Kai Bakker
Founder at DataSnipper
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolKai Bakker is a founder and technical leader with 11 years of experience building product-focused engineering teams and shipping SaaS solutions from prototype to scale. As Co-Founder and former CTO of DataSnipper, he drives product and engineering efforts to make auditors more impactful through collaborative automation that standardizes the full audit workflow. His background spans hands-on roles in Ruby on Rails and SaaS launches, including leading development of the Ixly Process-Toolkit and earlier freelance work that sharpened his client-facing product instincts. Trained in mathematics and software engineering at Utrecht University and the University of Amsterdam, he blends rigorous analytical thinking with pragmatic product delivery. Based in Utrecht, he combines startup grit with a focus on usable, audit-focused tooling—often favoring simplicity and collaboration over complexity. Unexpectedly, his path from freelance web developer to scaling a niche audit platform highlights an ability to translate customer-facing problems into scalable engineering organizations.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree Mathematics at Utrecht UniversityMaster of Science (MSc) Software Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Software Engineering at University of Amsterdam
Dutch, English
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Github Skills (101)
uniswap10
plug10
ethereum10
blockchain10
javascript9
solidity9
firefox9
chrome-extension9
hardware-wallet9
bitpay9
react9
chrome9
frontend9
browser-extension9
opera9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
kaibakker/bitcoincheckout
Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:6 PRs, 70 pushes, 8 branches in 3 months
kaibakker/uniswap-library
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:14 commits, 8 pushes in 10 days
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