Mark Kroon
Data Engineer
Netherlands
Summary
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SeniorMark Kroon is a Data Engineer with 13 years of experience applying AI, machine learning and software engineering to public health and bioinformatics problems. He has progressed from research roles at Leiden University Medical Center to DevOps and bioinformatics engineering at RIVM, and now builds data solutions for the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets. He specializes in NGS data processing, Python-driven research tooling, and production-grade data engineering with a strong DevOps mindset. Comfortable moving between hands-on coding and operationalizing pipelines, he focuses on making complex scientific workflows reproducible and scalable. Based in the Netherlands, he blends academic rigor with pragmatic delivery, often contributing architectural improvements behind the scenes rather than public-facing open source. His career shows a consistent thread: turning research-grade analytics into robust, auditable systems for government and healthcare.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (17)
tandem9
checker9
nomenclature9
twine9
cpp8
breakpoints8
sequence8
sequencing8
pattern8
bioinformatics8
medium7
bioconda7
genes1
genomics1
filter1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
LOVDnl/LOVD3
Feb 2016 - Jan 2018
LOVD3 development repository
Contributions:507 commits, 141 PRs, 426 pushes in 2 years
cpp
mkroon1/csvmerginator
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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