I'm an intermediate software engineer with around four years of professional experience in Java microservices, AWS, and Kafka, with recent hands-on work in agentic AI systems. I'm transitioning toward a builder model — taking a customer problem from concept to shipped product, directing AI agents through the delivery loop rather than manually implementing every layer. I operate across the full delivery loop: I can talk to stakeholders to understand what needs to be built, translate that into something an agent can execute reliably, review and verify the output, and ship it. I don't need a handoff chain to move from problem to product. I aim to contribute to technical requirements and understand how upstream decisions influence downstream results, delivering solutions end-to-end and autonomously where possible.

Samuel O'Regan

I'm an intermediate software engineer with around four years of professional experience in Java microservices, AWS, and Kafka, with recent hands-on work in agentic AI systems. I'm transitioning toward a builder model — taking a customer problem from concept to shipped product, directing AI agents through the delivery loop rather than manually implementing every layer. I operate across the full delivery loop: I can talk to stakeholders to understand what needs to be built, translate that into something an agent can execute reliably, review and verify the output, and ship it. I don't need a handoff chain to move from problem to product. I aim to contribute to technical requirements and understand how upstream decisions influence downstream results, delivering solutions end-to-end and autonomously where possible.

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I’m an intermediate software engineer with around four years of professional experience in Java microservices, AWS, and Kafka, with recent hands-on work in agentic AI systems. I’m transitioning toward a builder model — taking a customer problem from concept to shipped product, directing AI agents through the delivery loop rather than manually implementing every layer. I operate across the full delivery loop: I can talk to stakeholders to understand what needs to be built, translate that into something an agent can execute reliably, review and verify the output, and ship it.

I don’t need a handoff chain to move from problem to product. I aim to contribute to technical requirements and understand how upstream decisions influence downstream results, delivering solutions end-to-end and autonomously where possible.

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at Glyde Payments
August 1, 2025 - November 1, 2025
First hands-on production exposure to agentic AI tooling in a commercial context. Designed and built agentic AI workflows using Claude, integrating LLM-driven automation into existing payment processes. Redesigned and implemented an automated testing framework, improving test coverage and local development reliability. Built a local development utility managing full service lifecycle, database seeding, and developer tooling — adopted by the team.
Software Engineer at Capitec Bank · Live Better Rewards
March 1, 2023 - July 1, 2025
Worked on the Live Better rewards platform serving millions of customers in a high-stakes microservices environment with strict reliability and compliance requirements. Migrated core payment services from a monolith processor to a distributed microservices architecture, reducing coupling and improving independent deployability. Led microservices migration from on-premise infrastructure to AWS Cloud, improving scalability and operational visibility. Delivered full integration with Perx, a external rewards provider, including real-time feed monitoring and PagerDuty alerting. Integrated ScanToPay transactions into the existing Kafka transaction feed, extending platform coverage to a new payment channel.
Software Developer at PBT Group · Placed at Capitec
June 1, 2022 - February 28, 2023
Engaged in Capitec-related software development projects during placement, contributing to microservices-oriented development and cloud-based workflows within the Capitec ecosystem.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Communication at IIE's Varsity College, Cape Town
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2021
Certification in JavaScript at Microsoft – Think 360, Cape Town
January 1, 2022 - April 9, 2026

Qualifications

Certification in JavaScript
January 1, 2022 - April 9, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Retail

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