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Brian Irons

@brianirons

Full-Stack Developer at Zaro who brought a cross-border payments app from a Next.js scaffold to production.

South Africa
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At Zaro, I took the client web app from a bare Next.js scaffold to production use by paying clients. I also built and own the internal admin dashboard for payment approvals and ledger reconciliation, along with the client onboarding app.

I contributed substantially to Zaro’s serverless payment backend, including endpoints and DynamoDB schemas behind payments, quotes and withdrawals. I designed safeguards to prevent retried payments from being sent twice and introduced the backend’s first automated tests.

At Newsclip Media Monitoring, I led the migration of three legacy applications to React single-page apps, moving users from desktop installs to the browser. I also wrote coding standards and onboarding documentation adopted by the six-developer team.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

ZA
Current

Full-Stack Developer

Zaro

May 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)

First engineering hire at an early-stage fintech building cross-border payments on stablecoins; took the client web app from a bare Next.js scaffold to production use by paying clients in about seven months. Built and own the internal admin dashboard for payment approvals and ledger reconciliation, plus the client onboarding app.

NM

Software Developer

Newsclip Media Monitoring

Mar 2021 - Apr 2025 (4 years 1 month)

Led the migration of three legacy WPF, Windows Forms and ASP.NET applications to TypeScript and React single-page apps, moving users from desktop installs to the browser. Wrote coding standards and onboarding documentation adopted by the six-developer team.

TR

Junior Software Developer

TradeBRICS

May 2020 - Mar 2021 (10 months)

Built the core product for a newly formed business unit using Angular 8, TypeScript and MongoDB on GCP, taking the platform from initial commit to production launch. Worked with UI/UX designers to turn Figma designs into responsive Angular components.

IO

Full-Stack Developer (Intern)

iOCO

Jul 2019 - Sep 2019 (2 months)

Developed Flutter mobile and Angular web front ends within Agile sprint teams, translating Figma designs into production UI.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Pretoria logoUP

University of Pretoria

BIS Honours, Multimedia

2022 - 2023

Completed BIS Honours (Multimedia) over two years alongside full-time work. Research compared touch and gesture controls for mobile interface customisation and accessibility using the Sensor API, usability testing, and statistical analysis.

OI

Open Window Institute

Bachelor of Interaction Design, Interactive Development

2017 - 2019

Bachelor of Interaction Design (Interactive Development) with coursework in HTML, TypeScript, Node.js, Angular, Swift, Kotlin, Dart, Laravel, UX/UI Design, and User Research.

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