Summary
Paula Ouden is a creative full-stack software developer with nine years of experience, currently building web applications at HR2day with a front-end focus. Comfortable across Angular, React, React Native and backend stacks including Spring Boot (Java/Kotlin), Node.js and Ruby on Rails, she values simple, efficient code and resists over-engineering. She pairs hands-on implementation with UX design skills—regularly producing Figma mockups and end-to-end UI tests using Appium, BrowserStack and Jest. A former international communication and Chinese studies scholar, Paula brings strong research instincts and cross-cultural perspective to product discovery and client-facing work. Her trajectory from humanities to code gives her an uncommon emphasis on clear communication, pragmatic design and rapidly learning new languages or frameworks.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Chinese, Chinese at Beijing University of Technology
Havo, Cultuur en maatschappij, 8.3 (cum laude), Havo, Cultuur en maatschappij, 8.3 (cum laude) at Luzac College
Web development, Web development at Codaisseur Academy
Lorentz Casimir Lyceum
master, Communication, General, 8, master, Communication, General, 8 at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- (semester), Chinese Philosopy, Master, - (semester), Chinese Philosopy, Master at Xiamen University
Bachelor of International Communication, Chinese & Communication, Bachelor of International Communication, Chinese & Communication at Hogeschool Zuyd (Maastricht, Heerlen, Sittard)
English, Dutch, Chinese, German