Nik Torfs
Solutions Architect at Lemon Companies
Heist-op-den-Berg, Antwerp, Belgium
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Top SchoolNik Torfs is a solutions architect with 13 years of hands-on experience building full-stack and cloud-native systems across industries—from air traffic management using Ada on Linux to event-driven startups on AWS and commercial digital signage platforms. He combines a Master's in Applied Informatics from KU Leuven with practical expertise in Java, Node.js, C#.NET, Angular, PHP, Go and Kubernetes, and routinely balances pragmatic engineering with strategic trade-offs. Comfortable both leading teams and getting into the weeds, he runs the tech side of a digital signage business while architecting solutions at Lemon Companies and Maraca Digital. An incessant tinkerer, he maintains a home lab and experiments with 3D printing, long-distance running, and endurance sports—habits that mirror his persistence in solving complex technical problems.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Applied Informatics, Applied Informatics at Karel de Grote' Hogeschool AntwerpenMaster of applied computer science, Master of applied computer science at Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenIT Management, IT Management at Sint-Ursula-Instituut Lier
English, Dutch, French, Spanish
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Github Skills (9)
reserve10
digital-signage9
open-data7
api7
visualize5
visualization5
javascript5
data-visualization4
admin4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
FlatTurtle/ControlBay
Jul 2012 - Jan 2014
Contributions:11 commits in 1 year 5 months
FlatTurtle/MyTurtleAdmin
Sep 2013 - May 2016
Contributions:113 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
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