Zandre Witte

Building technology that impacts lives and empowering engineers to thrive. WAZI exists to close the gap between founders needing a technical engine and teams needing senior hands and honest leadership. I stay hands-on, navigate trade-offs, and help determine whether we should build something and whether it actually solves a real problem. I focus on delivering reliable, scalable systems while mentoring teammates and ensuring value for customers.

Led the engineering team and cross-team integration, implemented infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) to improve scalability and maintainability. Re-designed the underlying infrastructure for the 1Centre platform, reduced AWS bill by 50-60%, and modernised CI/CD to improve build times and developer experience. Contributed to the Ruby on Rails codebase, built Golang reporting tools, and partnered with QA to automate quality across the SDLC. Responsible for performance reporting, 1:1s, hiring, and people development.

Currently leading technology strategy and engineering delivery. Driving platform modernization, cross-team collaboration, and continuous improvement in CI/CD, monitoring, and telemetry. Focused on building scalable, reliable software and growing the engineering team to support future growth.