Haiko Van Der Schaaf
IT Architect at Ritense
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolHaiko Van Der Schaaf is an IT Architect based in Amsterdam with 11+ years of hands-on experience shaping flexible, pragmatic architectures that enable rapid software delivery. He progressed from developer and applications manager roles in banking to technical lead and Scrum Master at Nederlandse Spoorwegen, and now guides architectural strategy at Ritense and previously BinckBank. A believer in KISS and agility, he pairs stakeholder-facing innovation with deep delivery experience, ensuring designs don’t obstruct teams. He stays current through frequent conference attendance and explores serverless patterns publicly via his blog ServerlessCorner, highlighting a practical curiosity for emerging cloud paradigms. Notably, his background in chemistry gives him a structured, analytical approach to problem solving that complements his technical breadth.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton SchoolMaster of Science, Chemistry, Master of Science, Chemistry at Universiteit van Amsterdamde Windroos
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (57)
aws-lambda9
aws9
lambda9
serverless8
transform8
aws-sam8
serverless-applications8
serverless-framework8
cloud-infrastructure8
typescript8
sam8
reactive-form8
development-kit8
aws-cloud7
infrastructure-as-code7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
haiko/RoboFlightMonitorService
Nov 2017 - Feb 2025
Monitor arriving and departing flights from Schiphol, The Netherlands
Contributions:1 release, 130 PRs, 360 pushes in 7 years 3 months
monitorflights
haiko/javapuzzlers
Feb 2018 - Oct 2020
Contributions:1 release, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
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