Christiaan De Ridder
Head Of Technology at ChannelEngine
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolChristiaan De Ridder is a pragmatic technology leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling SaaS platforms, currently serving as Head of Technology at ChannelEngine. He moved from hands-on lead developer to executive by designing the original multi-tenant architecture and helping grow the company from a startup into a 200+ employee international scale-up. Equally comfortable in code and operations, he has a track record of solving tough engineering problems—from resilient mobile/industrial apps with intermittent connectivity to high-traffic e-commerce integrations. His background spans full-stack development, platform architecture, and performance optimization across .NET, Laravel, and Android ecosystems. Combining an MSc in Software Engineering with entrepreneurial experience founding WalkdownPro, he blends rigorous technical depth with practical product and customer focus. Based in Leiden, he’s driven by shipping reliable systems that directly solve operational challenges for customers.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
HAVO Natuur & Techniek, HAVO Natuur & Techniek at ROC Leiden VAVOVWO Natuur & Techniek, VWO Natuur & Techniek at Stedelijk Gymnasium LeidenMaster of Science - MSc Software Engineering, Master of Science - MSc Software Engineering at Open UniversiteitBachelor of Applied Science - BASc Creative Media and Game Technologies, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Creative Media and Game Technologies at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
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Github Skills (185)
nuget10
cms10
payment-service10
api-client10
prestashop10
rest-api10
code-generator10
dotnet10
linux10
rabbitmq10
api10
rest10
azure-service-bus10
azure10
prestashop-module10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
christiaanderidder/QuestPDF.Markdown
Nov 2023 - Mar 2025
QuestPDF.Markdown allows rendering markdown into a QuestPDF document
Contributions:49 releases, 4 reviews, 90 PRs in 1 year 4 months
csharpmarkdigmarkdownpdfpdf-converter
channelengine/merchant-api-client-python
Jun 2017 - Jun 2021
ChannelEngine Merchant API Client for Python
Contributions:31 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
api-clientapipythonmerchantmerchant-api
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