Arno Van Staden
Frontend Engineer at Zendesk AI agents (Ultimate)
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolArno Van Staden is a Senior Frontend Engineer with nine years of experience building and owning web products from prototype to production, currently driving frontend work at Zendesk AI agents in Berlin. He specializes in TypeScript, React, and Next.js, and has led major overhauls and admin dashboard rebuilds that support thousands of daily users. At Tandem he frequently blended engineering with product ownership—shaping tech choices, prioritization, and delivery—while shipping rapid MVPs for experimentation. Earlier freelance work delivered 45+ sites and long-term client relationships, demonstrating both breadth and commitment to quality. A former TEFL teacher who learned to code while traveling in Southeast Asia, he brings strong communication skills and user empathy to cross-functional teams. Off-duty he’s a coffee-fueled Spotify power user and outspoken TypeScript aficionado, which shows up in his pragmatic, developer-friendly approach to frontend architecture.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Pretoria North High SchoolBachelor Information Systems, Bachelor Information Systems at Stellenbosch University
Afrikaans, English, German
Stackoverflow
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507reached
2answers
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Github Skills (34)
browser9
react9
nextjs8
emoticons8
emoji7
javascript7
typescript7
compiler7
html6
hybrid6
css6
mongoose6
src6
static-site-generator6
image6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
arnovanstaden/promech
Jun 2021 - Aug 2024
Contributions:3 PRs, 22 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 2 months
arnovanstaden/ArnovS
Feb 2021 - Oct 2023
Contributions:77 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
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