hello there

this is me, christoff linde

I love to program. Spend most of my time going down rabbit holes: be it new tech or frameworks, tools, or music. Otherwise, you'll find me watering my plants, playing guitar, or planning the next side-project.

Freelance Software Engineer & Designer

@ MONODSN

custom designed and implementation of websites for various clients, gathering requirements from clients, converting requirements into workable chunks & timelines, integration of next.js with cms systems, custom shopify e-commerce stores using hydrogen, iot system for environmental monitoring, sports predictor system

python

docker

next.js

react

tailwindcss

shopify

golang

AWS Data Engineer

@ BMW IT Hub ZA

experience in building data pipelines for bmw-related data, including setting up, running, and managing aws glue/emr pyspark jobs and relevant supporting infrastructure using terraform. authored and contributed to various tools to improve engineer efficiency in documentation and data validation/testing workflows.

python

Apache Spark

Apache Iceberg

SQL

AWS Glue

AWS EMR

Junior Software Developer

@ Teamgeek

assisted in development of django & fastapi backed services for various clients, including yoco. assisting in planning, prioritising, and assigning tasks to team member as agile master. voted geek of the year (employee of the year) for 2023 by my colleagues.

python

Django

gatsby.js

tailwindcss

graphql

Web Development Intern

@ Teamgeek

frontend development using gatsbyjs for various clients, working with graphql apis for static site generation.

gatsby.js

tailwindcss

typescript

react.js

graphql

education:

BIS (HONS) Multimedia

University of Pretoria

2022-01 to 2024-06

BIS Multimedia

University of Pretoria

2018-01 to 2021-12

licences & certifications:

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Cloud Technical Essentials

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Architecting Solutions on AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

my favourite rabbit holes so far:

  • digital twins using unreal engine
  • building virtual reality experiences
  • 3d fractals (mandelbulbs) rendered in blender and algorithmically generated art
  • building a digital second brain through notes
  • photography
  • performance tuning and profiling for python
  • world war 2 history

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