I’m Mitch Myburgh

Spinach is a payment platform providing direct bank payments and buy-now, pay-later services to users of consumables, particularly in the cannabis space.

As lead engineer I work on the technical components of the system and architected our solution. I also communicate with stakeholders and other engineers to produce results.

Technology: Typescript, NodeJS, React, NextJS, MongoDB

I remain employed by Lifeist on an hourly basis to continue to maintain their software products.

Technology: Typescript, NodeJS, React, NextJS, MongoDB, React Native, SQL

I was the lead engineer, reporting on engineering progress to the CTO as well as managing the engineering team, including holding one on ones and making architectural decisions. I did this while continuing to handle my engineering tasks.

Technology: Typescript, NodeJS, React, NextJS, MongoDB, React Native, SQL

I was in charge of maintaining and extending the CannMartMD mobile and web apps (https://app.cannmartmd.com/) as well as the backend. This app is a telemedicine app providing users with free consultations. I was the sole developer in charge of this app and released numerous versions and improvements. I was later part of the team that rebuilt the ecommerce site (https://cannmart.com) from the ground up using NextJS and Shopify.

Technology: Typescript, NodeJS, React, NextJS, MongoDB, React Native, SQL

An app where you pay to chat with subject matter experts. Currently ongoing. I was the lead developer and developed the app and backend as well as an admin portal, I designed the UI/UX of the app. The app contains payment processing, voice and text chat. I also lead a small team of student developers.

Technology: Golang, VueJS, MongoDB and Cordova

A startup I founded with 2 friends from University, it was an events and deals social network. It was sold. I was the CTO and coded the Backend and management console, as well as a large part of the two apps, along with designing the UI/UX. The product included a front facing app and management console for deal owners, as well as a scanner app for POS for redemption of deals. I also built a simplified Reddit-like site for displaying deals as an alternative in VueJS and Golang

Technology: NodeJS, React, React Native, MongoDB

I did a Holiday internship at OLX in 2015/2016, I worked in PHP and on a native Android app.

Technology: PHP, Native Android

A job finding app and the first app I built, I built it from scratch including the UI/UX. It allowed users to find small odd jobs and take advantage of the gig economy. Powered by Parse and shutdown when Parse shut down.

Technology: Javascript, Parse, Cordova, jQuery

My honours project was in the use of embedded systems for education and I gained skills in programming C on the Arduino. Some of the courses I took were evolutionary computing, data visualisation, network security, computer vision, ontology engineering, information retrieval, distributed scientific computing, logic for AI and human computer interaction.

In 2015 I was awarded a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Mathematics with a distinction in Computer Science from the University of Cape Town. I have a large amount of experience in Java and Python as they were the languages of instruction at UCT. I also did 2 years of Physics and courses in Applied Maths and statistics.

Class Medal (Top Student) in Applied Mathematics, second year computer science research project and third year computer science. Dean’s List (2012 and 2013, 2015) Certificate of Merit in first year Computer Science.

My 3rd year research project. A Celtic Knotwork creation GUI that outputs a 3D model of the knotwork. Built in Python.

My Honours Project: an investigation of the use of Arduinos in education. Included a basic C game engine and Arduino powered game console.

A small game I made for a game jam. Using Typescript.