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Richard Smuts, Software Developer in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Richard Smuts

Software Developer in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Member since September 11, 2014
Richard is a friendly, well-spoken, outgoing, intelligent individual who enjoys problem-solving. He carefully assesses the requirements of a task, taking the opportunity to think it through and working efficiently to produce easily maintainable and complete products.
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Experience

Location

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Git, GitHub, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), MacOS

The most amazing...

...thing I've coded is a JavaScript framework that provides enterprise-grade, asynchronous application development within the browser.

Employment

  • Senior Contract Engineer

    2017 - 2020
    Support.com (via Toptal)
    • Created a web application framework from scratch using React to build a required self-support MVP.
    • Supported and led development on various other front-end products using React.
    • Participated in company architectural forums and helped drive internal tech product focus.
    • Created additional SDK functionality for the management and navigation of user support content.
    • Introduced a new technology stack in the form of TypeScript and React to increase team productivity, and also helped migrate existing technologies to a new stack.
    Technologies: Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, Sass, SCSS, React

  • Software Engineer

    2017 - 2017
    Mix Telematics (Contract)
    • Supported services for work previously created using a combination of C#, AngularJS, and TypeScript.
    Technologies: CSS, HTML, AngularJS, TypeScript, .NET, C#

  • Senior Software Engineer

    2014 - 2017
    Kocomojo (via Toptal)
    • Built a back-end administrative user interface for distribution of in-app experiences using AngularJS, communicating with a JSON-based REST API.
    • Built a web-based WYSIWYG visual designer (Kococonnect) for mobile applications and embedded mobile experiences using React, React-Redux, and TypeScript.
    • Built a mobile application host for experiences created by WYSIWYG Experience Editor using React Native and TypeScript.
    • Devised and implemented the WYSIWYG Experience Editing Platform.
    Technologies: CSS, HTML, JavaScript, TypeScript, AngularJS, React Redux, React

  • Senior Software Developer

    2013 - 2015
    MiX Telematics
    • Created a framework for rapid enterprise application development.
    • Facilitated the ground-up rebuild of the company's flagship product.
    • Created reusable web-based components for the visualization of vehicle locational data.
    • Created reusable web-based components for the loading and display of large amounts of data.
    • Created a method for building a web application up from discrete and self-contained modules.
    • Created an inversion of control framework for the purposes of simplifying module interdependency.
    Technologies: SQL, HTML, TypeScript, AngularJS, ASP.NET, JavaScript, C#

  • Software Developer/.NET Architect

    2011 - 2012
    Liquorice Africa
    • Rebuilt the corporate web presence from the ground up for clients.
    • Specified the architecture of client-facing infrastructure for .NET-based clients.
    • Facilitated the definition of deployment processes for clients.
    • Created API infrastructure for loan interest and amortization scheduling.
    • Integrated software with client CRM systems.
    Technologies: SQL, HTML, JavaScript, ASP.NET, C#

  • Software Developer

    2004 - 2009
    Web Africa Networks
    • Developed a platform for subscriber invoicing and billing.
    • Built a large-scale authentication platform for internet subscribers.
    • Built a plugin-based distributed transaction processing system for managing the setup and teardown of subscriptions.
    • Built client-facing reporting and management facilities.
    • Managed the internal software development team.
    Technologies: SQL, HTML, ASP.NET, .NET, C#

Experience

  • DynaMiX Platform
    http://www.mixtelematics.com

    The DynaMiX Platform is a large-scale asset tracking and management system, currently providing tracking for approximately 500,000 assets worldwide with a goal of 1 million assets by year's end.

  • DynaMiX Framework

    An enterprise-grade web-based application development framework. Unlike frameworks such as AngularJS or jQuery, DynaMiX is designed for building modular and large-scale enterprise applications, and is designed around solving non-HTML-based problems including localization, globalization (including time zones), mapping, and non-blocking processing of large data sets.

  • KocoConnect

    Browser-based WYSIWYG Mobile Application Development Platform/IDE allowing customers to visually design mobile applications which can then be deployed at runtime to Android and iOS mobile devices.

    Editor allows for customers to drag/drop components onto any number of mobile screens which can then be linked to remote data and deployed to mobile devices, allowing for rapid development and deployment of mobile applications.

  • JavaScript Best Practices and Tips by Toptal Developers (Publication)
    https://www.toptal.com/javascript/tips-and-practices
    This resource contains a collection of JavaScript best practices and JavaScript tips provided by our Toptal network members.
  • AngularJS Best Practices and Tips by Toptal Developers (Publication)
    https://www.toptal.com/angular-js/tips-and-practices
    This resource contains a collection of AngularJS best practices and AngularJS tips provided by our Toptal network members.

Skills

  • Languages

    JavaScript, CSS, HTML, TypeScript, C#, Less, HTML5, CSS3, Sass, XML, SCSS, SQL, T-SQL, Transact-SQL

  • Frameworks

    .NET, ASP.NET MVC, AngularJS, Bootstrap, Bootstrap 3, ASP.NET Web API, Entity, Nancy, Jasmine, ASP.NET, React Native, Windows Communication Framework (WCF), Unity3D

  • Libraries/APIs

    jQuery, React, Linq.js, .NET BCL, Node.js, D3.js, React Redux

  • Tools

    Microsoft Visual Studio, Gulp, Adobe CC, GitHub, Git, Adobe Photoshop, Karma, MonoDevelop

  • Paradigms

    Class-based OOP, Object-oriented Design (OOD), Object-oriented Programming (OOP), REST, Promise, Extreme Programming, Distributed Computing, Clean Code, Dependency Injection, UI Design, Agile Software Development, Continuous Integration (CI), Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), Inversion of Control, Plugin-Based Architecture, Parallel Computing, DRY, Asynchronous Programming, Model View Controller (MVC)

  • Platforms

    Visual Studio Code (VS Code), MacOS, Windows, Azure

  • Other

    Ajax, Web App Development, Freelancing, User Interface (UI), Code Contracts

  • Storage

    Microsoft SQL Server, Redis

Education

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology and Business Solutions
    2001 - 2004
    London Metropolitan University - Cape Town (Correspondence)

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