Hi there! 🤓

Welcome to my GitHub. I am Ernest Bhekizwe Shongwe....

🌍 Location: Currently in Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦

💼 Open to:

• Remote, on-site and hybrid work
• consultations
• mentorship

👨‍💻 Feel free to reach out using the contact details on this page.

🚀 About Me

I am a passionate Software Engineer and AI Enthusiast with a mission to create impactful digital solutions. With a strong foundation in full-stack development and cloud technologies. I thrive in building scalable, efficient and innovative applications, APIs, data warehouses, as well as secure CI/CD & ML data pipelines.

🔭 Current Roles:

• Intermediate Developer at Popping

🌟 Fun Facts:

• 🏅 C17 Valedictorian graduate, ALX Africa Software Engineering Programme in 2024
• 📝 Writing about tech on Medium
• 🎨 Combining creativity with code in my portfolio
• 🚀 An active member of the Google Developer Group (GDG) Johannesburg

🏆 Achievements & Certifications

• 📜 AWS credentials

• 📜 Oracle credentials

• 📜 IBM credentials

• 📜 Google Cloud credentials

• 📜 freeCodeCamp credentials

• Recognition:

  • 🏅 Featured Valedictorian graduate at ALX Africa for the ALX Software Engineering Programme
  • Contributor to several open-source projects
  • Built a robust multi-job & multi-level tasked CI/CD pipeline for Beqy.ai for a Microsoft Azure and AWS deployment
  • Geekulcha 2025 Hackathon participant
  • Volunteered for Google Developer Group (GDG) Johannesburg 2025

🔩 Skills 👨‍🔧

Category	Technologies
Programming Languages
Frontend Development
Backend Development
Databases
DevOps and Cloud Tech
Version Control
Testing Frameworks
AI/ML Technologies
Others (Tools/Platforms)

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🌐📫 Let's Connect!

Feel free to reach out if you'd like to collaborate or discuss exciting opportunities!

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🌟 Quote of the Day

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
– Alan Kay