Jan Nel
AI Tech Lead at OXOS Medical
Atlanta Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolJan Nel is an AI Tech Lead and Principal Backend Engineer with over a decade of experience designing scalable, enterprise-grade systems for fintech and digital banking. He brings deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and cloud platforms (AWS & Azure), and a strong emphasis on clean code, performance, and production readiness. Jan has a proven track record modernizing legacy banking systems, integrating identity providers like ForgeRock and LDAP, and introducing reactive architectures to improve synchronization and throughput. He blends hands-on DevOps and architecture work—deploying Docker/Kubernetes proofs-of-concept—with stakeholder-facing delivery, translating business requirements into reliable technical designs. Based in the Atlanta area, he is known for mentoring engineering teams, hiring talent, and driving cross-functional alignment to launch mission-critical financial platforms. An interesting detail: he rose from one of the first U.S. startup hires at Backbase to Principal Engineer, evidencing both technical depth and long-term impact.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Programming Specific Applications, Computer Programming Specific Applications at Tridion Foundation TrainingBachelor of Commerce (BCom) Computer Science, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Computer Science at Stellenbosch UniversityStrand
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (5)
rest-services10
backbase10
rest10
project-reactor10
functional-programming9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
saNed/fb_vibe
May 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:10 pushes in 1 day
Jan-Nel/ConfigData
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 11 days
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