John Roux
National Chair IT
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolJohn Roux is a seasoned software engineer and technical leader with nine years of experience building scalable PHP/Laravel applications, SRE/DevOps systems, and modern front-ends using Vue and React. As a freelance CTO, solutions architect and National Chair IT for SCOUTS South Africa, he blends hands-on engineering with high-level architectural strategy to future-proof systems and reduce long-term rewrite costs. He’s known for zooming between big-picture product architecture and granular code-level reviews, advising CTOs and development teams to improve delivery and reliability. His background ranges from load-testing Magento for peak traffic to founding MetaScout, a scout group management system, demonstrating both operational and product-building chops. A committed open-source and community advocate, he mentors developers locally and freely shares tooling and advice. Based in the Western Cape, he prefers concise, role-focused enquiries and values efficiency in professional outreach.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Rondebosch Boys' High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Information Technology at CTI Cape Town
English, Afrikaans
Stackoverflow
123reputation
34kreached
4answers
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Github Skills (121)
php-library10
permission10
shiny10
laravel10
php-framework10
admin10
profiler10
debug10
forms10
php10
javascript9
markdown9
cms9
jquery-plugin9
filamentphp9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
RouxtAccess/laravel-smsportal
Jun 2020 - Aug 2024
SMS Portal Notification Channel for laravel
Contributions:4 releases, 1 review, 1 PR in 4 years 2 months
sms-gatewaynotification-channelsms-messagesphpsms
zatech/freelancers
Aug 2018 - Oct 2020
Contributions:6 reviews, 28 commits, 18 PRs in 2 years 2 months
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