Johan Smal
About Johan Smal
Johan Smal is a Full Stack Developer currently working at Presspage in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has a background in web development and project coordination, with previous roles at SovTech and Babylonstoren.
Work at Presspage
Johan Smal has been employed at Presspage as a Full Stack Developer since 2022. He is based in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. In this role, he contributes to the development and maintenance of web applications, leveraging his skills in both front-end and back-end technologies.
Previous Experience in Software Development
Before joining Presspage, Johan worked at SovTech as a Full Stack Developer from 2020 to 2022 in Cape Town. His earlier experience includes a position as a Web Developer at Babylonstoren from 2017 to 2019 in Klapmuts, Western Cape. He also served as a Junior/Intern Web Developer at Zoe IT Solutions for six months in 2015 and as a Project Coordinator Intern at Lumico (Pty) Ltd for two months in the same year.
Education and Expertise
Johan Smal is pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree with a focus on Mathematics and Computer Science at Stellenbosch University, a program he has been involved with since 2016. He completed his secondary education at Paul Roos Gymnasium from 2010 to 2014.
Technical Skills and Projects
Johan has implemented Bitbucket pipelines to create a CI/CD pipeline for automatic deployments. He has utilized Docker for local development and AWS-ECS for hosting containers. Additionally, he solo developed matching software for Fundinghub, which connects loan enquiries to potential lenders using Laravel and Vue.