellence, and deliver measurable quality and delivery improvements in an Agile, collaborative environment.

I'm a developer & designer with a passion for software development. I enjoy developing simple, clean and slick web apps that provide real value to the end users.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Fullstack JavaScript Developer

BMW Group

May 2024 - Sep 2025 (1 year 4 months)

Designed and built scalable NestJS microservices and a React/TypeScript SPA, implemented on-demand GitHub Actions deployments and automation that increased platform performance and team autonomy.

TypeScript NestJS GraphQL React GitHub Actions Octokit CI CD Microservices

Lead Software Engineer

Mercedes Benz

Mar 2023 - Apr 2024 (1 year 1 month)

Led a cross-border Agile team to deliver full-stack enterprise applications, improving code quality 35% and delivery speed 20% while architecting Java/Quarkus backends and React/TypeScript frontends.

Quarkus Java EE React TypeScript Docker Terraform Azure CI CD

Senior Full Stack Engineer & Tech Lead

iOCO Digital

Jul 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 7 months)

Architected React/MUI microservices platforms, designed Kubernetes/Istio infrastructure, and established DevOps and quality standards (TDD, SonarQube, EFK) to modernize delivery and observability.

React Material UI Kubernetes Istio Golang RabbitMQ Azure DevOps TDD SonarQube

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Eblocks

Sep 2020 - Jan 2021 (4 months)

Designed .NET Core microservices and RESTful APIs, leveraged Azure services for data and messaging, and implemented containerized CI/CD pipelines and monitoring to improve system integration and delivery.

.NET Core Entity Framework Azure Docker Kafka SignalR CI CD REST APIs

Embedded Software Engineer

Velocity Cubed

Jul 2018 - Dec 2019 (1 year 5 months)

Led design and integration of medical IoT devices, developed HIPAA-compliant REST APIs and React dashboards, and implemented FHIR-compliant interoperability and monitoring for device ecosystems.

Embedded Systems Python Spring Boot React HL7 FHIR Docker Azure DevOps Grafana Prometheus

Junior Software Engineer

Reroute Systems

Jan 2017 - Jun 2018 (1 year 5 months)

Developed Swing/JavaFX UIs and Jersey-based REST services, established UI standards that reduced development time 30% and improved workflow efficiency by 25%.

Java EE Java FX Jersey JDBC MySQL REST UI UX

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

CTI Education Group

Bachelor of Science, Information Technology

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology through CTI Education Group focusing on core IT principles and practical software development skills.