Rene Kootstra
Senior Software Engineer at Philips
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRene Kootstra is a senior software engineer based in Eindhoven with over two decades of hands-on experience and five years in senior roles focused on cloud-native and embedded systems. He blends embedded C/C++ and low-level systems work with modern full-stack and cloud development (C#, Java, JavaScript/Node, AWS, Terraform), often driving rapid prototyping and productization of analytics and IoT features. At Signify he led technical efforts for SaaS microservices, a QR-based product identification system, and HUE ecosystem tooling; at Philips he’s continued on scalable, production-focused engineering. Rene emphasizes test-driven development, high code quality and performance—previous projects reduced system load dramatically and achieved >99% coverage during rewrites. He routinely bridges hardware-emulating front-ends and cloud back-ends, making him effective at turning device-level behavior into robust, observable services. An understated strength is his long history across embedded, media, and cloud domains, enabling pragmatic architecture decisions informed by deep implementation experience.
5 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Informatica, Bachelor, Informatica at NHL Hogeschool
Github Skills (10)
playstation10
javascript9
browser9
web-development8
compiler8
emscripten6
programming-language4
parser3
ecmascript2
ecma1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
kootstra-rene/mdlr-js
Dec 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:241 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
kootstra-rene/mdlr-tutorials
Apr 2022 - Jun 2024
Contributions:92 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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