About me

I am a software developer living in Groningen, the Netherlands. I believe in building robust well-designed software systems that have a positive impact on their users, and hope to contribute a little bit towards this goal. Experience with Python, Java, Typescript/Javascript, C++ and C#. I like to work using an Agile approach with modern tools and methods (git, TDD, DevOps) and preferrably using an open source stack. I also have some experience with data science and data visualization, machine learning, cloud computing and simulation.

I studied physics at the University of Groningen. In a second-year project I investigated the signatures of lightning strikes picked up by the LOFAR radio telescope. Through this I got my first experience working with data analysis in the scientific Python ecosystem, and discovered the value of interactive tools and visualizations. This was also my first real introduction to Linux and the challenges around setting up a complex development environment.

After this experience, I enrolled for some elective courses in CS. The most import of these was the in-depth C++ course offered by ICCE, where I mastered the C++ language while learning a lot about software design and operating systems. During my bachelor’s thesis, I built a new simulation pipeline for a particle decelerator, which gave me the chance to work on designing a larger software system and to get hands-on experience with high-performance computing.

After obtaining my BSc I enrolled in the AI master programme at the University of Groningen with the plan to get into machine learning, but I realized after a while that this was not really what I want to do. Instead, I got increasingly interested in software design, web technology and distributed systems, and user-centered software design. So I changed course to a career in software development and worked at Stekz for a while, where I learned a lot about collaboration, agile development, DevOps, and how to balance different priorities in a project. During my master I also did a board year at Flanor. In my free time, I enjoy hiking and camping in remote parts of Europe and cooking the vegetables I get from I get from the Woldtuin.

For some examples of things I have worked on take a look at the projects page.