Summary
Hugo Valk is an Enterprise Architect with 13 years of hands-on software engineering experience, currently shaping application landscape strategy at the University of Amsterdam. He brings deep Java and Scala expertise across frameworks and platforms (Spring, Play, Hibernate, Oracle ADF, Hippo CMS, Elasticsearch) paired with mobile experience in iOS and Android. At Randstad he progressed from tech lead to Lead Enterprise Architect and Product Owner for a DataHub, demonstrating both technical depth and product-oriented delivery in large organizations. Hugo focuses on future-proof architecture and pragmatic design, balancing legacy integration with scalable, maintainable platforms. Based in Gouda, he combines academic rigor from Leiden with a practical engineering background that surfaces in cross-functional leadership and system-level thinking.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Herbert Vissers College
MSc, MSc at Universiteit Leiden
English, German