Kyle Padayachee
Software Engineer | I.T- |-| linkedin.com/in/kyle-padayachee | GitHub Repo: Your Repositories
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
I am a driven South African professional with experience in the Software Engineering and Business fields. I am extremely
hardworking, motivated, organized and dependable. I wish to expand my career by developing new skills as well as
contributing ideas to potential employers. I am a strong believer in teamwork, have a passion for quality, solid planning
skills and strong analytical abilities I am committed to continuous improvement and am always willing to learn and grow.
IT SKILLS
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Katalon A.I
Karate UI with Gherkin
Postman API's
VS Code 2019
Java (intelli-J)
C# Core
Python
LogRocket
Selenium
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SQL Server 2019
Corel Draw 14 – 18
UI Testing
Firebase Functions
GIT
Java Framework (Spring
MVC with Apache Tomcat)
Jest Integration testing (DB)
GitHub
NUnit C#
Roland Versaworks
Node JS
HTML 5
CSS
JavaScript – jQuery / React
HTML 5 /CSS Framework
(Apache Lounge / Apache
Web server)
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Matplotlib
Seaborn
NumPy
Macro and Micro Economics
Air table
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Tensorflow
Basic Statistics
Data science
Vertex AI
BUSINESS SKILLS
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Jira / Notion
Code Reviews
Scrum meeting / Butter
Pandas (Python)
EDUCATION
National Diploma in Business Management, UNISA, 2019
National Diploma in I.T. (Business Information Systems), Oval International, 2009
Matric Certificate, Southlands Secondary School, 2005
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Product Development Virtual Internship Certificate, Reality AI Labs, 2022
Data Analytics Virtual Internship Certificate, Reality AI Labs, 2022
ISTQB Software Testing Certification, Udemy, 2021
National Certificate – Core Java Programming, Richfield Institute of Technology, 2020
National Certificate – Project Management in I.T, Richfield Institute of Technology, 2019
CAREER HISTORY
Software Support Engineer - Level 1 | Reality A.I, New York (USA) Remote (Contract) | May 2024 – Present
Responsibilities:
• 1:1 mentorship (NodeJS and Firebase Functions).
• Using LogRocket to monitor any bug logs.
• Maintenance and Support Tools (Click-up) on existing B2B Systems.
• Manual testing on B2B websites and log any errors to Developers.
• Generate Test cases with Katalon A.I and Jira.
Backend Developer - Level 1| Reality AI Labs, New York City (USA) Remote (Contract) | Feb 2024 – May 2024
Responsibilities:
• Implementation on the platform website using Firebase Functions, Fire store DB and Node.JS.
• Worked on the Squad Formulation Feature of the Radical A.I Website.
AI Engineer - Level 1| Reality AI Labs, New York City (USA) Remote (Contract-based) | Oct 2023 – Feb 2024
Responsibilities:
• Worked on various ML AI Frameworks / Tools such as TensorFlow, Vertex AI, LLM's.
• Worked in a supportive AI engineering team including data scientists and ML engineers.
Software Graduate Tester | SOVTECH, Cape Town South Africa | Mar 2023 – Aug 2023
Responsibilities:
• Took part in their Graduate program and represented Games Global as their client. UI testing.
• Daily QA standup.
• QA Training sessions.
• Using Educative as a learning platform to Upskill on various Testing frameworks.
• Agile / Scrum environment.
Games Global (Client):
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Worked in a Localisation Central Team
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Using Udemy as a learning platform to Upskill on various Testing frameworks.
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Worked in Operations (Support) and QA
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Testing LIDB App using NUnit C# Core
Backend Developer intern | Reality AI Labs, New York City (USA) Remote | Sept 2022 – Mar 2023
Responsibilities:
• Gaining a wealth of experience in an online company that teaches various tech stacks and provides mentorship
based on real-work examples.
• Daily stand-up meetings and clickup board.
• Actively contribute to team-based projects.
Assistant Manager | AntzArt CC, South Africa | Jan 2017 – Nov 2020
Responsibilities:
• Supervise teams and manage performance, ensuring timeous and quality output.
• Held daily team meetings on the progress of daily activities and how quickly we can manufacture and develop
products / services requested by the client needs.
Appointed as CSR - Customer Service Representative:
• Handling client queries in a polite way.
• Providing information about the product/services being sold to the organisation.
• Using Agile principles (Create, Design, Implement and Quality Assurance) to ensure the product we created is off
high standards and quality.
Digital Print Operator | AntzArt CC, South Africa | Feb 2009 – Dec 2016
Responsibilities:
• Digital printing of banners, stickers, license disc holders.
• Conversion of CorelDraw design image files to Roland ColoRip image files for digital printing.
• Calibration of industrial digital printers and fine trimming of printed material.
• Accurate placement of material onto banner base and design of machine & hand cut stickers.
Administrative Clerk (Apprenticeship) | Focus Financial, South Africa | May 2016 – Nov 2016
Responsibilities:
• Processing of new business and attending to call queries.
• Processing Administration Claims and Medical Aid Applications.
• Underwent training with broker consultants.
• Attended Discovery and Momentum Product Launches.
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Servicing clients on their policies.
Data Capturer | Kelly Recruitment, South Africa | Jul 2010 – Aug 2010
Responsibilities:
• Door-to-door, capturing residents’ information and using it for statistical purposes as part of an online survey.
PROJECTS
Interview Prep Generator, November 2023 – December 2023
Skills: Python, Stream Lit UI, Vertex AI.
Objective:
Creating an Interview chatbot when a user is selected for a data analytics interview.
Chat bot implementation with junior and master bot, October 2023 – November 2023
Skills: React JS, NodeJS, Vertex AI, Python SDK
Objective:
• Conduct a paired-programming coding challenge with two AI bots: Taskmaster Bot and Junior Bot.
• The Task Master Bot will issue the task to solve and the junior bot will help the user find the best possible solution.
• The Junior Bot will give hints, but never part of the solution.
Subscription and payment systems, September 2023 – October 2023
Skills: React JS, NodeJS.
Objective:
Tasked with the implementation of the header component for Radical X mission services.
Games Global LIDB App Testing, July 2023 – August 2023
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Testing - C# Core with NUnit Testing (C#)
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Models (Properties /Entities)
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Controllers
Games Global Localization Support, May 2023 – July 2023
Objectives:
• Processing of Flowfit and MemoQ Projects
• MemoQ - Upload screenshots and view all translations and id-based matching
• Game name projects - Korean and Chinese
• Lodge a Translation query using Jira in the Game Technology Portal. (SLA - Jira Ticketing System)
Sovtech Platcorp QA System, March 2023 – April 2023
Objectives:
• Worked in a QA Team
• Karate UI with Gherkin Language and used a BDD approach using Script functions.
• Testing using DOM elements (Placeholder Text/Click events).
• Testing different functions of the Platcorp system
• Login Sales Administration
Candidate Feed, January 2023 – March 2023
Objectives:
• Worked in a QA Team (Responsible for back-end testing)
• Jest Testing framework used
• Unit testing and Integration Testing
• TDD approach
• Controllers
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Squad Algorithm - Data cleaning / Exploratory Data Analysis, November 2022 – December 2022
Skills: Pandas (Python), Matplotlib, Seaborn, NumPy.
Objectives:
• Analyze the dataset to identify the factors that can be used to build an Algorithm to match squads. Output a final
CSV file to show changes made to the dataset.
Apprenticeship Program - Web Application, September 2022 – November 2022
Skills: React JS, Node JS, Postman API.
Objectives:
The company must be able to set up an apprenticeship program on Radical X and successfully hire on a contractual
basis.
Responsible for backend features:
• Added 4 API requests.
• Added views to the database.
• Added new branches for endpoints.
• Generate JWT token.
• All 4 requests were tested on Postman API.
• Team types and Team roles controller and router were created.
Registration System – We Think Code Bootcamp Programme, August 2022
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Developed a Bootcamp Helper system using Python and VS Code as a part of a training programme.
Where each team member was responsible for building a feature and was tasked with registration station feature.
We were assigned a mentor, Mr Malwande who was very helpful and provided guidance during the project.
LEADERSHIP
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Discovery, Attended product launch at the Durban ICC, November 2016
Old Mutual, Attended product launch in Suncoast, August 2016
Oval International Sports Day, Team Beach Volleyball Award, April 2006
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Disability: Neurodivergent
Languages: English and IsiZulu
REFERENCES
SOVTECH PTY LTD, Riane Hattingh (Co-Ordinator),-
Reality AI Labs Global Community (Web Dev), Itang Itang (P.M) -
Reality AI Labs Global Community (Data Analytics), Guarav Modak, -
Radical AI Labs Global Community (Candidate Feed), Mohammed El Omary -
Focus Financial, Greshan Naidoo,-
AntzArt CC, Arulmani Padayachee,-
Kelly Recruitment Durban, Michelle Naicker,-
Senior Software Engineer (Mentorship), Kiren Kosygin-
We_Think_Code Bootcamp (Mentorship), Malwande Mabantu-
