Michael Jansen
Javascript Developer React.js, TypeScript, Jest at Softensity Inc
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Top SchoolMichael Jansen is a senior frontend engineer with 11 years’ experience building high-performance, accessible React applications for startups and international enterprises. He specialises in the modern React ecosystem—Next.js, Remix, TypeScript and GraphQL—and has a track record of unifying legacy codebases, shaving months off delivery timelines and improving runtime performance by over 30%. Currently optimising customer service tooling and applying AI-enhanced development workflows, he blends pragmatic engineering with UX sensibility and test-first practices (Jest, Cypress). Michael is also experienced across the stack (Ruby on Rails, AWS, PostgreSQL) and has rapidly delivered React Native and media library projects under tight deadlines. Outside work he hones discipline in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and fuels creativity with RPGs and strong cappuccinos.
11 years of coding experience
National Diploma Information Technology(Software Development), National Diploma Information Technology(Software Development) at Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyHigh School, High School at Fairbairn College
English, Afrikaans
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Github Skills (5)
wordpress3
react3
nextjs2
mobile2
progressive-web-apps1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
MichaelDJansen/personal-site
Apr 2024 - Aug 2025
This is my personal site using Next.js and Tailwind
Contributions:2 PRs, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
MichaelDJansen/next
Nov 2019 - Jul 2020
Copy of next.js lib
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
js-libnext-jsreactnextjs
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