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Marlone Nyapwere

2+ years of experience in backend engineering in the Zimbabwean banking and Fintech sector

Summary

Software Engineer with experience building cloud-native applications, distributed systems, and automation solutions in enterprise environments. Skilled in developing microservices, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and improving system reliability through monitoring and observability. Strong foundation in Java, Python, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and DevOps practices, with hands-on experience in containerization and infrastructure automation.

Experience

  • Software Engineer

    02/2023 – 08/2025

    Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe

    Designed and developed cloud-native microservices and backend services using Java and Spring Boot, supporting systems supporting 1M+ users. Built and deployed RESTful APIs for system integrations, improving data flow efficiency by 25% across distributed services. Contributed to cloud migration and CI/CD automation initiatives, reducing deployment time by 30% and improving system scalability and uptime. Implemented centralised logging and monitoring pipelines (ELK), improving observability and accelerating incident detection and resolution.

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  • Software Engineer Intern

    01/2021 – 12/2021

    National Building Society

    Developed distributed backend systems and automation workflows to streamline business processes, improving operational efficiency by 40%. Designed and implemented microservices orchestration platform, improving system reliability and fault tolerance. Optimised relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) improving query performance by 20%. Collaborated with agile teams to design, build and deploy scalable cloud-enabled applications.

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Education

  • MS, Computer Science

    08/2025 – 05/2027

    The George Washington Univerity

    Washington, DC

    Currently a graduate CS student on the Software and Systems track. My classes involves advanced electives in Computer architecture, Algorithms, advanced Database Systems, Cloud Computing, Software Engineering and Design.

  • BS, Computer Science

    08/2018 – 05/2022

    University of Zimbabwe

    Harare, ZW

    Built a strong foundation by studying literally most things Computer Science for four years. I took classes in Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics, Theory of Computation, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Computer Security, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and everything inbetweeen