Summary
Rick Van Bodegraven is a Software Architect with a decade of hands-on experience building backend systems, currently shaping platform architecture at the Dutch national statistics agency (CBS). He began as a full-stack web developer and progressed to lead backend roles, notably owning Go-based REST APIs and Dockerized deployments at Car-Systems. His background spans security consulting, ERP dashboard work, and multiple PHP/JS frameworks, giving him a practical blend of secure-by-design thinking and pragmatic delivery under constraints. Colleagues know him for shipping reliable server-side solutions while also contributing to DevOps tooling and image maintenance—work that often lives behind the scenes but keeps systems running smoothly. Based in Heerlen, he combines methodical engineering with an appetite for clean, maintainable architectures informed by real-world operational experience.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Software Engineering, Bachelor Software Engineering at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
VWO N&T profiel, VWO N&T profiel at Romboutscollege
Dutch, English, German, French