Gijs Van Veen
Senior Software Developer at Splendo
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolGijs Van Veen is a senior software developer with 11 years of experience specializing in mobile apps and an 8-year track record in Android/iOS development, with 3+ years focused on Kotlin Multiplatform. As lead developer of the open-source Kaluga library he champions “native code sharing,” delivering MVVM, Bluetooth, Location and Permissions implementations that let teams reuse logic across platforms without sacrificing native performance. He has driven high-profile app features such as Live Multiplayer and Video Streaming for Tacx (Garmin) and improved cross-platform Firebase support in the firebase-kotlin-sdk by hardening iOS build and authentication flows. With an MSc in Human Media Interaction and a BSc in Computer Science, he blends strong engineering craft with a user-centered perspective and occasional UI/UX consulting. Based in the Randstad, he’s pragmatic about long-lived, maintainable apps and enjoys solving build and integration challenges that others overlook.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
VWO, Technical profile, VWO, Technical profile at R.K. Gymnasium Juvenaat H. HartMaster of Science (MSc), Human Media Interaction, Master of Science (MSc), Human Media Interaction at Universiteit Twente / Twente University
Dutch, English
Github Skills (12)
kotlin10
google-cloud-firestore10
ios10
firebase10
firestore10
firebase-authentication9
carthage9
build-gradle-kts8
firebase-db8
kotlin-coroutines8
firebase-database7
kotlin-multiplatform6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
GitLiveApp/firebase-kotlin-sdk
Aug 2020 - Apr 2021
A Kotlin-first SDK for Firebase
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:60 reviews, 7 commits, 29 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Gijs primarily focused on improving the iOS build process and increasing Firebase Authentication coverage within the Kotlin SDK. This involved updating the Firebase SDK versions, resolving issues with Firestore, and integrating Carthage for dependency management to reduce build times. Additionally, the user implemented core features related to authentication, including adding iOS-specific methods and addressing compilation issues for testing.
firebase-databasefirestorefirebase-firestorefirebase-functionsfirebase
Daeda88/W.hen
Jun 2016 - Apr 2019
Framework for conditional acts
Contributions:4 PRs, 10 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 9 months
conditional
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