Merlijn Bruijnes
CTO at Marvia
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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SeniorMerlijn Bruijnes is a pragmatic technology leader and CTO with eight years in senior roles and two decades of hands-on software and systems experience building SaaS for marketing automation. At Marvia he grew from Lead Developer to CTO, shaping a platform that centralizes and localizes marketing workflows for enterprise customers. He combines full-stack engineering instincts with product-focused leadership, having also run his own consultancy and co-founded a recruitment/web firm. An active contributor to popular open-source UI work, Merlijn has improved Mantine’s styling, locale-aware date components, and TypeScript types—an indication of his attention to developer experience as well as UX. Based in Amsterdam, he brings entrepreneurial grit, operational know-how, and a knack for turning complex marketing needs into simple, scalable software.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Dutch, German, English, French, Spanish
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Github Skills (14)
ui-components10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
typescript-types10
react10
css9
darkmode9
custom-theme8
hook8
customizer8
customisation8
darktheme7
uikit7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mantinedev/mantine
Jul 2021 - Nov 2022
A fully featured React components library
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 19 commits, 21 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Merlijn primarily contributed to the Mantine UI component library by adding and modifying styling functions and UI components. Their work included implementing new color manipulation functions (lighten, darken) and integrating them into the theme. Furthermore, the user added locale settings to date components like the DatePicker and Calendar. They also made improvements to the type definitions to enhance the developer experience.
reactcomponents-libraryreact-nativedark-themedark-mode
dbrxnds/jotai-zod-form
Feb 2023 - Feb 2023
Contributions:47 commits, 8 PRs, 41 pushes in 5 days
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