resume.json

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  "basics": {
    "name": "Wade Morris",
    "label": "Senior Software Engineer | Mobile Specialist",
    "image": "",
    "email": "anunnakix@icloud.com",
    "phone": "+27 64 197 0884",
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/morristech",
    "summary": "Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years specializing in high-performance mobile apps for fintech and retail (Absa, ShopriteX, Delivery.com). Expert in React Native, Android, iOS, and mobile architecture, focused on performance, stability, and scalable solutions.",
    "location": {
      "city": "Cape Town",
      "countryCode": "ZA",
      "region": "Western Cape"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "username": "morristech",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/morristech"
      }
    ]
  },
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "African Giant Consulting (Client: Delivery.com)",
      "position": "Mobile Development Lead (Consultant)",
      "startDate": "2024-09-01",
      "summary": "Lead mobile engineer for a high-volume delivery platform, focusing on stability and architecture.",
      "highlights": [
        "Led the critical migration of the core mobile framework, successfully upgrading React Native from 0.69.8 to 0.79.1, ensuring compatibility and future-proofing the application.",
        "Diagnosed and resolved critical stability issues, achieving an 8% reduction in iOS crash rates through deep-dive debugging and performance tuning.",
        "Managed feature implementation and release cycles across both Android and iOS platforms, ensuring seamless OTA updates and store compliance, utilizing OTA tool experience with CodePush."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Datawave Solutions",
      "position": "Owner & Lead Consultant",
      "startDate": "2025-11-01",
      "summary": "Founded a software consultancy. Directing technical strategy and proposal development for medium to large-scale projects.",
      "highlights": []
    },
    {
      "name": "ShopriteX",
      "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2021-11-01",
      "endDate": "2024-08-31",
      "summary": "Led technical teams for the Sixty60 product, an award-winning on-demand grocery delivery app.",
      "highlights": [
        "Investigated production issues and delegated tasks across backend, frontend, and mobile teams to ensure high availability.",
        "Researched and implemented new features and solutions to optimize mobile clients for scale.",
        "Successfully integrated Firebase Analytics for Mobile.",
        "Key tools utilized: React-Native, Android SDK, and iOS framework."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Absa Group",
      "position": "Product Engineering Specialist",
      "startDate": "2021-03-01",
      "endDate": "2021-11-30",
      "summary": "Served as a Senior Android Engineer on a feature-rich digital insurance product.",
      "highlights": [
        "Built secure, real-time banking features using a native Android tech stack (Java, Kotlin, XML, JSON).",
        "Collaborated within an agile team to deliver motor, building, and all-risk cover solutions."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Platform45",
      "position": "Full Stack Engineer / Mobile Engineer",
      "startDate": "2019-11-01",
      "endDate": "2021-02-28",
      "summary": "I was a full stack engineer and mobile engineer at Platform45.",
      "highlights": [
        "Created mobile clients (iOS and Android) using Flutter, delivering efficient training experiences for a client based on the edX platform.",
        "Developed a treasury and billing system for a major ticketing company using Ruby on Rails."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Zapper South Africa",
      "position": "Android Team Lead",
      "startDate": "2016-03-01",
      "endDate": "2019-10-31",
      "summary": "Led the Android team for the Zapper Mobile Wallet, a digital payment product used in Europe, LATAM, and the UK.",
      "highlights": [
        "Oversaw research and development, third-party integrations, and production support.",
        "Managed Play Store deployments and monitored crash analytics via Fabric/Firebase."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "Stellenbosch University",
      "area": "Computer Science",
      "studyType": "BSc (Attended)",
      "startDate": "2005-01-01",
      "endDate": "2008-12-31"
    },
    {
      "institution": "Khanyisa Real Systems",
      "area": "Software Development",
      "studyType": "Certificate",
      "startDate": "2008-01-01",
      "endDate": "2008-12-31"
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "Mobile & Web",
      "level": "Expert",
      "keywords": [
        "React Native",
        "Android (Kotlin/Java)",
        "Dart/Flutter",
        "iOS (Swift/Objc)",
        "React"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Framework Adaptability",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "TypeScript",
        "JavaScript (ES6+)",
        "Ruby on Rails",
        "Flutter",
        "Android SDK (Kotlin/Java)",
        "iOS (Swift/Objc)",
        "Next.js"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Architecture & DevOps",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "CI/CD Pipelines",
        "Mobile Build Architectures",
        "REST APIs",
        "Agile/Scrum"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Focus Areas",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Architecture",
        "Design Patterns",
        "Frontend Development",
        "Backend Development",
        "Performance Optimization",
        "App Stability",
        "Analytics & Monitoring",
        "Security & Compliance",
        "OTA Updates",
        "Legacy Migration"
      ]
    }
  ]
}