Joran Kikke
Software Engineer at Soffi
New Zealand
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Top SchoolJoran Kikke is a Full-Stack Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building resilient, scalable applications across startups, research projects, and production deployments from New Zealand. He specializes in visualization, immersive 3D, real-time distributed systems, and AI-driven tooling—translating fuzzy concepts into clear roadmaps and taking teams from prototype to production. His core stack includes Ruby/Rails, JavaScript, Postgres, NoSQL and AWS, while his front-end work spans D3, Three.js/Babylon.js and WebXR for compelling interactive UX. Joran has a track record founding community-focused projects (including a floating DAO-controlled hackspace) and leading collaborative platforms that blend design, trust systems and technical rigor. An active open-source contributor, he’s improved front-end UX and i18n in notable projects like the decentralized messaging app Patchwork. He pairs a maker’s solarpunk sensibility with practical engineering discipline to deliver systems that are both usable and future-ready.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons.), Computer Science, BSc (Hons.), Computer Science at Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe
Dutch, English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (18)
javascript10
user-interface10
graphical-user-interface10
human-interface10
front-end-development10
i18n-node9
css9
i18next9
i18n-js9
electron8
activerecord6
ruby-on-rails6
process-monitoring6
god6
ruby6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ssbc/patchwork
Apr 2017 - Sep 2019
A decentralized messaging and sharing app built on top of Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB).
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 5 PRs, 1 push in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Joran primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Patchwork application. They modified the main window, implementing changes to badge count logic related to private messages and mentions. Further enhancements involved internationalization (i18n), translating various text strings for better user experience and adding support for magnet links by previewing them. Finally, they adjusted CSS styles.
securescuttlebuttssbsharing-appp2p
dangerousbeans/patchwork
Apr 2017 - Aug 2020
p2p social sharing
Contributions:12 commits, 3 PRs, 20 pushes in 3 years 4 months
social-networkp2psocial-sharingsharing
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