About Us
Our Team
Small pod, senior impact.
We keep the org chart lean so you always work with principals, not shadow juniors. Every project squad includes at least two founders plus specialist bench strength as needed.
1 Founding Pod (Hands-On, Every Project)
Wilfred Greyling
Technical Lead & Integration Strategist
30 yrs across ERP, BI & full-stack. Mastered SAP ↔ Salesforce real-time pipelines; ran his own 160-person manufacturing firm before "42".
Certs: LWC Dev, MuleSoft Dev, QlikView, Six Sigma.
Marnus van Staden
Product & Process Architect
Industrial engineer turned BA/PM. BPMN, RPA and simulation drives clarity; ex-Vodacom RPA lead.
Certs: Salesforce Admin, UX Designer, MuleSoft Catalyst, PSM I.
Daniel Pieterse
UX & Front-End Lead
Information-design degree + code chops. Crafts SvelteKit, LWC and React interfaces that feel before they think.
Certs: Salesforce App Builder, JS Dev I, Data & Sharing Architect.
Armand Pieterse
Full-Stack & Salesforce Architect
Polyglot problem-solver; Apex wizard, Django specialist, Svelte advocate. Built WhatsApp benefits engine for 300 k users.
Certs: Application Architect (7×), AI Associate, Dynamics AX Dev.
Average industry experience: 11 years | Client-side NPS: 9.4/10
2 Extended Bench (Engage ad-hoc)
| Discipline | Profiles on Call |
|---|---|
| Site-Reliability & DevOps | Ex-AWS SREs for multi-region edge & VPC security. |
| Data Science & AI | LangChain core contributor + Azure AI architect. |
| MuleSoft & Kafka | Two catalyst-level integration engineers. |
| Compliance & Security | CISSP advisor for SOC-2, ISO 27001 & HIPAA reviews. |
We pull them in per sprint—no "bench burn" billed to you.
3 How We Staff a Project
Discovery Sprint / Lab 42
2 founders (Wilfred/Marnus) + Daniel for prototyping.
Forge & Sim
Add Armand + QA/SRE as needed; founders stay hands-on.
Base 42
Rotate DevOps & SRE pool; founders remain escalation path.
No hand-offs: the people who draw the diagram write the code and run the pager.
4 Working Principles
T-Shaped Skills
Everyone codes + one deep specialty.
Pair-Lead Model
At least one tech lead & one product/process lead on every client.
Fire-Drill Fridays
Monthly chaos-day to keep ops reflexes sharp.
Continuous Learning
10 % time for OSS, white-papers or new certs (e.g., Daniel's WCAG deep dive).
5 Team Metrics (2024)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total Salesforce Certs | 17 |
| Average Pull-Request Review Time | 4 h 12 m |
| Coverage on Critical Repos | 89 % |
| Mentorship Hours / Mo | 60+ (interns & community) |
| OSS Stars on Internal Tools | 1 200+ |
Source: GitHub Insights & internal KPI dashboard.
6 Culture & Perks
Remote-first
Pretoria HQ drop-in studio.
Quarterly Maker Week
Company-wide hackathons.
Profit Share
After 12 months tenure.
Volunteer Time
5 days/year paid—code camps, STEM outreach.
7 Join Us
We hire "senior mindset, not résumé years." Current openings:
| Role | Stack | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Front-End Engineer | SvelteKit, LWC | Open |
| Integration Architect | MuleSoft, Kafka | Interviewing |
| SRE / DevOps Engineer | Fly.io, AWS, Terraform | Open |