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Armand Pieterse

Armand Pieterse

Application & Integration

"Polyglot problem-solver: if it connects, scales or bulkifies, I'm in."

Armand leads the architecture and deep-code side of every Salesforce or custom-dev build at ReadyRun. He designs data models, integration meshes, and performance guards, then jumps straight into Apex, Django, or TypeScript to make them real.

Career Snapshot

2014–2016

Dynamics AX developer; optimised procurement flows for retail ERP.

2016–2019

Salesforce dev at a life-insurance firm; promoted to platform lead. Delivered end-to-end quoting engine.

2020

Architected WhatsApp benefits engine for BIBC: 300k users, LWC front, Django API.

2021

Led data-migration framework (22M documents); cut runtime from 72h to 9h.

2022–Now

Co-founded ReadyRun; designed AI-assisted onboarding suite for SA Home Loans.

Certifications

Salesforce Application Architect (7× domain certs)Salesforce AI AssociateSalesforce JavaScript Developer IAWS Developer AssociateISTQB Foundation

Toolbox

Languages

Apex, Python, TypeScript, C#

Frameworks

Django, SvelteKit, FastAPI, Lightning Web Components

Data

PostgreSQL, pgvector, Redis, S3

Integration

MuleSoft, Kafka, CDC events, REST/GraphQL

DevOps

GitHub Actions, Docker, Terraform, Fly.io

Recent Wins

AI Form Builder

LangChain-powered builder auto-mapped 120+ PDF forms to Salesforce schema, slicing 40h/week of manual mapping.

Edge Cloud Migration

Re-platformed four LWC portals to Fly.io multi-region; p95 fell below 250ms.

Bulk Export Refactor

Re-wrote legacy Apex data export to Streaming API + S3 chunk upload; throughput ↑ 10×, CPU time ↓ 70%.

Beyond the Keyboard

Steel drummer, occasional trail-runner, and dad to two Labradors (who star in most sprint demos).