Summary
Rein Van Der Vegt is a Test Automation Engineer with 9 years of experience building CI/CD-ready test suites for public and private sector platforms, currently contributing to Dutch government projects and running his own test automation consultancy. He combines pragmatic test engineering in Python and TypeScript with Dockerized pipelines to accelerate delivery and catch regressions early. Rein’s background in Communication & Multimedia Design with a Computer Science minor gives him a strong user-centric perspective, enabling him to bridge front-end concerns, automation architecture, and business goals. His career spans roles at large organisations like KPN and Sogeti as well as hands-on freelance web design, reflecting both tool-building depth and customer-facing intuition. Known for integrating test solutions into DevOps workflows, he focuses on scalable, maintainable automation that supports continuous delivery.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Communication & Multimedia, Minors: Informatica, Bachelor of Communication & Multimedia, Minors: Informatica at De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences
MBO, Digital Media Design, MBO, Digital Media Design at Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam
Dutch, English