Johan Van Helden
Software Engineer at newdays
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJohan Van Helden is a software engineer with 10 years of experience building cloud-native web applications and leading small engineering teams across Dutch product and agency environments. He has progressed from hands-on developer to lead roles and most recently contributes at newdays, bringing practical expertise in application design, system integration and developer productivity. Johan is a pragmatic problem-solver who focuses on aligning people, processes and technology to deliver easy-to-use digital products—a theme visible from his platform work at PAQT.com to agency projects at Way2Web. He also contributes to Larastan, helping integrate static analysis into Laravel projects to raise code quality, showing an attention to tooling and maintainability beyond feature delivery. Based in the Randstad, he combines a long-running entrepreneurial streak (HeldenDigital) with strong team leadership and an emphasis on making complex tech feel simple for users.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Oranje Nassau CollegeApplication Developer, Application Development, Application Developer, Application Development at ROC ID College
Dutch, English
Github Skills (10)
configuration-management10
php10
code-analysis10
phpstan10
laravel10
laravel-mix10
command-line7
cli7
command-line-interface7
git4
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
larastan/larastan
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
⚗️ Adds code analysis to Laravel improving developer productivity and code quality.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 26 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Johan primarily contributed to the configuration and setup of the Larastan code analysis tool for the Laravel framework. Their work involved modifying configuration files, adjusting options, and integrating the tool within the project's service provider. They addressed code style issues and integrated updates from the main branch, which involved changes to file paths and default settings. The user demonstrated a focus on improving the project's code quality and integrating tools that enhance developer productivity.
code-analysislaravelphpstanphp
johanvanhelden/johanvanhelden.com
Jan 2020 - Apr 2025
Public repository for my website
Contributions:77 PRs, 370 pushes, 46 branches in 5 years 3 months
public-repository
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