Summary
Marius Van Der Knaap is a Mendix developer with 10 years of experience who blends a UX-first mindset with deep platform expertise to build customer-facing applications that closely align with business needs. He has repeatedly led front-end styling and migration efforts, written custom widgets and Java actions, and contributed to CI/CD and DevOps setups for clients including Rabobank, Siemens, and Rijkswaterstaat. Comfortable both as a hands-on developer and a technical lead, he has driven product proof-of-concepts and global dashboards while also supporting pre-sales and marketing activities. Based in Delft, he leverages a Master in Human-Centered Multimedia to translate complex requirements into polished, usable apps and often bridges the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams. An underrated strength is his ability to teach and uplift teams on styling and best practices during platform migrations, ensuring sustainable quality beyond individual projects.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Liberal Arts & Sciences Information Science/Studies, Bachelor Liberal Arts & Sciences Information Science/Studies at Utrecht University
Master Information studies Human Centered Multimedia, Master Information studies Human Centered Multimedia at University of Amsterdam
Pre-university education Culture & society, Pre-university education Culture & society at Haags Montessori Lyceum
Dutch, German, English, French, Spanish