I build payment systems — Android card machines, iOS and Android payment apps, and cloud-connected POS integrations used by hundreds of thousands of merchants.

I grew up in Cape Town and studied Computer Science and Business Computing at UCT. My first role was at ACI Worldwide, one of the world's largest payment processors, where I cut my teeth on in-store payment systems: EMV chip, magnetic stripe, RFID, and PED integrations.

From there I joined Yoco, a fintech startup on a mission to give small businesses in Africa the tools to thrive. Over three years in Cape Town I helped build and launch the mobile app, the merchant portal, and Yoco's first backend. I also wrote the firmware for the Yoco Neo card machine in C on ARM and led its Visa and Mastercard certification from end to end — one deep dive into embedded alongside the Android and iOS work that's been my main patch ever since.

In 2021 I moved to Amsterdam. A year at Ono Connect gave me deeper SDK experience, then Yoco recruited me back to join their European engineering hub. As a Senior Engineer I built the Cloud Integration — a system that lets merchants initiate payments from any third-party POS via MQTT and a cloud server, with the card machine as the authoritative source of truth so valid payments survive connectivity failures.

In 2024 I became Staff Engineer. I lead technically across multiple product initiatives, driving planning, refinement, and cross-team alignment. Most recently I led L3 payment certifications for five card machines across three manufacturers plus iPhone Tap to Pay — covering Visa, Mastercard, and Amex — handling EMV config, test execution with Fime and UL, acquirer network logs, scheme submission, and failure remediation.

“ The card machine is the last centimetre between a merchant and their money. Getting that right matters.

I'm also driving AI adoption across engineering: department-wide presentations, workshops, and establishing agent instruction files across every project in the codebase.

Outside work I'm a professional musician — saxophone, guitar, and vocals. I've toured and recorded with Grassy Spark, 7th Son, and Kings Down South, and performed in the Rocky Horror Show. I'm also a multi-sport athlete: rugby, tennis, water polo, squash, and distance running.