About Me

Who I Am

I'm Uwami Mgxekwa a Java Developer, IT Lecturer, and the Founder of brelinx.com. With over 7 years of hands-on industry experience, I've built a career at the intersection of software engineering and education. I genuinely believe the best developers are also great teachers and if you can explain recursion to a first-year student without losing them, you can explain anything.

Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, I work with enterprises and startups alike to architect scalable, maintainable systems primarily in the Java ecosystem. My work spans backend development, cloud infrastructure, database design, and full-stack web applications. (Yes, I also do front-end. No, I don't enjoy CSS floats. Nobody does.)

What I Do

As a Java Developer, I specialize in Spring Boot microservices, RESTful API design, and cloud-native architectures on platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. I've delivered production systems for clients across finance, education, and logistics sectors systems that are still running, which is the part I'm most proud of.

As an IT Lecturer, I teach programming fundamentals, object-oriented design, data structures, and software engineering principles. I'm passionate about making complex concepts accessible and inspiring the next generation of South African engineers. My students think I'm strict. I prefer "thorough."

As the Founder of brelinx.com, I lead a team delivering custom software development, IT consulting, and digital transformation services to businesses across South Africa. We build things that scale and we document them, which apparently makes us rare.

Skills & Technologies