Summary
Joris Hoendervangers is a Python trainer and freelance developer with nine years of experience who helps teams modernize codebases and adopt AI, drawing on a background in financial markets and production-grade systems. Since 2018 he has coached over 1,000 engineers through Python best practices, testing, CI/CD and architecture while delivering hands-on AI/LLM integrations (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini), RAG and autonomous agents. He currently splits his time running PythonSherpa, shaping engineering at Watson + Holmes, and overseeing a highly available client portal as CTO at BNC Tax & Accounting. Comfortable migrating teams from Java/C++/Matlab to idiomatic Python, he also brings practical ops skills—Airflow, Kubernetes, Grafana and Sentry—to make AI projects reliable in production. Colleagues value him for turning messy legacy code into maintainable systems and for blending trader-born rigor with accessible training.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Financial Management, MSc Financial Management at Tilburg University
Business Administration, Business Administration at San Diego State University
Gymnasium, Gymnasium at Varendonck College