Felistas Charuka, Software Engineer in Harare, Zimbabwe
Full-stack web apps taken from first commit to live deployment, and the systems that keep them running.
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Full-stack web apps taken from first commit to live deployment, and the systems that keep them running.
I’m a software engineer with hands-on experience building, deploying, and supporting web applications and IT systems.
I’ve worked across full-stack development, backend APIs, databases, cloud deployment, and IT infrastructure. I enjoy taking a project from requirements and development through to deployment, while keeping the code, systems, and documentation practical and maintainable.
I’m particularly interested in software engineering and applied AI, and I enjoy learning, solving real-world problems, and building software that people can rely on.
- Focus
- Full-stack web and IT systems
- Degree
- BSc Hons Computer Science, 2:1
- Based in
- Harare, Zimbabwe
- Status
- Open to SWE and IT roles
CurrentlyBuilding PhishGuard, a phishing email detection system, after a year shipping software and running IT at Glow Petroleum.
Daily stack · TypeScript / JavaScript / Python / Java / Next.js / React / FastAPI / Spring Boot / MongoDB / MySQL / SQL Server / Git / Windows / Linux / Microsoft 365 / Networking / OpenCV / InsightFace / Gemini API / LLM classification
Projects/ 5 on record
Selected work
A phishing detection system for Gmail. A browser extension gets a verdict in under a second, and analysts review flagged email on a live dashboard.
Built with Python · FastAPI · Next.js · TypeScript
Experience/ 2024 to 2025
Where I've worked
Software Developer Intern
Melsoft · Jun 2024 – Aug 2024
- Built school management modules in PHP (Laravel, CodeIgniter) and MySQL
- Wrote Java and Python scripts to clean and import legacy school data
- Deployed Sage servers and SQL Server networking for client businesses
IT & Software Intern
Glow Petroleum · Aug 2024 – Aug 2025
- Owned an internal staff portal end to end in Next.js, TypeScript and MongoDB
- Set up Vercel previews and a FastAPI API on Render with automatic deploys
- Moved the company to Microsoft 365 and looked after its network and security
- Handled first and second line support and documented recurring fixes
Education/ learning
Foundations
BSc Honours, Computer Science (2026)
University of Zimbabwe
Upper Second Class (2:1), with an AI research focus. Final-year project, Aegis, a crime analysis and face recognition system.
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