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1441KH PurmerendThe NetherlandsWho am I ?
Senior Software Engineer with extensive Full-Stack experience and a deep DevOps mindset. Proven track record of transforming complex architectural challenges into clean, maintainable, and high-impact code from requirements gathering to production optimization.
Delivering robust software solutions using diverse technologies, including Scala, Kotlin, Java, Go and more.
Work experience
Vandebron B.V.
-Senior Software Engineer
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands)August 2024 => present- Architected and delivered a high-performance, real-time energy calculation service (“greenest moment of the day”) meeting strict sub-50ms latency SLAs to optimize green energy consumption for thousands of active users.
- Improved monthly customer energy reporting, boosting speed, UI/UX and reducing error rate to 1 in 100k processes.
- Designed asynchronous, event-driven microservices using Scala (ZIO), Kotlin, GraphQL, and Kafka to process high-frequency data streams.
- Automated orchestration and container deployments using Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, and Helm charts.
ZorgDomein B.V.
-Software Engineer
(Breukelen, The Netherlands)April 2023 => July 2024- Introduced Event Storming methodologies to align cross-functional teams around event-driven architectures, accelerating feature delivery and minimizing technical debt.
- Spearheaded the redesign of the platform's master search bar backend, driving a >50% increase in medical specialist satisfaction and streamlining clinical discovery workflows.
- Engineered distributed microservices and robust REST APIs utilizing Scala, functional programming principles, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch.
- Established comprehensive quality guardrails using integration, black-box, unit, and E2E testing via Testcontainers, alongside conducting security assessments.
- Constructed big data pipelines in Python using Apache Spark and AWS Glue to fuel an automated product tagging system.
- Provisioned and managed secure cloud infrastructure using AWS services, including EC2, CloudFront, and S3.
IKEA, Ingka Digital
-Software Engineer
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands)January 2022 => March 2023- Led the strategic migration of the postcode product availability system from legacy systems to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), significantly reducing operational infrastructure costs.
- Designed cloud-native services utilizing Go, Java, Spring, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and Pub/Sub.
- Integrated and maintained highly available data layers utilizing PostgreSQL, BigTable, Elasticsearch, Redis, and Firebase.
Pro Warehouse B.V.
-Full-stack Developer
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands)November 2019 => December 2021- Optimized core business processes and web-shop data synchronization, reducing execution times from 1 week to just 4 minutes.
- Built and deployed scalable services using Go (standard library & Gin), Vue.js, and PHP (Laravel).
- Managed full database lifecycles, executing database design, normalization, migrations, maintenance, and backup strategies.
- Engineered Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and managed production systems across FreeBSD and Linux environments.
Education
Leading Self
-Leadership Course
(Maarssen, The Netherlands)Summer 2024- Training in leadership, interpersonal dynamics, and high-empathy professional collaboration.
Liderlink Business Solutions
-Back-end Developer Internship
(Parchal, Portugal)February 2019 => July 2019- Developed full-stack PHP, JavaScript, jQuery and MySQL CRUD operations for corporate real-estate, hospitality, and HR management platforms.
Universidade do Algarve
-IT Associate's Degree
(Faro, Portugal)September 2017 => September 2019- Graduated with a score of 190/200, achieving the highest possible grade for the final software engineering internship.
- Java, PHP, SQL, Javascript, GNU/Linux, Excel, Alfresco BPM
Languages
| Speaking | Reading | Writing |
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| 🇬🇧 English | Native / Bilingual | Native / Bilingual | Native / Bilingual |
| 🇳🇱 Dutch | Professional Proficiency | Professional Proficiency | Professional Proficiency |
| 🇪🇸 Catalan | Native / Bilingual | Native / Bilingual | Professional Proficiency |
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | Native / Bilingual | Native / Bilingual | Native / Bilingual |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | Native / Bilingual | Native / Bilingual | Native / Bilingual |
Driving
B driver's license, vehicles up to 3.5t
Interests & Hobbies
Building and configuring custom computers, publishing technical insights via a personal blog, and playing tactical strategy games. Programming Lisp, and using Emacs.
Playing classical and electric guitar 🎸.
Active in CrossFit, furniture restoration, and home improvement projects outside of engineering.