Reinout Roels
Engineering Lead at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolReinout Roels is an engineering lead based in Brussels with 13+ years of professional experience and over 20 years of hands-on software development dating back to teenage freelance work. He combines deep technical fluency across languages, frameworks and APIs with academic rigor from a PhD in Computer Science and extensive teaching experience (2,000+ classroom hours). Reinout has a proven track record moving from senior developer to chapter lead at SWIFT and into CIO and engineering leadership roles, shaping engineering craft, driving Agile and DevOps initiatives, and hiring and coaching high-performing teams. He remains highly hands-on—designing systems, solving technical problems and even building custom PCBs for smartwatches and controllers—so his leadership is grounded in practical engineering. Outside work he pursues long-term challenges like sub-4-hour marathons and 100km hikes, reflecting a persistence and discipline that he brings to complex projects.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Sciences (PhD in Computer Science), Computer Science, Doctor of Sciences (PhD in Computer Science), Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dutch, English, French, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (91)
uinput9
arduino-library9
e-ink9
sublime-text8
keyboard-shortcuts8
shortcut8
kotlin8
bluetooth-low-energy8
java8
gradle8
thumb7
keyboard-events7
keyboard7
textmate7
sublime7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
rroels/pinebook-pro-nvme-luks
Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:21 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 8 days
RoelandMatthijssens/watchy
Aug 2021 - Aug 2024
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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