I'm Mitch Myburgh

Remote position at NPC Labs.

Worked on mapping solutions for 911 call-centers. Developed tools such as inter agency communication through chat and resource requests, 3D Mapping, and more!

Skills: ArcGIS Products, Microsoft Teams, TypeScript, Microfrontends, Microsoft Azure

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 worked on the technical components of the system and architected our solution. I also communicated with stakeholders and other engineers to produce results.

As a team we built the payments infrastructure from the ground up using innovative technologies such as Plaid and Modern Treasury. We were also key in discussions around the business goals and objectives.

Spinach included a progressive webapp, backend, backoffice management portal, and experimental integrations with leading ecommerce providers in the space.

Technology: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, Next.js, MongoDB, Plaid, Modern Treasury

Key Knowledge: Fintech, Banking, Payments

I remain employed by Lifeist on an hourly basis to continue to provide support to their finance, and customer support departments.

Technology: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, Next.js, MongoDB, React Native, SQL, PostgreSQL, AWS

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.

During my tenure as lead I continued development on our B2C cannabis ecommerce marketplace, and assisted in the production of reports and analytics for the finance and ecommerce teams, as well as assisting with guidance surrounding the telemedicine application

Technology: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, Next.js, MongoDB, React Native, SQL, Twilio, Shopify, PostgreSQL, AWS, Vercel

Key Knowledge: Telemedicine, Video, Marketplace, B2C, Ecommerce

I was in charge of maintaining and extending the CannMartMD mobile and web apps as well as the backend. This app was a telemedicine app providing users with free video 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 B2C cannabis ecommerce marketplace from the ground up using Next.js and Shopify.

Technology: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, Next.js, MongoDB, React Native, SQL, Twilio, Shopify, PostgreSQL, AWS

Key Knowledge: Telemedicine, Video, Marketplace, B2C, Ecommerce

An app where you pay to chat with subject matter experts, selecting them from a marketplace of options. 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: JavaScript, Golang, Vue.js, MongoDB and Cordova, Twilio

Key Knowledge: Video, Marketplace

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 use at Point of Sale for redemption of deals. I also built a simplified Reddit-like site for displaying deals as an alternative in Vue.js and Golang

Technology: JavaScript, Node.js, React, React Native, MongoDB, Golang, Vue.js

Key Knowledge: Social Network

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

Technology: PHP, Android, Java

Key Knowledge: Classifieds

A job finding marketplace 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, Cordova, jQuery

Key Knowledge: Classifieds, Marketplace

Performed analysis of Facebook data and competitors using web-scraping techniques

Technology: Python, Node.js

Key Knowledge: Classifieds

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. I also took courses in professional communication.

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.

A small game I made for a game jam. Using a custom TypeScript engine.

A small game I made for a game jam. Using a custom TypeScript engine.

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

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

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