Freelance Software Engineer

@ In The Pocket  |  Aug 2023 - Now
Applying my skill set to a project with over a million IoT-devices as freelance Software Engineer. Managing backend-service-codebases as well as AWS cloud-infrastructure through Terraform. Skills: AWS, Terraform, Node.js, Typescript, Bash, Docker, CI/CD, Redis, MongoDB, NoSQL, New Relic, AWS, Lambda, S3, EC2

IT Consultant

@ Onsar  |  May 2023 - Now
Freelance IT Consultant at own consulting company. Applying knowledge and experience to take your products and services to new heights. Together with you and your team, I can put my shoulders to the wheel to plan and execute your challenging assignments.

Planned Career Break

Nov 2022 - Apr 2023
Planned career break before starting as IT consultant. Continued to work on personal projects. Skills: GCP Load Balancing, GCP, Kubernetes Engine, CloudFlare DNS, CloudFlare R2, UFW, Dnsmasq, IPsec, Docker, MQTT

Engineering Manager

@ Tinder / Match Group (ACQ)  |  Jun 2022 - Nov 2022
Leading the Tools team to analyze and draw up a technical plan to expand the existing file upload infrastructure of Tinder. A unique challenge for a complex, extremely high-traffic product. Skills: Java, Node.js, AWS, DynamoDB, S3, Kubernetes

Director of Engineering

@ Massive Media / Match Group  |  Jan 2021 - May 2022
People management, proposals, and planning became an integral part of my responsibilities next to those as technical lead. Making a bigger impact and helping people develop in their position is what motivated me to grow into a management position. Skills: PHP, Bash, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Redis, Memcached, SQL, NoSQL, Logstash, Elasticsearch, New Relic, AWS, Lambda, S3

Technical Lead

@ Massive Media / Match Group  |  Jan 2020 - Jan 2021
Leading the engineering decisions for the new Tools team. Responsible for managing and developing in-house services, like payments, scam-detection, translations, and logging, as well as supporting the migration to Kubernetes through containerization. Skills: PHP, Bash, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Redis, Memcached, SQL, NoSQL, Logstash, Elasticsearch, New Relic, AWS, Lambda, S3

Mobile App Engineer

@ Massive Media / Match Group  |  Jan 2017 - Jan 2020
With a global shift to mobile, I broadened my knowledge as a mobile app developer. We migrated the Twoo app to React Native and developed Ablo, a new product, that won “App of the Year” by Google in 2019. Next to mobile development I was responsible for CI/CD, scripting, and improving development processes. Skills: React Native, Node.js, Typescript, Java, GraphQL, Docker, CI/CD, Bash

Web Engineer

@ Massive Media / Match Group  |  Mar 2015 - Dec 2016
Developing new features for Twoo, a high-traffic website used by 200 million accounts worldwide. Planning, growing, iterating and optimizing were essential to get to know our users better and ensure a stable product. Skills: PHP, Javascript, HTML, CSS, SQL, NoSQL, Redis, Memcached, Couchbase, Websockets, New Relic, Jenkins

Student Work as Programmer

@ Corilus  |  Aug 2013 - Aug 2013
Corilus is a market leader in eHealth solutions. I was responsible for refactoring code in software that manages patient files and administration for doctors. Skills: .NET, Visual Studio

Internship as Programmer

@ Microsoft Innovation Center Vlaanderen  |  Feb 2013 - Jun 2013
We developed Ocoda, a Windows Store application that allowed people without any programming knowledge to create Windows Store applications using simple drag and drop gestures for distribution and commercialization. Skills: .NET, WPF, Visual Studio