Experience

VertaaEnsin.fi

• Finland
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland



Smartly.io

• Finland
• Advertising Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Jun 2021 - Dec 2021

  Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland Worked as part of a Facebook ads team. Contributed to a TypeScript + React.js codebase and helped maintain a legacy PHP codebase. Lead the team's fortnightly retrospectives.



DataEQ

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2019

  Cape Town Area, South Africa This is a company specialised in finding the sentiment behind social media data and the topics that people are talking about. I worked there when it was known as BrandsEye. Responsibilities: - Designed and implemented a queryable datastore for processing logs that was used for debugging and customer service queries for 5 years. - Administration of an Apache Cassandra cluster storing specialised data and processing logs. - Writing services to connect data providers (Instagram… Show more This is a company specialised in finding the sentiment behind social media data and the topics that people are talking about. I worked there when it was known as BrandsEye. Responsibilities: - Designed and implemented a queryable datastore for processing logs that was used for debugging and customer service queries for 5 years. - Administration of an Apache Cassandra cluster storing specialised data and processing logs. - Writing services to connect data providers (Instagram, Youtube) to the data processing pipeline. - Primary developer responsible for Instagram and VK data consistency and features. - Writing features for the client-facing analytics tool. - Troubleshooting and support for server and software errors and incidents. Technologies: Languages: Java, Javascript, Groovy, HTML Frameworks: Spring Boot, Grails, Backbone + Marionette Databases: Apache Cassandra, PostgreSQL Other: Redis, RabbitMQ, Jenkins Show less



CoachLab@JCSE

• Intern Software Developer

  • Mar 2010 - Nov 2010

  Johannesburg, South Africa While doing coursework for a Masters in Telecommunications at the University of the Witwatersrand, I was part of a leadership development programme called CoachLab@JCSE run by the JCSE in conjunction with The Innovation Hub. Participants received basic project management and soft skills training. Each participant was paired with a sponsor company, which in my case was Microsoft.



Red Five Labs

• Vacation Intern

  • Nov 2008 - Jan 2009

  Johannesburg, South Africa This company was working on a development environment that allows the .NET compact framework to be used to write applications for Symbian OS S60 based smartphones. I worked on the automated build and testing infrastructure. I had to edit existing C# applications that were used for code coverage analysis and reporting within their CruiseControl.NET and NAnt infrastructure.I also did network traffic analysis with WireShark and Microsoft Network Monitor to find possible causes for crashing… Show more This company was working on a development environment that allows the .NET compact framework to be used to write applications for Symbian OS S60 based smartphones. I worked on the automated build and testing infrastructure. I had to edit existing C# applications that were used for code coverage analysis and reporting within their CruiseControl.NET and NAnt infrastructure.I also did network traffic analysis with WireShark and Microsoft Network Monitor to find possible causes for crashing network tests. Show less



Interoptic Networks

• Student Engineer

  • Dec 2007 - Jan 2008

  Midrand, South Africa This company is a biometric security company. I had to become familiar with and demonstrate Viisage Technology Inc facial recognition systems. I did field testing of security systems; with emphasis on maintaining and optimising the servers. I was also part of a two-man team that wrote software to add and update recognition server entries.



Elegant Technologies

• Student Software Developer

  • Nov 2006 - Jan 2007

  Elegant Technologies writes software for the betting industry. I worked for them as a Student Software Developer. I did debugging within their Delphi codebase.



Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The University of The Witwatersrand

• Student Software Developer

  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006

  Johannesburg, South Africa I setup a database that was used for data collection as part of a doctorate. Microsoft Access was the required database software. I also wrote a C++ program that updated the database using a text file obtained from the DISA patient record database run by the National Health Laboratory Service.