Joost Rovers
Managing Director at Rovers IT
Porto, Porto, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolJoost Rovers is a Managing Director and seasoned software engineer with over a decade of experience delivering solutions for the broadcast media sector and beyond. Trained with an MSc in Computing Science, he has progressed from C++, Java and .NET development to founding and running Rovers IT, where he now focuses on serverless architectures and cloud-native patterns. His background includes senior engineering at GLOOKAST and hands-on roles customizing enterprise platforms like Microsoft CRM and SharePoint, giving him a rare blend of product-facing broadcast expertise and enterprise integration skills. Based in Porto, Portugal, he pairs pragmatic engineering with leadership experience and a track record of moving legacy systems toward modern, serverless deployments. Notably, his career reflects both classroom teaching (SQL Server) and grassroots tech leadership in volunteer networks, hinting at strong communication and mentorship strengths alongside technical depth.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Computing Science, Master of Science Computing Science at Radboud University
Dutch, English, Portuguese
Github Skills (10)
nodejs10
testing7
dynamodb6
lambda5
javascript4
typescript3
aws-sdk3
test-suite1
dotnet1
aws-sdk-js1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ebu/mcma-libraries
Sep 2019 - Jul 2022
MCMA libraries for Node.js
Contributions:147 commits, 5 PRs, 215 pushes in 2 years 10 months
nodejsmcma
ebu/mcma-launch-control
Aug 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:72 commits, 75 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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