Summary
Rafaël Bekkema is a back-end developer with a decade of hands-on experience building reliable web applications and services across Dutch companies like Alserda Media and srprs.me. He emphasizes software quality, standards, and full development lifecycles, bringing strong skills in Java, C/C++, Python, Ruby, JavaScript and multiple databases (Postgres, MySQL). Trained in HBO Informatica, Rafaël complements coding with UML-based analysis and disciplined version control practices (Subversion, Git). His early projects ranged from neural-network prototypes and robotics to ASP-classic ticketing systems, showing comfort moving between research-like tasks and production engineering. Colleagues know him for prioritizing maintainability and clear processes as much as for delivering features. Based in the Greater Groningen Area, he blends pragmatic engineering with a long-term view on code quality.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
HBO, Informatica, HBO, Informatica at NHL Hogeschool