Brandon Barker
Senior Software Engineer at SousChef
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolBrandon Barker is a Senior Software Engineer based in the Western Cape with over a decade of hands-on experience building scalable web applications, microservices, and AI integrations. He combines deep full-stack expertise with strong technical leadership—mentoring teams, driving feature development, and shepherding projects from concept to deployment. His background spans founding a crypto exchange and leading frontend and operations development at fast-paced firms, giving him both entrepreneurial grit and production-grade engineering discipline. Comfortable across the stack, he emphasizes clean code, maintainable architecture, and pragmatic solutions that solve real-world problems. Colleagues rely on him for organized delivery and cross-disciplinary collaboration, and he brings a data-informed mindset from formal training in web applications and financial trading. An adaptable technologist, he often blends frontend polish with backend resilience to deliver elegant, reliable systems.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, MCSA: Web Applications, Diploma, MCSA: Web Applications at MicrosoftDiploma, Software & Web Development, Diploma, Software & Web Development at IT IntellectCertification, CompTIA N+, Certification, CompTIA N+ at K.I.B CollegeDiploma, Financial Trading & Investment, Diploma, Financial Trading & Investment at Shaw Academy
Github Skills (61)
startpage10
epub9
multilingual9
nextjs9
integrations9
docker9
api9
react9
deluge8
kaggle8
menu-navigation8
google-chrome8
linux8
dashboard8
rewrite7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
brandon-barker/node-xgminer
Mar 2014 - Mar 2018
Contributions:20 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 4 years
api-clientapinode-jsnodejs
brandon-barker/PushBots.NET
Apr 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:23 commits, 1 PR, 19 pushes in 1 year 2 months
client-librarydotnetcsharp
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