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Hello, I'm Akha Manjezi,
an iOS and macOS app developer
with a degree in Electrical and
Computer Engineering.

About Me

I'm a self-starter who embraces challenges.

Profile

I am a iOS developer with experience building cross-platform native iOS and macOS applications, as well as backend and frontend experience building web applications. I embrace challenges, am intrinsically motivated, and passionate about my work.

Career

Glucode Junior iOS Engineer
October 2023 - Present

Glucode is a company that specialises in mobile app design and development. As an iOS Engineer at Glucode, working in a team of two engineers, I am responsible for building high-quality iPhone apps. I'm tasked with implementing new features, fixing existing bugs, and often give input on design decisions and feature development. I have been involved in two projects thus far, and in one of them, my contributions played a significant role in the successful launch of a major update on the App Store. This project leveraged Firebase, the Google Maps SDK, and Places API to build a social mapping experience.

Shared App Developer
July 2020 - Present

Shared is an iOS and macOS application that lets users share universal links for music streaming and podcast services, and open music and podcast links across services. Shared also features Live Activities, Widgets, Song Identification, Reminders, and a Safari Extension. I'm the sole developer for the app and am responsible for writing the code, designing the UI and UX, App Store placement and marketing materials, managing App Store Connect, and handling customer support. Over the years, Shared has achieved a 4.9 average rating on the App Store across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.

Isazi Consulting Solutions Hacker
March 2022 - October 2023

Isazi Consulting is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Johannesburg. It is an innovative tech company that solves difficult, real world challenges across various industries through building machine learning and advanced analytics software solutions. The primary function of the Solutions Hacker role is to design and build, with immense speed, technical solutions to solve customer specific problems.

In2it technologies Software Development Intern
November 2019 - January 2020

In2IT Technologies is a multi-national company that offers AI, IoT, Big Data, and Cloud Services to various industries. I was a part of a team that was developing a web-based, automated, AI chatbot system for ticket management. I aided in developing the AI model using Python and PyTorch, and the web-interface using Service Now and Flask Socket IO.

Education

University of Cape Town BSc(Eng) Electrical and Computer Engineering
2017 - 2020

The University of Cape Town is a public reasearch university in Cape Town, South Africa. I graduated with a 80% cumulative GPA, achieving First Class Honours. I was selected for Dean's Merit List and invited to join the Golden Key Society by being in the top 15% in my course.

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Bishops National Senior Certificatee
2012 - 2016

Bishops is an independent, all-boys, boarding and day high school in Rondebosch, Cape Town. I matriculated with 7 distinctions, achieving a 89% average. I was awarded half and full academic colors, was a part of the Ten Club — Top 10 in Matric — Chair of the African Relations Society, and in my final year, was awarded the Gorham Mathematics Prize and Gray House Old Boys’ Prize for Additional Maths.

Belmont Hill School Exchange
October - December 2014

Belmont Hill School is an independent, all-boys, boarding and day school in Belmont, Massachusetts. Belmont Hill and Bishops run an exchange program and in my grade 10 year, I was selected by Bishops to attend Belmont Hill.

Skills

I focus on crafting applications that are both functional and easy to use.

I am a capable programmer and UI designer with experience coding in multiple languages. I taught myself native iOS and macOS development in Swift while building my 5 star reviewed application, Shared. Additionally, I have work experience writing applications in Dart, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue, Go, and SQL, and extensive experience using Git for version control. In addition to coding, I am also proficient in LaTeX and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity applications.

  • Swift
  • Dart
  • TypeScript/JavaScript
  • Vue
  • Go
  • HTML/CSS
  • SQL
  • Git

Portfolio

A selection of projects I have worked on.

iOS Development

Shared

App Store Link

Shared is an iOS App that lets users open music and podcast links from one service in another.

FPGA, Verilog, Cryptography

VADER

Code Repository

Using an FPGA, we built a hardware-accelerated system to recover MD5-hashed passwords. Our testing showed our implementation achieved a 2.86× average speedup over a PC implementation.

Music, Machine Learning, Tensorflow

Music Genre Identification

A CNN was trained used to classify songs by genre using a spectogram of the first 30s of each song. The model training was done using Google Colab and the songs were provided by the Free Music Archive dataset.

Signal Processing, Analogue Circuits, Arduino

2D Direction and Range Finding System

Code Repository

Using transducers, an Arduino, and an Analogue circuit, we created a 2D Range and Direction finding system.

Akha worked as a group leader in the course EEE4113F (Engineering Design) that I instructed during COVID-19. His contribution as group leader adds as a testimonial towards the student’s leadership qualities.

Amit Mishra Lecturer

Revolutionary ★★★★★

Bazisé Artist, Shared Reviewer

Wow! This app is good. Wish I have subscribed to some music services… And wow! I say, the interface is so clean

u/Dragon-Rider-03 Redditor, Shared Reviewer