Isaac Hatilima

Full-Stack Software Engineer · Platform & DevOps Focus

Profile

Full-Stack Software Engineer with strong experience in building scalable web platforms, backend systems, and DevOps infrastructure. Proven background in Laravel, Node.js, Django, and modern frontend frameworks, combined with hands-on expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation. Focused on clean architecture, performance, and developer experience.

Work Experience

Full Stack Software Engineer

Bet3000 Entertainment · Waldkraiburg

Sep 2023 – Nov 2025
  • Designed and maintained a multi-source data warehouse using Laravel, Livewire and MySQL, integrating MSSQL and Oracle, improving BI accessibility by ~60%.
  • Delivered a real-time device management platform with WebSockets, reducing operational process flows by ~80%.
  • Built a franchise management application with Laravel and React, supporting region-specific German business rules and improving onboarding efficiency by ~50%.

Software Engineer

APS-Tech Group · Ellwangen

Mar 2022 – Aug 2023
  • Developed a real-time IoT backend using Django REST Framework handling sensor and occupancy data for 100+ concurrent users.
  • Built a React Native mobile application concept improving city data accessibility and user engagement.
  • Engineered a WPF-based metrology application for industrial measurement systems.

IT Support Engineer (NCR ATMs)

TechMasters Zambia Ltd. · Lusaka

May 2019 – Feb 2022
  • Maintained NCR ATM systems across multiple banking clients, achieving 95%+ average uptime.
  • Led enterprise-wide Windows 7 → Windows 10 migration improving security and compliance.
  • Developed an SLA-driven incident tracking system in PHP used by 100+ users.

Education

Diploma — Computer Science with Education

Evelyn Hone College · Lusaka, Zambia

Technical Skills

LaravelPHPJavaScriptTypeScriptNode.jsDjangoDjango REST FrameworkReactReact NativeInertia.jsLivewireREST APIsOAuthJWTPostgreSQLMySQLRedisDockerDocker SwarmKubernetesTerraformAnsibleProxmox VEGitCI/CDPestVitest

Languages

EnglishNativeGermanA1 (Basic)