Tim Van
Senior Software Engineer at Plex, Inc.
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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RockstarTim Van is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience, currently building product at Plex, Inc. in the Western Cape, South Africa. He blends full-stack expertise with pragmatic engineering—shipping UI improvements and backend integrations that tighten session tracking and user profiles. A contributor to the popular Tautulli open-source project, he has implemented UX features, refactored code for maintainability, and synchronized frontend displays with backend data. Tim’s work shows a balance of polish and practicality: he focuses on user-facing clarity while keeping an eye on code quality and styling consistency. Comfortable across the stack, he brings steady delivery and incremental improvements to mature media-server ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (17)
python10
css10
user-interface10
front-end-development10
html10
javascript9
plex9
monitoring7
analytics7
data-visualization6
database6
databases6
database-administration6
data-visualisation6
administrator6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Tautulli/Tautulli
Feb 2015 - May 2016
A Python based monitoring and tracking tool for Plex Media Server.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:376 commits, 119 PRs, 378 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Tim implemented new features and made improvements to the Tautulli project's user interface. This included adding an info modal to the history page and incorporating new features into the user profile screens. The commits also indicate code cleanup, refactoring, and adjustments to match the project's styling. In addition, the user contributed to back-end functionality, with the modification of session details and adding data to be displayed on the frontend.
tautulliplexpyanalyticspythonstatistics
drzoidberg33/plexWatchWeb
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 5 pushes in 2 days
front-endweb-front-end
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