Khabane Lekena
Graduate Research Engineer
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKhabane Lekena is a graduate research engineer and master's student in computer science based in Boston, bringing nine years of hands-on experience across graphics, cloud-native platforms, and distributed systems. He helped build Azure IoT’s device provisioning service at Microsoft, gaining deep exposure to cloud infrastructure, containers, distributed caching, load balancing, and security while translating ambiguous requirements into production features. With an academic grounding from RPI, Stanford (graphics certificate), and ongoing graduate work at Northeastern, he blends rigorous engineering with research-driven curiosity. Khabane is actively building a render engine and explores neural rendering to push real-time image synthesis on constrained hardware, signaling a practical bridge between research prototypes and deployable systems. He seeks graphics engineering roles adjacent to research teams where he can help operationalize novel rendering techniques. Colleagues describe him as a T-shaped engineer who pairs systems-level cloud experience with a focused ambition to become a leading graphics engineer.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Northeastern UniversityBachelor’s Degree Applied Physics, Bachelor’s Degree Applied Physics at Morehouse CollegeHigh school Diploma (A-Level) ALA Diploma Computing Mathematics Physics. Entrepreneurial Leadership and African History, High school Diploma (A-Level) ALA Diploma Computing Mathematics Physics. Entrepreneurial Leadership and African History at African Leadership academyEngineer’s Degree Computer Engineering, Engineer’s Degree Computer Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteGraduate Certificate Computer Graphics, Graduate Certificate Computer Graphics at Stanford University
Sotho, French, Tswana, English
Github Skills (35)
monitoring9
linux9
docker9
database9
mongodb9
data-visualization8
python8
prometheus8
ai8
grafana8
machine-learning8
language-processing8
full-stack8
observability8
mysql8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dangothemango/ColorsGame
Jan 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:83 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
game-devpendingdevgame-development
Seretsi/TASEngine
Jul 2021 - Jun 2026
The That-Added-Something Rendering Game Engine built on Vulkan for high performance rendering additions to major game engines
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years
gamedevvulkanadditionsgame-developmentrendering
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