Charles De Groote
Founder & COO at Sortlist
Brussels Metropolitan Area Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles De Groote is a founder and seasoned technology leader with 11+ years of experience building and scaling Sortlist from a startup to a global matchmaking platform serving clients in 140+ countries. As COO/CTO he has led the shift from a monolith to an event-driven microservices architecture, grown engineering and product teams, and helped secure €13M+ to fuel AI and data-driven features that power 2,000 monthly matches. He blends product-minded design for frictionless UX with a security-first background and pragmatic operational frameworks that prioritize psychological safety and autonomous squads. An educator and early digital agency entrepreneur, he brings hands-on technical depth across architecture, PKI/security, and large-scale data matching while keeping technology tightly aligned to business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer engineer Engineer, Computer engineer Engineer at Université catholique de LouvainMaster degree Computer Engineering, Master degree Computer Engineering at École polytechnique de Louvain - Louvain School of engineeringErasmus (Exchange Program) Computer Engineering, Erasmus (Exchange Program) Computer Engineering at Trinity College Dublin
French, English, Dutch
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Github Skills (120)
authentication10
token-based-authentication10
sign-in-with-apple10
omniauth10
api9
devise9
oauth9
jwt8
sql8
mws8
javascript8
mvc8
monocle8
ruby8
postgresql8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
sortlist/jobs
Jun 2015 - Dec 2018
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Contributions:2 reviews, 28 commits, 4 PRs in 3 years 6 months
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charlesdg/devise_token_auth
Dec 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:6 PRs, 12 pushes, 17 branches in 3 months
token-based-authenticationtoken-basedrailstokenauthentication
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