Niels Van Dijk
Senior Software Engineer at DPG Media Nederland
Heemstede, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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SeniorNiels Van Dijk is a Senior Software Engineer and freelance web developer based in Heemstede, Netherlands, with 11 years of experience building Python-driven products using Django and Flask. He has delivered production systems for major Dutch publishers and enterprises (NU.nl, Sanoma, DPG Media, eBay/Adevinta) and routinely works in Scrum teams to ship scalable, cloud-native services. His hands-on stack spans Python 2.7→3.x, Celery, DRF, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes and GCP/AWS automation, reflecting a strong focus on reliability and operational tooling. As the owner of Different Step he blends client-facing freelance work with long-term engagements, and his background as a competitive 400m athlete hints at a disciplined, performance-oriented approach to engineering.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Dutch, English
Github Skills (20)
django-rest9
json-api9
rest-framework8
sia7
django-rest-framework7
api7
rest-api6
rest6
django-jsonfield6
python6
django6
json6
react5
javascript5
redux-saga4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nvandijk/dotfiles
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:47 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
nvandijk/django
Jan 2016 - Sep 2018
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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