Pieter Malan
Vice President Of Software Engineering at 2U
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolPieter Malan is a seasoned software engineering leader with two decades of experience delivering enterprise and startup solutions across manufacturing, sales, auditing and marketing. Currently Vice President of Software Engineering at 2U, he has risen through senior engineering roles to lead distributed teams, drive architecture decisions, and scale product delivery across regions. Pieter combines hands-on technical judgment—spanning DevOps, front-end, backend, mobile and BI—with strong product and vendor management skills, having led transitions from waterfall to agile and moved organizations from proprietary to open-source stacks. He’s passionate about using software to expand access to education and is energized by partnering across functions to convert long-term strategy into incremental value. A background that blends an honours degree in psychology with IT certifications and management training gives him an uncommon focus on people, process and measurable outcomes. He’s known for building engineering capability deliberately—hiring, capacity planning and governance—to keep pace with rapid business growth.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Oudtshoorn High SchoolIBM Certified Solutions Expert Database Administration, IBM Certified Solutions Expert Database Administration at IBMDeveloping Applications with the .NET Framework using C# Development, Developing Applications with the .NET Framework using C# Development at QA training & consultingMCP (Microsoft Core Technology NT4) IT, MCP (Microsoft Core Technology NT4) IT at Integrated Technologies InstituteManaging Information Technology Projects IT Project Management, Managing Information Technology Projects IT Project Management at The George Washington University School of BusinessFoundation Certificate in IT Service Management (ITIL) ITIL, Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (ITIL) ITIL at Fox ITCognos BI Report Authoring & Metadata Modelling BI, Cognos BI Report Authoring & Metadata Modelling BI at CognosMBA Essentials Getsmarter Business, MBA Essentials Getsmarter Business at Stellenbosch University
Github Skills (45)
grails10
groovy10
web-application9
application-framework8
crud7
user-management6
spring-boot6
java5
spring-security5
spring5
grails-cache4
website-performance4
security4
python3
rum3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
pjdvmalan/jira-reports
Nov 2018 - May 2021
Contributions:7 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
getsmarter/page_checker
Mar 2021 - Jun 2021
Page Checker - Basic web page checking using Selenium
Contributions:2 reviews, 14 commits, 9 PRs in 3 months
checkercheckingselenium-webdriverweb-pageselenium
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