Pieter Van Zyl
Tech Lead - Senior Software Engineer at Momentum
Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolPieter Van Zyl is a seasoned Tech Lead and Senior Software Engineer with nine years in leadership and over two decades of hands-on Java and systems experience spanning enterprise applications, integrations, mobile and Big Data platforms. He blends practical engineering—Java EE/Spring, Linux, Hadoop/Hive—and modern stacks like React, Node and AWS Lambda with a researcher’s mindset (MSc work on database benchmarks) to push R&D-driven solutions. Known for prioritizing team culture and efficient delivery, he focuses on minimizing overtime through better processes and people-centered management inspired by Semler and Lencioni. An open-source enthusiast who enjoys hacking on databases and garbage collectors for fun, Pieter uniquely combines deep backend architecture skills with frontend and cloud experience, making him effective across the full stack. Based in Gauteng, South Africa, he’s actively interested in returning to academic conference-driven innovation (VLDB/SIGMOD/SPLASH) and eventually pursuing a PhD in Big Data/Databases.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
University of South AfricaUniversity of Pretoria
Github Skills (92)
postgresql10
athena10
serverless10
javascript10
sql10
rust10
presto10
spark10
bigquery10
mysql10
databricks10
analytics10
hive10
nodejs10
cube10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
PieterVanZyl-Dev/Portfolio-Angular-10
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
My Portfolio website built with Angular and Typescript, To showcase my passion for UI design and my ability to integrate APIs and Server-less functions with Angular.
Contributions:32 PRs, 50 pushes, 4 branches in 3 months
server-lessabilityreact18passionangular
PieterVanZyl-Dev/cube.js
Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
📊 Cube.js — Open-Source Analytical API Platform
Contributions:2 PRs, 25 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
cubeapianalyticsapi-platformjavascript
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