Summary
Dan Grout is a Senior Software Designer with nine years of experience who blends an architectural mindset with full-stack engineering to translate complex visions into systematic, user-centered software. He has led teams and delivered scalable fintech and insurtech solutions, driving database architecture, cloud integrations, and CI/CD while fostering continuous improvement. Comfortable across mobile and web stacks—Xamarin/MAUI, Flutter, React/React Native, Swift/Kotlin—and with experience in embedded IoT and robotics, he bridges device-level constraints and cloud services. A former practicing architect with an MArch, he brings uncommon strengths in spatial thinking, visual design, and client-facing leadership to software product architecture. Based in Cape Town, he has a proven track record of founding and consulting for retail-focused digital products and stepping into senior engineering roles at fast-moving organisations.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Architectural Studies, Architecture, Bachelor's of Architectural Studies, Architecture at University of the Witwatersrand
University of Johannesburg