Jean-Pierre Retief

Future Software Developer

Mr. Jean-Pierre Retief

I am currently a 3rd year student at NWU. I enjoy building software apps from casual games to something that brings worth to a business scenario.
I also enjoy philosophy (apologetics), music (playing piano and composing, mixing) and video editing. The dream would be to to work on projects that integrate these passions. A stable programming job will hopefully fuel my other passions and one day...

My Experience

Junior Software Developer at Finworks (Pty) Ltd

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Pretoria, South Africa (Remote)
Nov 2021 - Nov 2022

I was employed at Finworks for a year:

Object-oriented design, web styling, Git (Scrum)
Linux-based dev environment
Full SDLC involvement: from requirements to release
Debugging, performance tuning
Documentation for IT staff & future projects

Web Developer Internship at Matogen Corporate Web Development

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Potchefstroom, South Africa (Remote)
Nov 2024 - Feb 2025

Internship with two full-stack dev projects:

🔹 Project 1 - Full-Stack Intro:

OOP, data structures, JSON
SPA (Single Page Application) principles, REST APIs
Front-end: Angular | Back-end: Python
DB: PostgreSQL
Token security basics, Git version control

🔹 Project 2 - WhatsApp Vehicle Tracker Bot:

Week 1: Setup env, WhatsApp API, basic messaging
Week 2: Vehicle listing, location requirements, errors
Week 3: Status updates, user management, advanced errors
Week 4: Testing, documentation, deployment prep

My Skills

Software Development Tools

HTML

75%

CSS

75%

React

20%

Angular

50%

ASP.NET

75%

GitHub

75%

Visual Studio Code

90%

Pharo IDE

95%

Software Languages

C++

50%

Java

75%

Python

75%

Smalltalk

75%

SQL

85%

Media Skills

Musescore

75%

Mixing Station

80%

Other DAWs

25%

Capcut

95%

Davinci Resolve

40%

Spoken Languages

English

95%

Afrikaans

98%

German

40%

Personal & Other Skills

Apologetics & Philosophy

60%

Creative
(egg. writing poems, music)

65%

Meticulous with detail

75%

Organized

90%

Confrontational
or Direct

90%

I am always eager to learn new skills and improve my existing ones. I believe in continuous learning and strive to stay updated with the latest technologies.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or would like to collaborate on a project.

My Projects

EagleEyeSecurity

A basic CRUD (.Net C#) app for a group project in my 2nd year (2024)
It manages a security company's assets.
It currently makes use of a local MySQL database, therefore it will not work without some setup.

30sec Cinematic Composition Sample

Composed using Musescore. I made it for a 5 day challenge organized by InsideTheScore

Picture credit: Unsplash

Contact Me

Potchefstroom, South Africa

jpretief84@gmail.com