Summary
Leo Breebaart is a seasoned software architect and tech lead with over two decades of experience building data processing backends, web UIs, and capacity-planning systems, currently leading the AIR-Portal startup within Science & Technology in Delft. He combines hands-on mastery of Python, Java, C++ and Django with research-grade expertise from a PhD in computer science, driving high-resolution, hourly air-quality delivery across European cities. His work spans space-focused autonomy projects for ESA, NATO semantic interoperability and earth-observation architectures, demonstrating a rare blend of research, engineering and operational responsibility. Colleagues rely on him for system design through production operation and for making complex data pipelines both scalable and auditable. Despite frequent recruiter interest, he is focused on advancing AIR-Portal’s mission to make local air quality insights widely accessible.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Applied Computer Science, MSc, Applied Computer Science at Leiden University
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Delft University of Technology
Mr Dr J G de Miranda Lyceum
Dutch, English