Max Van Deursen
Software Engineering Consultant at Dignitas Group
Wassenaar, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolMax Van Deursen is a Software Engineering Consultant with nine years of hands-on experience bridging academic rigor from Delft University of Technology and practical consulting across Dutch tech firms. He has strong backend chops demonstrated by contributions to Tribler, a privacy-focused BitTorrent client, where he improved core torrent validation, modularized logic, and added unit tests to increase reliability. Comfortable in agile, DevOps-driven environments, he has delivered scalable solutions for infrastructure monitoring and helped clients become self-reliant in production. As a former head teaching assistant in reasoning and logic, he brings a methodical, formal approach to problem solving and code quality. Now at Dignitas Group after roles at Betabit and NSX, he blends consultancy experience with ongoing MSc-level study to tackle complex distributed systems and privacy-aware applications.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
VWO NT & NG, VWO NT & NG at Adelbert College WassenaarMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Delft University of Technology
Dutch, English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
torrent10
python10
back-end-development10
bittorrent10
testing9
refactoring9
json6
libtorrent6
quicksort6
algorithm6
oop6
django-rest-framework6
inheritance6
django6
java6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Tribler/tribler
Feb 2017 - Jun 2017
Privacy enhanced BitTorrent client with P2P content discovery
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 5 PRs, 28 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Max primarily focused on improving the Tribler client's core functionality by fixing bugs, refactoring existing code, and adding test cases. They addressed issues related to the HTTP API and metainfo validation within the torrent client. Their work involved modularizing functions, ensuring consistent validation, and improving the handling of various torrent file elements such as URLs, HTTP seeds, and initial peers. This user also worked to incorporate unit tests to increase the reliability of the code.
pythoncontent-discoverytransmissionprivacyp2p
MaxVanDeursen/osiregisterer
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:1 release, 25 commits, 9 PRs in 2 months
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