Ricky Van Rijn
Lead Software Developer at Worker Robotics
Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRicky Van Rijn is a seasoned Lead Software Developer and architect with 13 years’ experience building secure, cloud-native Java and full-stack solutions across government, utilities, and financial sectors. He blends hands-on expertise in Java, Spring, Kubernetes, CI/CD and Angular with leadership roles as Practice Lead and interim team lead, regularly guiding teams through SaFe and Agile deliveries. Passionate about cybersecurity, robotics and AI, he also teaches technical courses and mentors students on topics from embedded systems to ROS and automated testing. Ricky has a proven track record automating complex domain processes—such as municipal settlement checks and imbalance invoicing—while improving testability and observability with Playwright, SonarQube and modern pipelines. He runs a robotics venture alongside consultancy work, reflecting a rare combination of operational delivery, research-minded curiosity and practical applied robotics. Based in Veenendaal, Netherlands, he is known for translating complex requirements into auditable, production-ready systems.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
ROC ASA ICT academieBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)IT-Manager Computer Software ITIL Project Management, IT-Manager Computer Software ITIL Project Management at ROC RIVORSchoonoord DoornBasisschool 't Baken
Dutch, English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (1)
agent6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Hanmudo/Hanmudo
Jan 2022 - Jul 2023
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
Hanmudo/java-vs-kotlin
Oct 2023 - May 2024
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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