Stefan Kruger

Experience

Career

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  Lua AI

  Co-founder

  CTO / Co-Founder · London Area, United Kingdom · 2024 – Present

  2024
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  Stripe

  Vice President of Engineering - Paystack · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2020 – 2025

  2020
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  4G Capital

  Chief Technology Officer · Cape Town Area, South Africa · 2019 – 2020

  2019
• L

  Latinum - Crypto

  Co-founder

  Co Founder · Cape Town Area, South Africa · 2018 – 2019

  2018
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  Zoona

  Chief Technology Officer · Cape Town Area, South Africa · 2018 – 2019

  2018
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  Zoona

  HOE / VP Engineering · Cape Town Area, South Africa · 2018

  2018
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  Zoona

  Engineering Team Lead - Innovations · Cape Town · 2016 – 2018

  2016
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  World Bank Group

  Consultant · Cape Town Area, South Africa · 2018

  2018
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  Invictus Capital

  Consultant · Cape Town Area, South Africa · 2017 – 2018

  2017
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  wiGroup

  Mobile Engineering Team Lead · Cape Town · 2015 – 2016

  2015
• K

  Kruline - Agile Development

  Engineering Team Lead · Cape Town · 2012 – 2015

  2012
• F

  FinEdge Payroll

  CTO · Cape Town · 2008 – 2012

  2008
• C

  Consulting Services/Contract Work

  Full Stack Developer (Java, PHP, Objective C, Android) · Toronto, Canada Area · 2004 – 2009

  2004

Bio

Stefan Kruger is the co founder and CTO of heylua.ai, a chat-first AI platform helping businesses become AI native in a couple of clicks. Before starting Lua, he was VP of Engineering at Paystack (acquired by Stripe), where he spent nearly a decade scaling fintech infrastructure across the continent. A builder at heart, Stefan has deep experience in resilient systems, orchestration, and developer tooling, and is passionate about making AI accessible in the everyday platform