Tjaart Booyens
Software Engineer at iKhokha
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolTjaart Booyens is a software engineer with eight years' experience building scalable web and real-time applications, currently contributing at iKhokha after a multi-year tenure at Advance.io. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Pretoria, where he also tutored courses in theoretical CS and design patterns—experience that sharpened his fundamentals and mentoring ability. His hands-on work spans frontend frameworks (Vue 3, React, Nuxt), backend microservices (Java Spring Boot, PHP Laravel, Node.js), and real-time media systems (WebRTC, Mediasoup) for distributed, load-balanced architectures. Known for fast learning and adaptability, he has delivered domain-specific tools such as financial modelling dashboards, remote office simulations, and automated government claim workflows. Comfortable both as a collaborative team member and an independent problem-solver, he pairs a puzzle-driven mindset with practical engineering discipline around CI/CD and long-lived project maintenance.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Degree Computer Science, Postgraduate Degree Computer Science at University of Pretoria 
Afrikaans, English
Github Skills (5)
react8
webrtc8
react-native7
plugin1
pde1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Tjaart-Booyens/Poker
Jan 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 11 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 6 months
Tilanie/Merlot-Authentication
Mar 2019 - Aug 2020
Contributions:7 PRs, 20 pushes, 14 branches in 1 year 5 months
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