Richard Baptist
Senior Backend Engineer at Remote
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Baptist is a Senior Backend Engineer based in Rotterdam with 11 years of experience building and scaling systems that handle complex business logic at a global level. He has progressed from WebSphere specialist and enterprise support roles at Rabobank and IBM to leading backend teams and shipping production systems at Lendahand, WebinarGeek, and in his current remote role. Richard blends deep operational knowledge of high-availability architectures with hands-on backend development and a pragmatic approach to evolving platforms. He also tinkers with embedded firmware—contributing custom keymaps and GLCD font tweaks to the popular QMK keyboard project—illustrating a curiosity that stretches from infra to hardware. Known for turning ambiguous requirements into reliable, maintainable services, he brings both leadership and a developer’s attention to detail.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MBO, Banking and Insurance, MBO, Banking and Insurance at Zadkine CollegeSoul Calibur, Web Development, Soul Calibur, Web Development at Dev BootcampInformation Technology for Multimedia, Information Technology for Multimedia at Hogeschool Rotterdam
Dutch, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
c-language10
qmk-firmware10
firmware10
qmk10
c1110
keyboard10
c1710
keymapping10
cprogramming-language10
matrix9
color-matrix9
keyboard-input9
sys9
keyboard-layout9
rgb9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
qmk/qmk_firmware
Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 4 commits, 11 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributes to keymap customization within the QMK firmware project. Their work focuses on creating and updating personal keyboard layouts for the CRKBD, including modifications to keymap.c, config.h, and rules.mk files. They demonstrate proficiency in configuring custom layers, tap/mod keys, and utilizing QMK's features for advanced keyboard functionality, indicating a strong understanding of firmware development for keyboard hardware. Additionally, they made edits to a GLCD font file.
rp2040firmwareavratmelkeyboard-support
rpbaptist/oh-my-zsh
Mar 2015 - Aug 2023
Contributions:83 pushes in 8 years 6 months
pythonrails-pluginszsh-configurationauto-updatecapistrano
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