Josef Van Niekerk
Full Stack Developer at Reaktor
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJosef Van Niekerk is a pragmatic full stack developer with 14 years of professional experience and over 20 years coding since his first QBasic program at 12. He has modernized legacy LAMP systems and led frontend rewrites in React/TypeScript across eCommerce and fintech, while also shaping frontend architecture, CI pipelines, and Dockerised workflows. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs hands-on implementation with mentoring, interview hiring, and UX design using Figma to deliver maintainable, accessible products. Josef values simplicity—advocating rigorous testing, automation, and even AI tools like GPT to improve developer efficiency. Based in Utrecht, he balances a healthy self-deprecating take on old repos with a proven track record of ownership and team collaboration on enterprise-scale web platforms.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma in Advanced C++ Computer Programming, Diploma in Advanced C++ Computer Programming at Intec College
English, Afrikaans, Dutch
Github Skills (171)
buttons10
declarative10
javascript10
typescript10
module-loader10
user-interface10
loader10
frontend10
react10
timepicker9
collapse9
preprocessor9
rating9
stepper9
datepicker9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
josefvn/chuck_norris
Mar 2019 - Feb 2025
Contributions:10 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years
sparkbuzz/jquery-xml2json
Jan 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:5 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 comments in 1 year 7 months
to-jsonjqueryxmljavascriptxml-to-json
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