Jaques Grobler
Head Of Product Engineering at Cyclomedia
Vienna, Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolJaques Grobler is a Senior Fullstack Software Engineer with 14 years of experience, currently based in Vienna and working across contracting and product roles with a strong focus on JavaScript and React.js front-end development. He brings a solid backend pedigree from earlier work in Python and Java, and has applied that blend in industrial and research environments from Inria to OMICRON and Anyline. An active open-source contributor, Jaques has improved developer-facing documentation and UX in notable ML projects like scikit-learn and nilearn, and enhanced interactive Sphinx galleries with front-end polish. He combines an engineering MSc focused on pattern recognition and machine learning with hands-on solutions architecture experience, which helps him bridge research-quality ML tooling and production web interfaces. Colleagues value his attention to developer experience and pragmatic front-end craftsmanship that often hides deep systems understanding.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
A1 Level German German Language, A1 Level German German Language at Goethe Zentrum - Cape Town German Language CenterMscIng (E&E w CS) Statistics, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Programming, MscIng (E&E w CS) Statistics, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Programming at Stellenbosch UniversityLevels 1, 2 & 3 Spanish Language, Levels 1, 2 & 3 Spanish Language at Latin Connection - Cape Town
English, Afrikaans, Spanish, German, French
Github Skills (10)
javascript10
jquery10
sphinx10
documentation10
user-guide10
restructuredtext9
rs9
css8
html8
ux-design6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
scikit-learn/scikit-learn
Jan 2012 - Feb 2014
scikit-learn: machine learning in Python
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:394 commits, 8 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Jaques primarily contributed to documentation within the scikit-learn repository. Their commits focused on adding and modifying notes to the existing installation and contributor documentation. They also improved the tutorial, adding to it and correcting links to give a better tutorial and user experience. Additionally they added a link to the Machine Learning map as a potential guide.
machine-learningpythonscikit-learnstatisticsdata-science
sphinx-gallery/sphinx-gallery
Mar 2012 - Nov 2013
Sphinx extension for automatic generation of an example gallery
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:32 commits in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Jaques primarily focused on enhancing the user interface of the example gallery. Their commits demonstrate the implementation of visual effects such as hover animations and image resizing using JavaScript and jQuery. They also addressed layout issues and incorporated interactive elements like collapsible sidebars and docstring displays to improve the user experience within the Sphinx-based documentation.
sphinx-extensionpythongallery-extensiongallerysphinx
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