I'm Wesley Siwela, a full-stack engineer with 3+ years of experience building scalable, production-grade web platforms and SaaS products. I've led the development of a custom CRM with Directus, Next.js and GraphQL powering around 100,000 monthly users across internal teams nationwide. We migrated 100+ pages from a legacy CMS to a JAMstack architecture, cutting page load times by about 30% and boosting scalability. I integrated Algolia search with tailored indexing, improving content discovery by 25% and automated editorial workflows with Directus Flows to save 10+ hours weekly. I also delivered SEO and performance optimization via static generation and Netlify, driving a 20% uptick in online donations. I bring strong frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure chops, with hands-on experience across Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL, TypeScript, React, and AWS. I enjoy working in Agile environments, shipping robust, scalable software and building reusable components. Outside of coding, I love learning new tools, automating repetitive tasks with n8n and Directus Flows, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve real-world problems.

Wesley Siwela

I'm Wesley Siwela, a full-stack engineer with 3+ years of experience building scalable, production-grade web platforms and SaaS products. I've led the development of a custom CRM with Directus, Next.js and GraphQL powering around 100,000 monthly users across internal teams nationwide. We migrated 100+ pages from a legacy CMS to a JAMstack architecture, cutting page load times by about 30% and boosting scalability. I integrated Algolia search with tailored indexing, improving content discovery by 25% and automated editorial workflows with Directus Flows to save 10+ hours weekly. I also delivered SEO and performance optimization via static generation and Netlify, driving a 20% uptick in online donations. I bring strong frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure chops, with hands-on experience across Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL, TypeScript, React, and AWS. I enjoy working in Agile environments, shipping robust, scalable software and building reusable components. Outside of coding, I love learning new tools, automating repetitive tasks with n8n and Directus Flows, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve real-world problems.

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I’m Wesley Siwela, a full-stack engineer with 3+ years of experience building scalable, production-grade web platforms and SaaS products. I’ve led the development of a custom CRM with Directus, Next.js and GraphQL powering around 100,000 monthly users across internal teams nationwide. We migrated 100+ pages from a legacy CMS to a JAMstack architecture, cutting page load times by about 30% and boosting scalability. I integrated Algolia search with tailored indexing, improving content discovery by 25% and automated editorial workflows with Directus Flows to save 10+ hours weekly. I also delivered SEO and performance optimization via static generation and Netlify, driving a 20% uptick in online donations.

I bring strong frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure chops, with hands-on experience across Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL, TypeScript, React, and AWS. I enjoy working in Agile environments, shipping robust, scalable software and building reusable components. Outside of coding, I love learning new tools, automating repetitive tasks with n8n and Directus Flows, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve real-world problems.

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Full-Stack Engineer at Bible Society
May 1, 2024 - Present
Built a custom CRM with Directus, Next.js and GraphQL powering approximately 100,000 monthly users across multiple internal teams nationwide. Migrated 100+ pages from a legacy CMS to a JAMstack architecture, reducing page load times by 30% and improving scalability. Integrated Algolia search with custom indexing and relevance tuning, increasing content discovery success rates by 25%. Automated editorial workflows using Directus Flows and custom scripts, saving 10+ hours per week in manual processing. Delivered SEO and performance optimisations via static generation and Netlify, contributing to a 20% increase in online donations. Designed a custom TypeScript page-duplication system that reduced a multi-day process to minutes.
Software Engineer at Focus Micro Systems Ltd
September 1, 2023 - June 1, 2024
Developed a reusable Agent Core UI standardising interface patterns across a CRM used by approximately 20,000 customers. Refactored RENT+ CRM modules in VB.NET, resolving critical defects and reducing reported issues by 20%. Provisioned AWS EC2 instances within secure VPCs for isolated development, testing and staging environments. Contributed to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment workflows.
Web Developer at Aspect Development
November 1, 2022 - September 1, 2023
Built and maintained client-facing web applications in Python, C#, JavaScript and PHP across backend, API and frontend layers. Improved team delivery speed by introducing version control best practices and workflow automation.
Trainee Software Engineer at Erlang Solutions
May 1, 2016 - June 1, 2016
Gained early exposure to Erlang-based distributed systems and RabbitMQ, assisting with backend debugging, testing and QA activities.

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Qualifications

Project Management Foundations
March 1, 2025 - May 7, 2026
Foundations of Cybersecurity
March 1, 2024 - May 7, 2026
Introduction to Cybersecurity Essentials
February 1, 2024 - May 7, 2026
Responsive Web Design
January 1, 2022 - May 7, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment

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