Koen Van Gilst
Tech Lead GenAI at Rabobank
Bilthoven, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolKoen Van Gilst is a Tech Lead specializing in Generative AI and frontend engineering with 11 years of experience building production-grade web and mobile applications. Based in Bilthoven, Netherlands, he combines a strong technical stack—Python, TypeScript, React, Node—and deep frontend expertise (accessibility, internationalization, PWA, testing) with leadership roles at Rabobank where he progressed from Senior Frontend Developer to Tech Lead GenAI. His background in philosophy and experience as a translator, teacher and writer give him an uncommon strength in clear communication, product thinking and designing for diverse user needs. Koen has led high-traffic, mission-critical projects (e.g., Kamer van Koophandel online registration) and built accessible tools for users with disabilities, demonstrating a focus on inclusion and real-world impact. He mixes hands-on implementation with team coaching and has recently expanded his leadership toolkit through executive education in leadership at Nyenrode.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
student exchange History of Science, student exchange History of Science at University of RegensburgComputational Science, Computational Science at Utrecht UniversityCollegereeks Excellent Leiderschap, Collegereeks Excellent Leiderschap at Nyenrode Business University
English, German, Dutch
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Github Skills (186)
realtime10
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gundb10
robust10
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memgraph10
encryption10
hybrid10
crypto10
javascript10
view-engine10
sapper10
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
vnglst/svelte-gundb-chat
Apr 2020 - Dec 2020
Realtime decentralized chat - demo app for gundb
Contributions:3 releases, 71 commits, 22 PRs in 7 months
chat-demodemo-appreactrealtimep2p
vnglst/vacci-voortgang
Feb 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:23 commits, 37 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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