Summary
Peter De Ridder is a software engineering manager with 17 years of hands-on experience who rose from autodidact developer to lead backend teams at Mobiel.nl, now overseeing engineering, hiring and Scrum-driven process improvements. Trained originally in social sciences and psychology (MA, Universiteit Leiden), he brings a people-first approach to technical leadership, blending behavioral insight with strong Ruby on Rails expertise. He holds a Scrum Master certification and regularly combines individual coaching, performance management and pragmatic software delivery across a wide project portfolio. Based in Sassenheim, Netherlands, Peter is known for turning informal learning into repeatable team practices and for translating user- and team-focused needs into reliable backend systems.
17 years of coding experience
Bachelorgraad, Algemene Sociale Wetenschappen, Bachelorgraad, Algemene Sociale Wetenschappen at Universiteit Utrecht
Master-graad, PSYCHOLOGY, Master-graad, PSYCHOLOGY at Universiteit Leiden