Professional work experience

Freelance

08/2021 - present ~ Software engineer, freelance

I am available as a freelance software engineer. A dedicated page for which can be found here.

Bytecode Digital Agency B.V.

08/2021 - 02/2022 ~ Co-founder and techlead, part-time

In August 2021, I announced my exit from Bytecode. As part of my exit, I have continued working for Bytecode part-time, to finish up loose ends and transfer knowledge to other team members.

05/2018 - 08/2021 ~ Co-founder and techlead

Team of 6 people, with expertise in development, design, sales and marketing
Development of custom software, mostly web/mobile applications with backed by an API server
Setting up infrastructure (internally and for clients), provisioning and security hardening
Developing internal tooling to make the software development process more efficient
Automating manual tasks to reduce the amount of toil involved in the development process
Leading client software projects on both front- and back-end and software consultancy
Involved in multiple startup, including partnerships and investments

VNG Realisering, Team NLX

08/2021 - ¹²⁄₂₀₂₁ ~ Senior software engineer

Open-source public project share data between organisations in a safe and privacy-proof way
Hands-on development on the back-end (Go), front-end (React) and SRE (Kubernetes, Helm)
Improvements in development and build setup to improve development experience and speed
Advisory role on technical improvements for the codebase for long-term roadmap
Introduced Typescript into the React codebase and build systems
Providing React and Typescript training to back-end developers
Part of the contributions are public on GitLab

Airchip B.V.

02/2021 - ¹¹⁄₂₀₂₁ ~ CTO, ad interim

Startup to revolutionize digital ordering of drinks at festivals, even without internet connection
Hands-on development for the backend application (Golang) and admin applications (Vue, Javascript)
Responsible for the site reliability engineering and automation (Kubernetes, Go, Gitlab)
Advisory role for the three native applications (Kotlin, Swift) and the BLE-protocol
Leading role in the implementation of new working methodologies and development guidelines
Advisory role on how to tackle the existing technical debt
Responsible for selecting/screening new developers and onboarding them

Dearly B.V.

06/2020 - ¹¹⁄₂₀₂₁ ~ Partner and techlead (part-time)

Startup for supporting mourners cope with their losses through various ways, investor through Bytecode
Development of the custom backend application, written in Go, with PostgreSQL database
Leading development of the mobile application in React/Typescript/Expo
Software architecture and infrastructure setup, deployment automation
Advisor for technical decisions and determining the feature roadmap

Youngpwr B.V.

02/2020 - 08/2021 ~ Partner and techlead (part-time)

Startup for helping young people to further develop their entrepreneurial side, investor through Bytecode
Development of custom backend application in Go and CMS
Leading development of the frontend application in React/Typescript/NextJS
Software architecture and infrastructure setup, deployment automation
Part of the management team (MT) and advisor for technical decisions

Eneco / Dept Agency

05/2019 - 03/2020 ~ Software engineer, ad interim

Leading frontend developer for De Omschakelaar project at Eneco, via Dept Agency
Front-end development in React/Typescript with Redux connected to .NET Core for data fetching/saving
Creating code generation tools to convert different data formats to JSON to be used for calculations
Using automation to speed up the development process
Creation of tooling to better tackle existing technical debt

Stager Software

¹²⁄₂₀₁₇ - 05/2018 ~ Full-stack software engineer

Team with 9 people (4 developers), using SCRUM
Working on the Stager ticketing software, built using Java Play! and ReactJS
Development of custom email builder using ReactJS, Java Play! and AWS
Integration of custom email builder within the rest of the application
Email templating solution based on MJML

Nooijen Web Solutions

05/2015 - 05/2018 ~ Owner, founder and developer

Team with 4 people, working in a SCRUM-like manner
Development of websites and web applications
Server administration and maintenance
Involved in sales, marketing, project management and administrative tasks
Discontinued at the start of Bytecode

Chemiewinkel.com

07/2014 - ¹²⁄₂₀₁₈ ~ Owner and founder

Started out of a love for chemistry to support hobby chemists getting started
Development of the webshop using WordPress/WooCommerce with custom additions
Running and maintaining the webshop on all aspects (including administrative tasks)
Marketing-related activities to promote the webshop and generate inbound traffic
Discontinued so I could fully focus on Bytecode

Volunteer experience

Bookclub Philosophy

06-2021 - present ~ Reading group leader and moderator

Leading the reading groups on Stoicism, Aristotle and general book discussion group.

Other resonsibilities include Discord server administration, development and maintenance of the custom-made bot, helping out new members and automating tasks.

Gaga Animal Care

04/2017 - present ~ Treasurer and webmaster

Responsibilities include website creation and maintenance, supervising the administration and financial tasks.

Pijnackerse Watervienden

2013 - 2015 ~ Swimming tutor assistant

Leading and assisting swimming lessons for young children.

Atlas Animal Project

¹⁰⁄₂₀₁₃ - ¹²⁄₂₀₁₅ ~ Volunteer and assisting where needed

Occasionally assisting Atlas-representative(s), usually at Schiphol airport with dogs that arrived or collecting dog benches and returning them to Kos via cargo.

Animal Rescue Kos

03/2013 ~ Documentary director

Assisting volunteers living on Kos and filming the activities. After filming I edited, released and promoted the film. Finished documentary: bit.ly/arkfilm or bit.ly/arkfilmgermany