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Daskana Loecos

Senior Software Engineer | Trust & Tax Platforms | SARS & Government Integrations

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Professional Summary

Senior Software Engineer focused on financial, tax, and trust systems with government and bank integrations. Leads the architecture and delivery of cloud-hosted financial, tax, and trust platforms from design through production support. Experience delivering software within highly regulated financial, tax, and compliance environments. SARS eFiling, SharePoint, Microsoft Graph, and Azure integrate tax, trust, and document workflows for banks and professional firms.

Core Competencies
  • Enterprise Financial Systems
  • Tax & Compliance Platforms
  • Government System Integration
  • Cloud Solution Architecture
  • Business Process Automation
  • Technical Leadership
Technical Skills

Programming Languages

  • C#
  • PHP
  • JavaScript

Backend

  • .NET
  • ASP.NET Core
  • ASP.NET MVC
  • Laravel
  • Entity Framework Core
  • MediatR
  • Quartz.NET

Architecture

  • CQRS
  • Clean Architecture
  • Domain-Driven Design
  • RESTful APIs

Cloud

  • Microsoft Azure
  • AWS
  • DigitalOcean
  • Git
  • Azure DevOps
  • CI/CD
  • OpenTelemetry

Integration

  • SARS eFiling
  • Government & Enterprise Integration
  • SharePoint
  • Microsoft Graph
  • SOAP
  • WCF
  • OpenAPI
  • Postman
  • XML

Microsoft

  • Microsoft 365
  • Azure AD
  • Power Apps
  • Power Automate
  • Power Pages

Frontend

  • Blazor
  • Angular
  • Vue.js
  • Ionic
  • Bootstrap

Testing

  • Unit Testing

Databases

  • SQL Server
  • MySQL
Professional Experience

Tax Consulting South Africa

Bryanston, South Africa

Senior Software Engineer (Technical Lead)

Lead software engineer accountable for the architecture and delivery of trust, tax, and compliance platforms used by TCSA and partner financial institutions.

  • Designed and delivered trust and tax platforms used daily by TCSA, ABSA, Standard Bank, and partner institutions.
  • Designed solution architecture for multi-tenant financial and compliance platforms hosted on Azure.
  • Integrated SARS eFiling, SharePoint, and Microsoft Graph into production tax filing and document workflows across partner financial institutions.
  • Directed trust lifecycle processing, beneficiary administration, and return filing across portfolios exceeding 3,000 trusts.
  • Introduced payroll CTC conversion automation for Dis-Chem (6,000+), Pick n Pay (4,000+), MAN Truck & Bus (4,000+), and CCBSA (3,000+), removing manual spreadsheet processing from each rollout.
  • Built Azure-hosted synchronization with scheduled background processing, operational monitoring, and release accountability across live financial systems.
Key Technologies: .NET • ASP.NET Core • Blazor • Azure • SharePoint • Microsoft Graph • CQRS • SQL Server

Selected Projects

TCSA Trust Portal

Trust administration platform supporting more than 3,000 trusts across TCSA, ABSA, and Standard Bank.

  • Consolidated multi-bank trust portfolios through SharePoint and Microsoft Graph within a single administration layer.
  • Standardized activation, termination, and beneficiary administration within one trust workflow.
  • Deployed administration modules on Azure with tax processing aligned to SARS requirements.
Key Technologies: SharePoint • Microsoft Graph • SARS eFiling • Azure • .NET 8 • Blazor • ASP.NET Core • CQRS • MediatR • SQL Server • Azure AD

Taxcon Compliance

SARS ISV platform giving tax practitioners direct access to the official eFiling API.

  • Architected pipeline stages that separate taxpayer synchronization, correspondence intake, and return processing.
  • Processed IT Returns through SARS eFiling with Quartz.NET managing scheduled background synchronization.
  • Automated correspondence retrieval and taxpayer synchronization across large practitioner portfolios without manual intervention.
Key Technologies: SARS eFiling • SOAP • WCF • Microsoft Graph • Azure • .NET • Blazor • Quartz.NET • SQL Server • OpenTelemetry

Payroll Automation

CTC conversion automation for payroll transformation programmes.

  • Designed a repeatable conversion model that adapts to varied payroll structures across client engagements.
  • Processed Dis-Chem (6,000+), Pick n Pay (4,000+), MAN Truck & Bus (4,000+), and CCBSA (3,000+) through automated conversion runs.
  • Eliminated manual spreadsheet conversions from each payroll transformation rollout.

Xpatweb

Immigration and compliance platform for one of South Africa's largest immigration firms.

  • Designed platform architecture for visa case lifecycle management and expatriate compliance tracking.
  • Built case management workflows from application intake through to compliance status.
  • Delivered the production release from requirements analysis through go-live.

Bumastec (Buphe Management Group)

Edenvale, South Africa

Senior Software Engineer

Senior software engineer contributing to Bumas, the Buphe Management Group insurance and managed care platform.

  • Extended the production Bumas platform with insurance and managed care capabilities.
  • Implemented C# application logic and SQL Server models supporting member enrolment and claims processing.
  • Aligned database schemas with member administration, reporting, and claims handling requirements.
  • Accountable for release promotion from test environments through to production.
Key Technologies: C# • ASP.NET MVC • Entity Framework • SQL Server • Bootstrap • JavaScript

Freelance

Gauteng, South Africa

Software Engineer

Independent software engineer delivering custom applications for SMEs and professional services firms.

  • Built custom business systems for small and medium enterprises.
  • Designed reporting databases and workflow automation tailored to client operations.
  • Delivered production-ready web applications from requirements through deployment.
Selected Achievements
Education

Bachelor of Technology (Information Technology)

Vaal University of Technology

2014

National Diploma (Information Technology)

Vaal University of Technology

2011