Rick Kuipers
Senior Software Developer at LevelUp IT B.V.
Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRick Kuipers is a senior software developer and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience building web applications, e-commerce platforms, and cloud-hosted services from the Netherlands. He blends hands-on backend engineering—demonstrated by contributions to the Sylius open-source eCommerce framework around database drivers and testing—with a strong interest in architecture and team leadership. As co-founder of StickChess and owner of LevelUp IT, he routinely moves between product thinking and technical execution, and has a track record of improving workflows, tooling, and QA practices at growing teams. Comfortable managing infrastructure and databases, he also has experience running small businesses and coaching teams, which informs a pragmatic, customer-focused approach to engineering.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Windesheim
English, Dutch
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
postgresql10
mysql10
doctrine10
php10
symfony10
symfony-ux10
testing9
html9
api8
ecommerce7
restful-api7
conditional-statements6
svg6
png6
css6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Sylius/Sylius
Dec 2014 - Feb 2015
Open Source eCommerce Framework on Symfony
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Rick contributed to the Sylius e-commerce framework by implementing database driver support for PostgreSQL and checking for MySQL configurations. They also made changes related to database interaction within the Behat testing context. Additionally, the user removed whitespace and imported necessary classes. This work indicates a focus on database integration and testing within the framework.
apisyliusecommercephpheadless-ecommerce
wedevelopnl/ux-table
Nov 2022 - Feb 2025
Symfony UX Table with search, filter and sorting options.
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 2 PRs in 2 years 3 months
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