Freek De Bruijn
Software Engineer at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolFreek De Bruijn is a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience building robust backend systems and scientific software, currently developing AI-backed biodiversity solutions for the ARISE project at Naturalis. He primarily programs in Python but brings decades of polyglot experience from Java, Kotlin and C to large-scale production and HPC environments, including enabling AI workloads on the Dutch supercomputer Snellius. His background bridges academic bioinformatics, clinical systems and enterprise service management—helping translate complex domain data into reliable services for research and healthcare. Freek is an active community builder who organizes meetups for designers, developers and Kotlin users and regularly helps peers on Stack Overflow, reflecting a practical commitment to knowledge sharing. Notably, he has led technical coordination in proteomics projects and helped migrate research infrastructure across national consortia, combining scientific rigor with production engineering.
15 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at Delft University of Technology
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Github Skills (123)
genomics10
compose10
integrate10
awt10
sequencing10
jetpack-compose10
swing10
kotlin10
modern-ui10
relational9
reactive9
javascript9
miktex9
pipeline9
kotlin-multiplatform9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
CTMM-TraIT/trait_workflow_runner
Feb 2014 - Apr 2022
Contributions:1 release, 282 commits, 1 PR in 8 years 3 months
apitransmartgalaxyuse-caserunner
FreekDB/b52-reader
Apr 2017 - Aug 2017
Fast reader for website articles + searching.
Contributions:232 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
website-articlesreadersearchingfast-reader
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