Summary
Maarten Bicknese is a Lead Software Consultant with 11 years of hands-on experience building user-focused web applications and interactive experiences, specializing in React and Unity3D. He combines technical leadership with practical delivery—leading teams, mentoring juniors, and launching revenue-driving features across enterprise and startup settings. As an independent consultant he built a Cardano risk-management tool that saved teams 40 minutes per day and markedly reduced errors, showing a talent for turning domain problems into production automation. Maarten also has deep experience modernizing legacy PHP stacks, improving CI/CD pipelines, and optimizing front-end architectures to halve maintenance costs and cut crash rates dramatically. Based in Gouda, he pairs a creative Art & Technology background with pragmatic engineering, often teaching workshops and creating internal tooling that scales team capabilities.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Art and Technology, Bachelor's degree Art and Technology at University of the Arts Utrecht
Bachelor of ICT IT, Bachelor of ICT IT at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
HAVO Natuur en Techniek, HAVO Natuur en Techniek at SGS Schravenlant
Landmark Graduate, Landmark Graduate at Landmark
Dutch, English, French, German