Summary
Floor Harmsen is a pragmatic Python developer with eight years of experience building backend systems, currently applying her skills at Darktrace on AI-driven cybersecurity solutions. She has a strong foundation in Django, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy and Linux from roles in research and enterprise environments, and earlier experience with Ruby on Rails and ElasticSearch. Known for bringing structure and efficiency to complex projects, she combines analytical rigor from her academic background (MSc, cum laude) with hands-on engineering. Her career path spans applied research, product-focused development and project management, giving her fluency in translating stakeholder needs into robust technical solutions. Based in Amsterdam, she thrives on solving hard problems and optimizing workflows—often spotting process improvements that aren’t obvious from the code alone.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
FullStack Web Development Program, FullStack Web Development Program at Le Wagon
VWO (pre-university education), Nature and technology track, subjects included French and Economics, VWO (pre-university education), Nature and technology track, subjects included French and Economics at OSG West-Friesland
Foundation certificate, Economics & Business Administration, Foundation certificate, Economics & Business Administration at University of Amsterdam
Programming with Python, Programming with Python at Codecademy
English, French, German, Dutch