Retief Visser
Software Development Engineer at Amazon
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolRetief Visser is a software development engineer based in Melbourne with nine years of experience building fast, maintainable web applications and front-end experiences. Currently at Amazon, he brings hands-on expertise in JavaScript, React and Python, and practical DevOps skills with Kubernetes, Docker and AWS from managing multi-tenant deployments at Uptick. He prioritizes team communication and mentorship, having onboarded and trained new hires while improving developer experience through tooling and linting practices. An active contributor to open-source React tooling, he improved Storybook upgrades and CI lint checks for a folder-based file browser project. His background blends formal software engineering training (First Class Honours) with international experience and teaching roles, reflecting strong communication skills and a habit of turning complex problems into maintainable solutions. Retief is actively expanding his DevOps capabilities to deliver faster, more reliable customer experiences.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Chinese Studies, Chinese Studies at National Taiwan UniversityBachelor of Engineering, Software Engineering, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Engineering, Software Engineering, First Class Honours at University of AdelaideFront-End Web Developer Nanodegree, Front-End Web Developer Nanodegree at Udacity
English, Afrikaans, Chinese
Github Skills (6)
javascript10
front-end-development10
react10
storybook10
eslint9
sass9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
uptick/react-keyed-file-browser
Apr 2018 - Aug 2020
Folder based file browser given a flat keyed list of objects, powered by React.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 releases, 1 review, 29 commits in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Retief primarily contributed to the front-end of the project, focusing on improving the user interface and the developer experience. They fixed font-awesome font location issues and upgraded Storybook from version 4 to 5. Furthermore, the user updated the ESLint configuration, incorporated a Travis lint check, and removed ref usage while upgrading Storybook to version 6.
file-browserreactkeyedbrowserfile-based
uptick/react-object-list
Mar 2018 - Sep 2019
Neat table/list views with filtering and pagination support; powered by React.
Contributions:15 releases, 132 commits, 50 PRs in 1 year 6 months
reactpaginationpagination-supportwindowingneat
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