Ruan Heyns
Data Protection Officer
Gothenburg, Sweden
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Top SchoolRuan Heyns is a Senior Full-Stack Engineer and Data Protection Officer based in Gothenburg with over six years of experience designing scalable, cloud-native systems across FinTech, MedTech and utilities. He specializes in evolving microservices in Go and Python, building event-driven architectures (Kafka) and modernizing infrastructure with Kubernetes, Terraform and observability tooling. At Utilifeed he drives high-performance data layers, led a 4TB database migration, and uniquely combines engineering leadership with hands-on DPO responsibilities to bake privacy and compliance into system design. He mentors teams, runs bi-weekly TechTalks to bridge development and data science, and has a practical background across front-end, backend and embedded projects. Outside work he’s a self-described JS connoisseur who enjoys electronics, smart home projects and tabletop RPGs—often hacking on code between cups of coffee.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Matric High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Matric High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Hoërskool MontanaBachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computer Engineering at University of Pretoria
English, Swedish
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Github Skills (200)
expressjs10
messenger10
ai10
java10
nodejs10
kotlin10
pytorch10
css10
signal10
chrome10
javascript9
middleware9
scanner9
sounds9
golang9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
RHeynsZa/Bellows2
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
A module for FoundryVTT which adds support for youtube tracks in audio playlists and ambient sounds
Contributions:3 releases, 11 commits, 1 PR in 4 months
ambientyoutubeaudiofoundryvttplaylists
RHeynsZa/qmk_firmware
Nov 2022 - Dec 2024
QMK fork with my keymaps. May not be up-to-date, I only mirror it periodically.
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
keymapsqmkup-to-date
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