Summary
Gijs Nieuwenhuis is a senior web developer with 13 years of hands-on experience building full-stack web applications across JavaScript (React, TypeScript, Node) and PHP ecosystems, specializing in API-first architecture, Domain Driven Design and event sourcing. He balances client-side craftsmanship—Next.js, Redux and (S)CSS—with strong server-side architecture and scripting, having shipped projects at agencies and product-focused teams like Freshheads and TapRaise. A Zend-certified PHP practitioner and former lead developer who founded a web studio, he combines technical leadership with practical delivery and occasional project management. Based in North Brabant, he brings a pragmatic, developer-first approach to solving complex integrations and scaling maintainable codebases, with a background that includes music industry projects and building teams from the ground up.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Music management, Music management at Fontys Rockacademie
Foundation degree, Computer Science, Foundation degree, Computer Science at Hogeschool 's-Hertogenbosch
Zend Certified, php 5.3, Zend Certified, Zend Certified, php 5.3, Zend Certified at Zend Certified
Dutch, English