Herman Hiddema
Co-founder & Tech Lead at Payt
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Top SchoolHerman Hiddema is a seasoned software engineer and co-founder with 14 years of experience building user-friendly, robust web applications from Groningen. As Co-founder & Tech Lead at Payt since 2012 he blends hands-on engineering with product-focused leadership, shepherding debtor management software from concept to production. His background spans startups and consultancy (Fox-IT, Warpnet) where he specialized in web design, user interfaces and pragmatic software engineering. Comfortable across the full stack, he prioritizes reliability and usability while keeping teams lean and focused. An early career that includes diverse roles—from consultancy to bar service—hints at adaptability and strong interpersonal skills that inform his collaborative leadership.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of GroningenStedelijk Gymnasium Leeuwarden
Dutch, English, German, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (40)
prefix10
formatting10
bounce10
rails10
ruby10
phone-number10
normalizing10
thai10
email-parsing9
smtp9
email-validation9
mvc9
ruby-on-rails9
mta9
html9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
HermanHiddema/ngc
Jan 2015 - Feb 2023
Netherlands Go Competition
Contributions:7 PRs, 52 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years 1 month
golang
HermanHiddema/rails
Mar 2016 - Feb 2022
Ruby on Rails
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years
ruby-on-railshamlrails-apirailsruby
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