Summary
Richard Kolb is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience designing and delivering backend systems, currently building cloud-native finance solutions at ANVA using AWS, Java, Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL. He has a strong track record in SaaS and fintech, previously scaling B2B platforms at Colect and developing mobile banking web services on Azure. AWS-certified and comfortable across DevOps and platform concerns from his e-mobility work at BMW to high-throughput Java systems, he focuses on secure, maintainable architectures that meet regulatory needs like SEPA. An advocate for open source and software security, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a curiosity for tooling and automation. Based in the Randstad, he balances deep technical focus with a light personal touch—coffee-fueled coding and a penchant for rewatching Star Trek.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Certified Cloud Practitioner, Certified Cloud Practitioner at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
University of Johannesburg
English, Dutch