Martin Balk
Tech Lead at AstrisNexus
Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMartin Balk is a tech lead and serial founder with a decade of experience building full-stack products and AI-driven platforms across finance, marketing, and blockchain. He currently architects AI-powered investor tooling at AstrisNexus while running startups that automate email workflows (MerelAI) and AI-driven content production (Postcrest), demonstrating a knack for turning repetitive workflows into scalable, brand-safe automation. His background spans Ruby on Rails, React/Vue frontends, Solidity smart contracts, and production infrastructure—skills he applied to projects from decentralized solar marketplaces to SLA-governing blockchain protocols. Martin combines hands-on engineering with product intuition, often shipping end-to-end systems that include frontend UX, backend automation, and integrations with third-party APIs. Based in Almere, he pairs mechanical-engineering roots and formal dapp training with a bootstrapping mindset, having repeatedly taken ideas from MVP to revenue-generating products. He’s equally comfortable optimizing booking platforms for luxury services as he is designing AI-first workflows that help teams move faster and stay consistent.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Wagonerd Fullstack Web Development, Wagonerd Fullstack Web Development at Le WagonBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Engineering Design and Innovation, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Engineering Design and Innovation at Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesEthereum dapp (decentralized application) developer course, Ethereum dapp (decentralized application) developer course at Consensys academyMechanical Engineering and draftsman, Mechanical Engineering and draftsman at Intermediate Technical Education at Horizon College, Hoorn
Dutch, English
Github Skills (15)
targeting9
phishing9
tla8
risk-management8
blockchain8
ethereum7
solidity7
contract6
smart-contracts6
cosmwasm6
ruby-wrapper5
wagon4
api3
ruby2
movie2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
fidgeters/fidgetfun
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:6 PRs, 15 pushes, 5 branches in 1 day
Martin-Balk/cocktail-practice
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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