Summary
Oscar Hofstede is a Staff Software Engineer with two decades of experience building desktop, client and server-side systems in C++, C#, and Node.js, currently focused on document and image processing SDKs at Apryse. He has a proven history of shipping complex products—from 3D GIS and terrain visualization and proprietary image compression to high-performance document SDKs and microservices—while leading R&D and engineering teams. Comfortable across full stacks and DevOps toolchains (Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab CI), he combines low-level performance engineering with practical web and platform work. Based in Bradenton, FL, he brings an uncommon blend of entrepreneurial ownership (co-owning Muchachamaca) and long-term product stewardship through acquisitions, translating deep technical expertise into reliable, ship-ready systems.
11 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Vision, Computer Vision at University of Twente
Master's degree Informatics (Computer Science), Master's degree Informatics (Computer Science) at Radboud University
English, Dutch, Spanish, German