Summary
Patrick Pietens is a Lead Design Engineer who blends a designer’s mindset with a coder’s discipline to ship user-centric software. With 13 years of experience spanning modern frontend (React, Next.js, Svelte, SolidJS, Tailwind) and Laravel-backed backends, he leads cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance products. At Hedge, he builds video workflows for creators and studios and has steered projects used by Lucasfilm, Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Red Bull, Vice, and Spotify. He is a founder/CTO and creative developer with a track record at Blokks and Ambie, combining entrepreneurship with hands-on engineering while continuously experimenting with new frameworks and server-rendered techniques. He daily uses AI to boost productivity and has earned recognition such as an Apple award for the 22tracks app. Based in Groningen, Netherlands, he also pursues photography, travel, and gaming, bringing a creative perspective to every project.
13 years of coding experience