Arjen Van Der Meijden
Lead Developer at Tweakers.net
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolArjen Van Der Meijden is a lead developer and software architect based in Amsterdam with over a decade of experience building and scaling one of the Netherlands' largest websites, Tweakers.net. He specializes in PHP web development, database design and advanced query optimization, combining hands-on coding with high-level architectural decision-making. Having progressed from senior web developer to lead developer since 2002, he brings deep institutional knowledge of long-lived web platforms and pragmatic approaches to performance and data integrity. A Delft University of Technology MSc in Computer Science underpins his work, and he’s known for translating complex data requirements into efficient schemas and queries that keep high-traffic services responsive. Though primarily focused on backend and data layers, his career shows a rare continuity and ownership across product, architecture and delivery.
11 years of coding experience
MSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at Delft University of TechnologyStellingwerf College
Dutch, English, French, German, northern frisian
Github Skills (135)
symfony-component10
bundle10
php-framework10
http-request10
uri10
symfony-bundle10
router10
symfony10
templating10
http-header10
template-engine10
php10
static-analysis9
type-inference9
pdo9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
arjenm/php-security-scanner
Oct 2016 - May 2023
PHP Security Scanner
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 6 years 7 months
scannerphp-securitysecurityphpwake-on-lan
tweakers/symfony-service-mock
Oct 2018 - Apr 2021
Proxy layer to allow services to have their internals replaced with a test double, without affecting a service-container's (i.e. Symfony) bindings.
Contributions:5 releases, 12 commits, 10 PRs in 2 years 6 months
service-containerproxyinternalsdoublesymfony
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