Nino Van Hooff is an Android developer with 11 years of experience building user-focused mobile apps and full-stack tooling, currently at Q42 in Utrecht. He combines strong Kotlin and Java Android skills with backend experience in Python, Django and AWS, and has contributed notable improvements to the widely used open-source Cura ecosystem (Cura, Uranium, CuraEngine). Comfortable across front-end and back-end work, he has a track record of shipping polished consumer apps and refining core framework functionality, including UI/UX enhancements and performance-driven refactors. Nino favors startup-minded teams that move fast and use modern tooling, and brings a sociable, collaborative approach—he also channels his creativity into drawing, Blender 3D worlds and video projects outside of work.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Artificial Intelligence, Bachelor, Artificial Intelligence at University of Groningen
Propedeuse, Communication & Multimedia Design, Propedeuse, Communication & Multimedia Design at NHL Hogeschool
Grammar School, Grammar School at Stedelijk Gymnasium Leeuwarden
A Python framework for building Desktop applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:121 commits, 39 PRs, 77 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Nino's contributions primarily involve enhancing the logging functionality within the Uranium framework. They created convenience aliases for logging methods to improve code readability, and used more descriptive words for logging methods. The user also addressed a mypy warning, and added application loading documentation and messages to improve the sense of progress. Furthermore, the user fixed several merge conflicts and added a http DELETE function to the HttpRequestManager, demonstrating a focus on maintaining and extending core framework features.
3D printer / slicing GUI built on top of the Uranium framework
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:476 commits, 125 PRs, 266 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Nino's commits primarily focused on the implementation and refinement of the Per Object Settings (POS) feature within the Cura slicer. They worked on integrating icon buttons within the user interface and improving the user experience by modifying the infill checkbox from checkbox to a dropdown. Furthermore, the user addressed several bugs related to setting visibility and handling of the mesh type. This involved changes to both the QML and Python code, indicating proficiency in front-end and back-end development.
3d-printercura3d-printingpythonuranium
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