Storm Joubert
Software Engineering Manager at takealot.com
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolStorm Joubert is a software engineering manager with 11 years of hands-on experience building and operating scalable systems, currently leading engineering at takealot.com. He blends deep operations and backend expertise—from capacity planning and networking to monitoring—with a pragmatic willingness to adopt new technologies when they genuinely solve a problem. His background spans startups and large e-commerce, including multi-role work at 2go Interactive and Yola where he wore developer, operations, and hardware hats. A University of Cape Town-trained computer scientist and former tutor, he pairs technical depth with a knack for mentoring teams and simplifying complex operational challenges. Notably, his career shows a recurring focus on reliability and operational efficiency rather than flashy tooling choices.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Information Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics, BSc Information Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics at University of Cape TownHigh School, High School at Fields College
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (21)
varnish5
vim4
api3
python3
zsh3
cookbook3
ejs2
vagrant2
shell2
docker1
caching1
cloudflare1
javascript1
oh-my-zsh1
build-configuration1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
stormf/dotfiles
Feb 2015 - Dec 2022
Contributions:74 commits, 3 PRs, 44 pushes in 7 years 11 months
dotfilesvimzsh
yola/script-tip
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 2 branches in 20 days
command-line-tooltiptrickcommand-linecli
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