Jakes
Systems Engineering & Software Development
Windhoek, Namibia
Jakes is a cross-disciplinary engineer who works from the field device to the dashboard: industrial controllers and sensors, edge gateways, message brokers, backend services, ERP integrations and the operational applications people use every day.
His work centres on systems that have to keep running in real conditions — intermittent connectivity, remote sites, shift work and equipment that cannot wait for a perfect network. Offline-first applications, resilient synchronisation and practical monitoring are recurring themes.
Working philosophy · proposed profile wording
Working systems beat elegant diagrams. Design for the conditions the system will actually face, make failure visible, and keep the operator in control.
Core competencies
- Application engineering
- JavaScript & Node.js · Python · REST APIs & WebSockets · Offline-first PWAs · Operational dashboards
- Enterprise integration
- Frappe Framework · ERPNext v15 / v16 · Node-RED · MQTT · Data synchronisation
- Industrial & embedded
- Industrial Shields Raspberry Pi PLCs · Modbus · Digital / analog I/O & pulse acquisition · RP2040 / Pico W · ESP32-S3 & MicroPython
- Infrastructure
- AWS EC2 & Route 53 · Ubuntu Linux · Docker & Compose · nginx, TLS, reverse proxy · VPN & remote connectivity
- Operational technology
- GPS & telematics integrations · Security checkpoint applications · IP camera & access-control integrations · LED matrix controllers
- AI engineering (applied & exploratory)
- Claude Code · OpenAI / Codex · Ollama & local LLMs · Hermes Agent · Paperclip · n8n
Selected work
- Industrial Fuel Management & Edge Integration
- Security Checkpoint & Visitor Management
- Industrial Monitoring & Telemetry
- GPS Fleet Intelligence & Tracking Integrations
Responsible for
- Technical architecture
- Application development
- Hardware and device integration
- APIs, databases and services
- Automation services
- Infrastructure and deployment
- Monitoring and synchronisation
