Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Full-time
Building a new search platform for full-text search and vector search on the Search & Discoverability team.
Typescript Node.js Hono LanceDB Kafka Kubernetes AWS
Founder
Side project
Building a self-hostable open-source product suite enabling people to move off big tech providers.
Typescript Svelte NestJS Flutter PostgreSQL Python Docker k3s
Senior Software Engineer
Full-time
Worked with the Federal Ministry of Justice to build a platform that allows for civil law cases to be submitted online, enabling fully online civil court proceedings in Germany.
Typescript Remix React TailwindCSS Docker Kubernetes Grafana Sentry
Co-Founder
Full-time
Tresor-AI Berlin, DE Jun 2023 - May 2024
Tresor AI provides companies with a GDPR compliant chat-bot that uses open-source LLM models combined with RAG, enabling companies to have intelligent querying of internal documentation.
Python TypeScript Llama-Index FastAPI LLM RAG Next.js TailwindCSS
Senior Software Engineer
Full-time
Enabled warehouses to process several million items every day by developing an Event Driven Warehouse Management System for key processes such as tour processing, receiving, sorting, stowing, outbound handling, returns, and refurbishment.
Kotlin TypeScript Kafka React PostgreSQL Scala Kubernetes Docker
Software Engineer
Full-time
Developed Robo-advisor solutions to registered investment advisors and broker-dealers.
Scala Akka MongoDB JavaScript Play Framework Docker
Software Engineer
Full-time
DevOps focused role - reduced build times from 4 hours to 45 minutes.
C# C++/CLI MSSQL
Founder
Full-time
GamingVPN Potchefstroom, ZA Feb 2013 - Jul 2015
GamingVPN provided VPN solutions, mainly used by university students, enabling unrestricted internet access on campus computer networks.
C# ASP.NET MVC OpenVPN Apache
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Completed my Honours Degree in Computer Science cum laude at the North-West University.
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
Completed my Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology cum laude at the North-West University. Received an award for achieving the highest overall academic score during the three year B.Sc degree.