Summary
Johan Schuijt is an AI & Data Engineer with four years of hands-on experience building data-driven products and infrastructure across startups and NGOs. Currently developing PoliLoom at OpenSanctions, he focuses on extracting and validating politician metadata from Wikipedia and the wider web to improve transparency and data quality. His background spans full-stack development, UX design, and founding a backend-focused hosting startup, giving him a rare blend of frontend sensibility and production-grade data engineering. At Follow the Money he designed data infrastructure and a RAG-based PDF application, demonstrating practical application of retrieval-augmented methods. Based in Axams, Tyrol, he’s passionate about mastering emerging technologies to make machines empower humans and often approaches problems with a product-minded, user-centric lens.
4 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Game Development, Game Development at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Media Technology, Media Technology at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)