Summary
Adriaan Koster is a Senior Java Software Engineer with over 20 years of professional experience and a decade-plus freelancing under Adriaan Koster BV, specializing in enterprise integration and web solutions. He combines deep Java expertise with systems thinking honed as a Software Architect for Tryllian Solutions, where he designed mobile-agent based integration platforms and led teams. Early work as a scientific programmer at Vrije Universiteit and an M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence give him a strong research-informed approach to problem solving and educational tooling. Adriaan is comfortable in end-to-end delivery—from architecture and hands-on coding to project leadership—and frequently translates complex integration requirements into pragmatic, maintainable systems. Based in the Eindhoven region, he brings a steady mix of academic rigor and practical engineering to freelance and consultancy engagements. An understated but valuable trait is his long-standing continuity in projects, reflecting reliability and deep domain memory across enterprise integration landscapes.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
M.sc., Artificial Intelligence, M.sc., Artificial Intelligence at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
Dutch, English, German