Amara Botha

Summary

Amara Botha is a senior backend engineer (11 yrs) based in Johannesburg. Ships TypeScript services on Postgres with clear ownership of high-throughput notification services.

Experience

• Junior Software Engineerat Acme2015–now

  • Shipped a engineering initiative that improved retention by 11%.
  • Built a data pipeline adopted by 24 teammates.
  • Mentored 2 engineers; ran the interview loop.
• Engineering Leadat Pied Piper2012–2015

  • Shipped a engineering initiative that improved latency by 14%.
  • Built a design system adopted by 25 teammates.
  • Mentored 3 engineers; ran the interview loop.
• Principal Engineerat Vodacom2009–2012

  • Shipped a engineering initiative that improved NPS by 17%.
  • Built a tooling framework adopted by 26 teammates.
  • Mentored 4 engineers; ran the interview loop.

Education

• BA · Engineering

  University of Pretoria · 2009–2013

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