Software engineer with full-stack experience and a DevOps mindset. I turn complex architectural problems into maintainable, high-impact code, from requirements gathering to production support.
I deliver robust software with Scala, Kotlin, Java, Go and related technologies.
Skills
- Scala
- Kotlin
- Java
- Go
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- PostgreSQL
- Kafka
- GraphQL
- AWS
- CI/CD
Work Experience
Software Engineer, Vandebron B.V.
— Amsterdam, The NetherlandsAugust 2024 – September 2026- Designed and shipped a real-time energy calculation service (“greenest moment of the day”) with sub-50 ms SLAs for thousands of active users.
- Rebuilt monthly customer energy reports, improving speed and usability and cutting errors to 1 in 100,000 runs.
- Designed asynchronous, event-driven microservices using Kotlin (Spring), Scala (ZIO), GraphQL, and Kafka to process high-frequency data streams.
- Automated container orchestration and deployments with Kubernetes, Docker, Argo CD and Helm.
Software Engineer, ZorgDomein B.V.
— Breukelen, The NetherlandsApril 2023 – July 2024- Introduced Event Storming to align cross-functional teams on event-driven architecture, speeding up delivery and reducing technical debt.
- Led the redesign of the platform's main search backend, raising medical specialist satisfaction by more than 50% and simplifying clinical search.
- Built distributed microservices and REST APIs with functional Scala (ZIO), Kafka, PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch.
- Set up integration, black-box, unit and end-to-end tests with Testcontainers, and ran security assessments.
- Built Python data pipelines with Apache Spark and AWS Glue for an automated product-tagging system.
- Provisioned and managed AWS infrastructure including EC2, CloudFront and S3.
Software Engineer, IKEA (Ingka Digital)
— Amsterdam, The NetherlandsJanuary 2022 – March 2023- Led the migration of the postcode availability system from legacy servers to Google Cloud Platform, cutting infrastructure costs.
- Designed cloud-native services using Java (Spring), Go, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and Pub/Sub.
- Integrated and maintained highly available data layers using PostgreSQL, BigTable, Elasticsearch, Redis, and Firebase.
Full-stack Developer, Pro Warehouse B.V.
— Amsterdam, The NetherlandsNovember 2019 – December 2021- Optimised core business processes and web-shop data sync, cutting execution time from one week to four minutes.
- Built and deployed scalable services using Go (standard library & Gin), Vue.js, and PHP (Laravel).
- Managed full database lifecycles: design, normalisation, migrations, maintenance and backups.
- Built Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and ran production systems on FreeBSD and Linux.
Education
Leadership Course, Leading Self
— Maarssen, The NetherlandsSummer 2024- Leadership training focused on interpersonal dynamics, collaboration and empathy at work.
Back-end Developer Internship, Liderlink Business Solutions
— Parchal, PortugalFebruary 2019 – July 2019- Built full-stack PHP, JavaScript, jQuery and MySQL CRUD features for real-estate, hospitality and HR platforms.
Higher Vocational Degree in IT, Universidade do Algarve
— Faro, PortugalSeptember 2017 – September 2019- Graduated with a score of 190/200, achieving the highest possible grade for the final software engineering internship.
- Coursework: Java, PHP, SQL, JavaScript, GNU/Linux, Excel, Alfresco BPM
Languages
| Language | Reading | Speaking | Writing |
|---|
| 🇬🇧 English | Native or bilingual | Native or bilingual | Native or bilingual |
| 🇳🇱 Dutch | Full professional | Full professional | Professional working |
| Catalan | Native or bilingual | Full professional | Full professional |
| 🇪🇸 Spanish | Native or bilingual | Native or bilingual | Native or bilingual |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | Full professional | Full professional | Full professional |
Driving licence
Category B (vehicles up to 3.5 t)
Interests
Building and configuring custom computers, writing about technology on my blog, and playing tactical strategy games; I also program in Lisp and live in Emacs.
Playing classical and electric guitar 🎸.
Staying active with CrossFit, restoring furniture, and improving my home outside of engineering.