Summary
Dan Rousseau is a Senior Fullstack Software Engineer with eight years of experience building cloud-native microservices and distributed systems using Go, .NET Core, Kotlin, and DevOps practices. He has delivered payment and fraud-detection features for fintech platforms, overhauled global fiat payment systems at Luno, and driven higher test coverage and technical specs for digital wallets. Comfortable across domains from finance to VR and game development, he brings a practical systems-design mindset honed at startups and larger engineering teams. Based in Paarl, South Africa, he pairs backend reliability work with hands-on deployment and Linux operations experience. Known for translating product requirements into scalable architectures, he also mentors through code reviews and technical documentation. A former game developer and Python lecturer, he retains a creative, user-focused perspective that informs his engineering trade-offs.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Game Development, Bachelor's degree, Game Development at Open Window
Matric, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Matric, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at King Edward VII School(KES)