Ilja Strobbe
Expert Software Engineer Startup Advisor at Minze Health
Antwerp Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolIlja Strobbe is an expert software engineer and startup advisor with 12 years of experience helping growth-stage tech companies modernize architecture, delivery and engineering culture. He specializes in migrating monoliths to event-driven, containerized microservices, implementing IaC on GCP, and instituting production-grade DevOps, testing and observability practices while still being a hands-on builder. Ilja has steered teams as engineering lead and SRE, bridging product and technical roadmaps to accelerate delivery and hire top talent. His background spans mobile, backend and IoT systems—from React Native apps and GraphQL/Neo4j platforms to high-throughput AWS and Terraform infrastructures. He’s comfortable wearing multiple hats in startups and has a track record of shipping high-test-coverage systems that spun out into new ventures. Based in Antwerp, he combines physics-trained analytical thinking with pragmatic software craftsmanship to stabilize fast-growing engineering organizations.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master Applied Informatics, Master Applied Informatics at Ghent UniversityMinor Wetenschappen-Wiskunde (8u), Minor Wetenschappen-Wiskunde (8u) at Instituut O.L.V. Onbevlekt Ontvangen (Humaniora Broederschool)
English, French, Dutch
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Github Skills (79)
redux-persist10
react-native-module10
native-module10
redux-middleware10
native-library10
react-native-library10
persist10
offline-maps9
amplify9
aws-amplify9
sdk9
cloud-services9
maps9
aws-s39
redux-store9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
robonaut/robonaut.be
Dec 2019 - Oct 2024
robonaut.be
Contributions:11 PRs, 146 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 11 months
robonautjavascriptreact
iqo2/hlib
Oct 2017 - Apr 2020
Adaptive Huffman decoder (with LZSS)
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
adaptivelzssdecoderhuffman
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