David Sampson

About Me

I am an enthusiastic JavaScript developer and DevOps engineer with over 5 years of professional experience, gained from working on over 18 substantial web and platform engineering projects across numerous teams of skilled professionals.

Profile

  • Trained in Java, passionate about JavaScript.
  • Strong React.js & Next.js experience.
  • AWS Cloud & DevOps Enthusiast.
  • Kubernetes, EKS & CI/CD pipelines.
  • Team player, leader, learner, teacher.
  • Appreciates code conventions.
  • Learns daily, works smart.

Core Competencies

  • Frontend Architecture & Development.
  • Backend, Database & API Development.
  • DevOps & Platform Engineering.
  • Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure).
  • Mobile Development.
  • Agile Project Management.
  • Technical Analysis, Design & Leadership.
  • Comprehensive System Delivery.

Skills

JAVASCRIPT / TYPESCRIPT ES6 REACT.JS NEXT.JS REACT NATIVE NODE.JS EXPRESS.JS PRISMA.JS REDUX SAGA ZUSTAND GIT HTML5 REST / GRAPHQL CSS3 / SCSS / TAILWIND MUI / ANTD RTL & JEST SQL / NOSQL / MONGODB AWS / VERCEL / AZURE KUBERNETES / EKS DOCKER / CI/CD PROMETHEUS / GRAFANA DJANGO / PYTHON ANGULAR GPT / AI ENGINEERING

Links

Portfolio:
davidsampson.tech/projects
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/dsampsondev
GitHub:
github.com/dsampson94

Languages

ENGLISH
AFRIKAANS
"Make it work, make it right, make it fast."

DAVID SAMPSON

Software Engineer / DevOps & Platform Engineer

Johannesburg, South Africa +27 79 694 9704 davesampson15@gmail.com
Work Experience
1SOLVE (PTY) LTD — BITVENTURE PLATFORM ENGINEERING
DevOps & Platform Engineer
South Africa
Feb 2026 – Present
Projects: BSS (Bank Statement Service), Phoenix API Gateway, EasyDebit, EasyVerify DevOps
Tech: AWS EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, Bitbucket Pipelines CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alertmanager, KEDA, RabbitMQ, .NET, IIS, Mosquitto MQTT, Python, Bash, Jira, Git & more.
  • Completed 16/16 onboarding objectives in 30 days — provisioned access to 17 systems, registered 13 risks, and authored 7 operational runbooks.
  • Owning dual-cluster AWS EKS platform (UAT + PROD): node scaling, CI/CD pipeline delivery, and full observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alertmanager).
  • Resolved 30+ incidents and delivered 10+ pipeline optimizations across BSS, LMS, Phoenix, and EasyDebit services in the first two months.
  • Driving infrastructure reliability through P1 incident response, deployment automation, and proactive monitoring improvements.
CLOUDSMITHS
Full Stack Engineer
South Africa
Jul 2024 – Present
Projects: LabourTeq (Legal), ABSA Ready2Work Web & Mobile (Learning), ABSA Ready2Work Backend (Django), MediaCom Data & Tech Growth Plan, LifeAssist (Case Management)
Tech: AWS (Amplify, RDS, Lambda, DynamoDB, ECS, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, AppSync, API Gateway, Cost Explorer), React.js, React Native, Django, Python, TypeScript, Node.js, Express.js, GraphQL, Android Studio, Flowable, IntelliJ & more.
  • Daily system maintenance and new feature development across 6 concurrent projects.
  • Extensive AWS work — performance and cost optimization for LabourTeq infrastructure.
  • MediaCom project rescue and emergency programming to meet critical deadlines.
  • Agile project management participation and weekly releases to production & UAT environments.
  • Daily bug resolution across multiple projects, regular client meetings and sprint ceremonies.
NO REGRETS STUDIOS
Full Stack AI Engineer
United Kingdom
Apr 2025 – Sep 2025
Projects: NORA — Tattoo Image Generator Management Web App
Tech: Vercel, AWS RDS, React.js, Next.js, Django, Python, TypeScript, Node.js, Git, ComfyUI, Digital Ocean, HuggingFace, OpenAI & more.
  • Next.js full system development & architecture, project inception & integration with existing Django AI backend.
  • Daily development, weekly standup meetings, total ownership of full stack Next.js solution.
  • Pioneering integration of AI image generation (ComfyUI, HuggingFace, OpenAI) into production web app.
ITALTILE LIMITED
Full Stack Engineer
South Africa
Sep 2024 – Dec 2024
Projects: DPOS & MPOS — Web and Mobile Point of Sale App
Tech: Angular, Ionic & Cordova, Android Studio, Java EE, TypeScript, Node.js, Azure DevOps, Molecular.js, Git & more.
  • Contract to update Italtile mobile app build tool Cordova, test existing functionality & complete minor tasks.
  • Agile project management and weekly releases to production & UAT environments.
FREELANCE
Next.js Developer
South Africa
Apr 2024 – Dec 2024
Projects: CrabaRide — Ride Share (SaaS), ConvoFreaks — Smart Landing Page (Education)
Tech: Next.js, Vercel, React.js, TypeScript, Git, Azure, TailwindCSS, Figma, Stripe, Upwork & more.
  • UI rework to CrabaRide platform and creation of ConvoFreaks from scratch.
  • Successful delivery to client & new feature development for CrabaRide app & team.
OPEN VANTAGE
Software Engineer
South Africa
Jul 2023 – Apr 2024
Projects: Realist — Asset Manager Web App (Real Estate)
Tech: React.js, TypeScript, Prisma.js, tRPC, GraphQL, Antd, AWS (RDS, Lambda, S3), Postgres, RTL & Jest, Storybook, SonarQube, GitHub CI/CD & more.
  • React App creation and full time daily development. Initial AWS S3 setup & weekly deployment duties.
  • Agile project management and initial GitHub to AWS CI/CD pipeline setup.
  • Hourly git commits & daily code reviews, ensuring DORA metrics best practices.
FREELANCE
Lead React Developer
South Africa
Oct 2022 – Apr 2024
Projects: TANO — Business Manager Web Front End (Insurance)
Tech: React.js, TypeScript, Redux Saga, Azure, MUI, Git, RTL & Jest & more.
  • React App intervention and weekend development, leading to project recovery and successful delivery.
  • API integration and frontend architecture using Redux Saga for asynchronous operations.
IRRICHECK
React Developer
South Africa
Apr 2022 – Jul 2023
Projects: Pulse — Productivity Manager Web Front End (Agritech)
Tech: React.js, TypeScript, Redux Saga, Tailwind & SCSS, d3.js, RTL & Jest & more.
  • React App creation, full time daily development, solo ownership.
  • Employed d3.js for extensive moisture tracking data visualization software.
VZAP | VAN ZYL & PRITCHARD
Junior Software Developer
Johannesburg
Apr 2021 – Apr 2022
Projects: Pumbaa — CRM (Printing), QIT — Quality Improvement Tracker Web & Mobile App (Healthcare)
Tech: React.js, React Native, TypeScript, Redux Sagas, Java EE, Spring, PostgreSQL, Git, GitLab & more.
  • Daily development assisting QIT projects to successful delivery. Interest in React.js sparked here.
  • Contributed to code reviews and learned best practices in software development.
Education
Java Web Programming
Van Zyl & Pritchard — Johannesburg
2021
Bachelor's Degree (Commerce)
University of Pretoria — Financial Accounting, Business Management, Taxation
2016
Matric Certificate
St David's Marist Inanda — Johannesburg
2012