Nico Van Zyl
Design Engineer at Owners Circle
Gauteng, South Africa
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Top SchoolNico Van Zyl is a Design Engineer and independent Interface Architect with 13 years of experience crafting responsive interfaces, design systems, PWAs, and mobile experiences using Vue.js and React Native. He leads product design and front-end development at Altostrat Networks while also serving as CTO at Owners Circle, blending hands-on UI engineering with strategic technical leadership. His freelance practice and prior roles as Front End Architect at Simvida and UI Architect at Wixel demonstrate a consistent focus on interaction-driven solutions across platforms and devices. Trained through self-directed programs like Treehouse and Codecademy, he brings a practical, maker-first approach and a knack for translating design systems into resilient, production-ready front ends. Unusually for a designer, he pairs deep front-end craft with operational leadership across startups and consultancies in Gauteng, South Africa.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at CodecademyNoorderligComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Treehouse
Afrikaans, English
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Github Skills (78)
timepicker10
javascript10
datepicker10
android10
frontend10
react10
datetimepicker9
datetime9
microfrontend9
react-native9
ios9
timeago9
expo9
weex9
daterange9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Wixel/readingbar
Jan 2015 - Oct 2018
Contributions:1 release, 20 commits, 14 pushes in 3 years 10 months
Wixel/simple-wixel-starter-framework
Jan 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:11 releases, 2 PRs, 30 pushes in 1 year 4 months
sasscssstarter-frameworkcss-frameworkscss
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