Jaco Malan
Software Engineer at BBEnergy
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolJaco Malan is a software engineer based in Pretoria with 11 years of experience building full-stack applications and shipping practical solutions across healthcare and automotive domains. He holds a BSc in Computer Science (Data Science) from the University of Pretoria and combines solid Java skills with strong teamwork, leadership, and organisational abilities. His recent roles span full-stack engineering to software development at Nelspruit Anesthesiologists, Penta Motor Group, and his current position at BBEnergy, demonstrating adaptability across sectors. Colleagues rely on him when projects need quick learning and calm execution under pressure, and he brings a curious, hands-on approach—aptly hinted at by his “developer with too much free time” GitHub note. Jaco’s blend of data-science grounding and practical engineering makes him effective at turning complex requirements into maintainable, production-ready code.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
National Senior Certificate, National Senior Certificate at Hoërskool NelspruitUniversity of Pretoria
Afrikaans, English, German
Github Skills (123)
graph-database10
window-manager10
neo4j10
socket10
cypher10
database10
graph-drawing10
graph10
directed-acyclic-graph10
neo4j-database10
ping10
timer10
graphdb10
mod-manager9
nosql9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Code-Log/Fitch
Jan 2018 - Oct 2019
Fitch is a 2D platformer that i'm creating in my own time.
Contributions:2 releases, 2 PRs, 111 pushes in 1 year 9 months
fitchplatformer2d-platformer
JacoMalan1/nixos-config
Aug 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:102 pushes, 4 branches in 7 months
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