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Kavish S.

Questioner · DISC type c
Director of Engineering at Blockchain.com
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Kavish S. is a Director of Engineering at Blockchain. com with over 15 years of experience building and architecting scalable systems. A graduate of the University of Cape Town, his expertise includes engineering management and microservices. Colleagues often describe him as supportive, engaged, and a go-to technical expert.

He co-authored a publication on implementing event-driven enterprise information systems architecture, using a micro-lending case study.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Kavish shows up

Not Easily Convinced
Price-Sensitive
Cautious & Analytical

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters. They prefer to fully evaluate every situation.

Priorities

Topics Kavish cares about

Engineering Leadership
He has extensive experience leading teams with a focus on coaching, mentoring, and improving engineering culture, as highlighted in his previous roles.
Scalable Architecture
His career has centered on architecting and delivering scalable systems across various technology stacks, including microservices and event-driven patterns.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Director of Engineering
Blockchain.com
4-2023 - 8-2024
Senior Engineering Manager
Teya
7-2017 - 1-2019
Head of Software Engineering
Wonga South Africa
7-2016 - 7-2017
Engineering Team Lead
Wonga South Africa
1-2015 - 7-2016
Senior Software Engineer
Wonga South Africa
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Honours
University of Cape Town
BSc
University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

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