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Senior Software Developer
6 Years Experience

Software Engineer delivering secure, accessible digital platforms in highly regulated environments. Proven ability to build reusable platform components, micro-frontend architectures, and CI/CD automation that improve release reliability and accelerate delivery across multiple teams. Strong at translating complex requirements into clean, production-ready solutions, with a focus on observability, accessibility and cross-functional collaboration across Design, Risk and Compliance.

Work Details

Location

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Mobility

South African citizen
Open to relocation Prefers hybrid

Availability

Immediate

Languages

  • English (Native)
  • Afrikaans (Fluent)
  • French (Basic)

Experience

Core Platform Engineer / Software Engineer @ Large Financial Services Institution

Tech Stack

  • Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Cloudflare Workers, Micro-frontend architectures, RESTful APIs

Key Skills & Tools

Languages & Frameworks

  • Bootstrap, C#, CSS, CSS3, HTML, HTML5, Java, Javascript, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, Vanilla JS, Vite, WordPress

Testing & Quality

  • Accessibility implementation (WCAG 2.2), Jest, Localization, Mobile-first design, Playwright, Responsive design

Platform & Integration

  • Azure API Management, Docker, Micro-frontend architectures, RESTful APIs

DevOps & Cloud

  • Azure API Management, Docker, Micro-frontend architectures, RESTful APIs

Observability & Analytics

  • Adobe, Application Insights, Grafana

Automation & AI

  • GitHub Copilot, Miro API automation, Model Context Protocol (MCP) design

Delivery & Collaboration

  • Agile / Scrum, Cross-functional collaboration, Mentorship, Stakeholder management

Additional Tools & Technologies

  • Figma, Miro

Project Highlights

Design System MCP

Authored an AI-enhanced protocol simplifying adoption of a shared design system and component library; increased uptake across 12 teams and reduced setup time from days to fully automated onboarding.

Secure Login & Onboarding

Redesigned multilingual authentication flows with enhanced cryptographic security, improving login completion rates and reducing authentication-related defects.

Account Visibility & Secure Vaults

Developed Angular modules and API integrations delivering encrypted account views and secure vault access; improved page load times and reduced support queries.

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Professional Experience

Core Platform Engineer / Software Engineer @ Large Financial Services Institution

January 2025 – Present

Technologies:

  • Azure API Management, Docker, Micro-frontend architectures, RESTful APIs
  • Built and maintained shared platform components and RESTful APIs supporting large-scale client-facing and internal digital platforms, improving availability and reducing latency.
  • Delivered secure, WCAG-compliant Angular interfaces from Figma designs, achieving accessibility compliance of 90% and significantly reducing UI-related defects.
  • Evolved shared component libraries and micro-frontend patterns, driving adoption across 12 teams and reducing duplicated front-end effort by approximately 90%.
  • Delivered secure, WCAG-compliant Angular interfaces from Figma designs, achieving accessibility compliance of 90% and significantly reducing UI-related defects.
  • Evolved shared component libraries and micro-frontend patterns, driving adoption across 12 teams and reducing duplicated front-end effort by approximately 90%.
  • Built and maintained shared platform components and RESTful APIs supporting large-scale client-facing and internal digital platforms, improving availability and reducing latency.

Technologies:

  • Azure API Management, Docker, Micro-frontend architectures, RESTful APIs

Technologies:

  • Azure API Management, Docker, Micro-frontend architectures, RESTful APIs

Education & Certifications

Education

Bachelor of Information Technology (B.IT), including Honours

University of Pretoria | 2022

GPA: 71.57 / 100
Best INF370 Project (Team)
Research Thesis: The Effects and Challenges Surrounding the Implementation of Agile Development and Design Methodologies

 

Master of Information Technology (M.IT) – ICT Management (In Progress)

University of Pretoria |
Expected 2026

Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft | 2025

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Consultant

SAP | 2022

Golden Key Honour Society

Golden Key International | 2020

Technical Mentor
2024 – Present
Mentored junior engineers on inclusive engineering practices, platform standards, and career development.

 

Community Mask Distribution Initiative
2020 – 2022
Coordinated PPE logistics for underserved communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Hiking
  • Fishing
  • Gym
  • Fintech Innovation

Work Details

Location

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Mobility

South African citizen
Open to relocation Prefers hybrid

Availability

Immediate

Languages

  • English (Native)
  • Afrikaans (Fluent)
  • French (Basic)

Experience

Core Platform Engineer / Software Engineer @ Large Financial Services Institution
January 2025 – Present

Tech Stack

  • Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Cloudflare Workers, Micro-frontend architectures, RESTful APIs

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