Chris Lombaard
Senior Software Engineer at Storyblok
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChris Lombaard is a Senior Software Engineer based in London with a decade of experience building full-stack, cloud-native applications that prioritize performance, security, and UX. He specializes in TypeScript/React/Next.js and Python/Django, and has led platform modernizations and serverless migrations on AWS and GCP while mentoring small engineering teams. At Artlogic he managed a full platform rebuild and at Ballpark he designed a real-time video streaming pipeline—demonstrating strengths in both frontend polish and backend scalability. Comfortable translating product and design goals into technical roadmaps, he applies Agile, TDD, and CI/CD to deliver rapid, reliable releases. Trained as a Computer Engineer, he pairs engineering rigor with a designer’s sensibility (previously doing UI/UX and 3D freelance work), which helps him bridge cross-functional teams effectively. Off the clock he describes himself simply as a “writer of code, destroyer of bugs,” reflecting a pragmatic, hands-on approach to problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
NSC, NSC at Northcliff High SchoolBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Engineering at University of Pretoria
English, Afrikaans, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (72)
isomorphic9
d3js9
charts8
svg8
react8
layout8
coinbase-api7
canvas7
visualization7
emotion7
typography7
constraint6
rebass6
visual-studio6
styled-components6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
praekelt/django-rss-feed
Jan 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:5 PRs, 27 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 2 months
praekeltfoundation/nurseconnect
Aug 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:78 PRs, 286 pushes, 30 branches in 5 months
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