Jan-hendrik De Vaal
Android Developer at Combustion Inc.
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolJan-hendrik De Vaal is a Senior Android and Kotlin Multiplatform engineer based in Cape Town with over a decade of mobile development experience and a 15+ year background in software craftsmanship. He has led Android teams and shipped production apps across startups and enterprises—most recently contributing to the award-winning Noggin app while consulting through Toptal and Combustion Inc. Comfortable both as a hands-on developer and lead, he brings deep Kotlin, Android architecture and cross-platform expertise from roles at companies like Teamwork, takealot.com and Media24. His academic grounding in applied mathematics and computer science informs a methodical, data-driven approach to problem solving and performance optimization. Known on GitHub as an "Androidmancer," he blends freelance agility with a history of long-term platform stewardship and product-focused engineering.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Engineering (MscEng), Applied Mathematics, Master of Science in Engineering (MscEng), Applied Mathematics at Stellenbosch University
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Github Skills (40)
material-design10
probe9
java9
mvp9
android9
android-library9
typesafe9
bluetooth-low-energy9
bluetooth8
android-app8
model-view8
kotlin-android8
jvm8
specification7
http-client7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jhavatar/mythos
Mar 2016 - Mar 2019
A Model-View-Presenter library for Android apps.
Contributions:24 releases, 146 commits, 28 PRs in 3 years
android-appandroid-appsmodel-viewandroid-librarykotlin-android
jhavatar/jhavatar
Mar 2021 - Jul 2026
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
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