SIMON a staff engineer who plays in bands ACKERMANN
I build payment systems from the ground up: bare-metal firmware to cloud-connected POS. Ten years deep in EMV, card machines, and the Visa, Mastercard, and Amex L3 certifications that put them in merchants' hands. Cape Town, then Amsterdam.
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About
South African engineer based in Amsterdam. Ten years deep in payments: firmware in C on ARM, Visa & Mastercard certifications, SDK architecture used by hundreds of thousands of merchants. Also a professional musician.
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Experience
Oct 2024–Present Staff Software Engineer Yoco Technologies · Amsterdam Current
Apr 2022–Oct 2024 Senior Software Engineer Yoco Technologies · Amsterdam
+ 3 earlier roles Ono Connect · Yoco Cape Town · ACI Worldwide
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Skills
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Education
BSc Computer Science & Business Computing University of Cape Town
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Beyond
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Professional Musician
Grassy Spark · 7th Son · Kings Down South · Rocky Horror
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Multi-Sport Athlete
Rugby · Tennis · Water Polo · Squash · Running