NatΒ Noordanus
Staff Software Engineer - Tech Lead at Nexthink
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolNat Noordanus is a Staff Software Engineer and tech lead based in Lausanne with 14 years of experience building reliable backend systems and leading engineering teams. Currently at Nexthink, he blends hands-on development with architectural ownership, drawing on prior roles at Amazon and INAIT to scale production services and improve developer workflows. A pragmatic open-source contributor, he has enhanced testing and RPC capabilities in the popular python-betterproto project and authored core features of poethepoet, a task runner used alongside Poetry. Trained in AI and psychology (MSc by Research, Distinction), he brings a rare mix of human-centred design thinking and rigorous engineering, often surfacing usability and testing improvements that others overlook.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MSc. by Research, Psychology and e-learning, Distinction, MSc. by Research, Psychology and e-learning, Distinction at The University of EdinburghInternational Baccalaureate, Physics, Chemistry, Maths, International Baccalaureate, Physics, Chemistry, Maths at International Secondary School Eindhoven
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Github Skills (37)
pytest10
python10
testing10
test-runner10
python-poetry10
command-line-interface10
asyncio10
tasker10
argument-parsing10
command-line10
runner10
job-runner10
poe10
grpc10
cli10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
nat-n/poethepoet
May 2020 - Jan 2023
A task runner that works well with poetry.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:73 releases, 85 reviews, 150 commits in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Nat primarily contributed to the development of a task runner, poethepoet. They implemented the core functionalities of the command-line interface, including argument parsing, task validation, and execution logic. The user enhanced the runner by adding support for features such as environment variable interpolation and various executor modes. They also refactored key components into classes, and implemented code to handle task dependencies.
pythondeveloper-toolstask-runnerdevelopment-workflowrunner
danielgtaylor/python-betterproto
Apr 2020 - Apr 2021
Clean, modern, Python 3.6+ code generator & library for Protobuf 3 and async gRPC
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:4 releases, 104 reviews, 53 commits in 1 year
Contributions summary:Nat primarily focused on enhancing the testing capabilities of the `python-betterproto` library. They implemented tests for generated service stubs, including a minimal RPC example and service stub calls. They extended the service stub functionality, allowing the passing of metadata, timeouts, and deadlines to requests. The user also made refactoring changes and formatted the code.
pythonasyncioprotobufpython-3-6grpc
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