Thabelo Mmbengeni

Thabelo Mmbengeni

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Rising Codementor
US$15.00
For every 15 mins
ABOUT ME

Chief Technology Officer, Chief Architect, and Lead Developer with over 15 years of experience spanning software development, system architecture, and technology leadership. I align technology initiatives with business goals, build and lead high-performing engineering teams, and design robust, scalable applications. My current focus is architecting agentic AI systems, AI-powered chatbots, and AI-driven automation that streamline business operations. Driven by continuous learning and innovation, I thrive in dynamic environments where I can craft technology strategies that deliver tangible business value — always selecting the right tools for the job.

Pretoria (+02:00)
Joined September 2018
EXPERTISE
10 years experience
7 years experience
10 years experience
N8n
3 years experience
10 years experience
10 years experience
RAG
3 years experience

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EMPLOYMENTS
Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Architect & Developer
FCB.ai (formerly Finchatbot), Johannesburg
2024-08-01-Present

• Lead technology architecture, full-stack development, and systems administration across the business.
• Design and build agentic...

• Lead technology architecture, full-stack development, and systems administration across the business.
• Design and build agentic AI chatbots and autonomous AI-agent workflows for clients and internal use.
• Architect AI-driven automation across business operations, workspace, and internal processes using n8n and custom AI agents.
• Integrate large language models into production systems, building end-to-end agent orchestration and automation pipelines.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tooling (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Google Gemini) to accelerate delivery and code quality.
• Own infrastructure, deployment, and ongoing systems administration.

Orchestration
Infrastructure
Chatbot
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Orchestration
Infrastructure
Chatbot
Automation Infrastructure
Ai Driven design tools
Ai automation
Ai agent
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Chief Technology Officer (CTO) — Contractor
Decommerce, Switzerland
2022-02-01-2024-08-01

• Architected all business technology systems to align with strategic business goals.
• Designed systems and application architect...

• Architected all business technology systems to align with strategic business goals.
• Designed systems and application architecture directly from business requirements.
• Identified and validated business requirements to inform system design.
• Selected and set up the technology stack for implementation.
• Led architectural design and review processes.
• Conducted code reviews, providing feedback and technical guidance.
• Managed cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Architected GPT-based automation solutions.
• Implemented Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) within the SaaS ecosystem.
• Guided Web2 and Web3 architecture and integrations.
• Led backend development, delivering high-performance, secure, and scalable solutions.
• Owned security and compliance across the business.
• Oversaw DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipeline management and continuous monitoring, to streamline development and deployment.

System design
Back-End
Web3
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System design
Back-End
Web3
CI/CD
GPT
DevOps
AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Governance risk and compliance
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Chief Architect Officer (CAO)
Finchatbot, Johannesburg
2021-08-01-2022-02-01

• Architected all business technology systems.
• Identified and validated business requirements.
• Designed systems from busin...

• Architected all business technology systems.
• Identified and validated business requirements.
• Designed systems from business requirements and implemented architecture and high-level components.
• Selected technologies for each component and defined their interconnections.
• Conducted architectural reviews and led team code reviews.
• Mentored the team in development and architecture.

System design
Mentoring
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System design
Mentoring
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