Summary
Edwin Kortman is a Senior Software Developer with 11 years of experience building maintainable, long-lived web applications across PHP and Python ecosystems. He specializes in Hexagonal Architecture, Domain-Driven Design, Symfony, message-driven systems, CQRS and automated testing, and has a pragmatic focus on product value—asking not just whether something can be built but whether it should be built now. Comfortable as a hands-on tech lead, he has implemented CI/CD, Docker Swarm deployments on self-managed Hetzner servers with Ansible, and cut time-to-market by simplifying architectures while preserving quality. He’s worked primarily in small teams where observability, live application maintenance, and cross-discipline collaboration are essential. A true polyglot who has shipped C# work (Freshli) and experimented with Ruby, C++, Java and Smalltalk, he combines deep engineering taste with a bookish appreciation for object-oriented design. Based in Trysil, Norway, he thrives on practical architecture and tooling that keep systems future-proof and easy to evolve.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Propedeutics Informatics, Propedeutics Informatics at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
English, Dutch, Norwegian