Niels Van Dam
Deelnemer at ihomer
North Brabant, Netherlands
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Top SchoolNiels Van Dam is a software engineer from North Brabant with 11 years of experience focusing on back-end development, software architecture and cloud infrastructure. He combines hands-on engineering with a systems-level view, frequently moving between roles as architect, cloud engineer and founder to solve practical product and operational challenges. Niels has worked across startups and corporate environments—leading development, designing architectures at Techem Nederland and founding Codename Red—demonstrating adaptability and ownership. He favors collaboration and pragmatic solutions while staying curious about emerging patterns and future-proofing systems. His background in game development and a minor in game design gives him a creative problem-solving edge that surfaces in system design and prototyping. Equally at home iterating on cloud platforms as implementing backend services, he seeks balanced solutions that consider technical, product and organizational context.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Information Technology, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Information Technology at Avans University of Applied SciencesMinor Game Design & Development, Minor Game Design & Development at Rotterdam University of Applied SciencesGame Developer Game Development, Game Developer Game Development at Grafisch Lyceum UtrechtVMBO Sports services and security, VMBO Sports services and security at Scala College
Dutch, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (30)
jam7
php6
wordpress6
raycasting5
continuation4
puzzle4
aws-deploy3
crossword3
gamemaker3
miner2
2d-game2
dwarf2
scenarios2
game-dev2
integrate2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nielss94/GGJ2020
Jan 2020 - Feb 2020
Global Game Jam 2020.
Contributions:38 PRs, 45 pushes, 29 branches in 1 day
2d-gamegamejamgame-devgame-jam
nielss94/GGJ-2025
Jan 2025 - Jan 2025
Contributions:14 PRs, 83 pushes, 6 branches in 4 days
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