Dirk Vogt
Software Developer at TomTom
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolDirk Vogt is a software developer and engineering manager with 12 years of experience specializing in operating and distributed systems, currently leading a small team at TomTom that personalizes navigation services. He holds a PhD in computer systems from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam under Andy Tanenbaum, bringing deep research-driven expertise to production engineering. Previously he led embedded software efforts at Fairphone on the Fairphone 2, demonstrating a strong embedded-to-cloud systems breadth. Comfortable across the full stack, Dirk combines hands-on implementation with team leadership and a continuous learning mindset. Outside work he pursues real-time audio processing and music, applying low-latency systems thinking to creative projects.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)Master's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at Technische Universität Dresden
English, German, Dutch
Github Skills (17)
android6
build-system5
redis4
gerrit4
non-blocking3
scala3
blocking3
akka2
redis-client2
cycle2
akka-streams2
microkernel1
quest1
launcher1
minix1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
coltox/engine
Oct 2019 - Jun 2020
The Flutter engine
Contributions:3 pushes in 8 months
flutterflutter-engine
FairphoneMirrors/android_device_fairphone_FP2
Nov 2015 - Aug 2017
Contributions:25 commits in 1 year 9 months
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