Rik De Groot
Tech Lead at FinancialLease.nl
Utrecht Area Netherlands
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Top SchoolRik De Groot is a pragmatic tech lead with 11 years of software engineering experience, currently shaping platform and developer workflows at FinancialLease.nl from Utrecht. He blends hands-on coding (famously stretching the edges of vim on a DAS keyboard) with leadership that values clarity and honesty—guided by a Simon Sinek-inspired approach. Rik holds both a BSc and MSc from Universiteit Utrecht, bringing a solid academic foundation to practical, production-focused delivery. He favors developer ergonomics and efficient tooling, helping teams move faster while keeping systems reliable. Based on a compact but steady GitHub presence tied to his company, he tends to drive incremental, high-impact improvements rather than flashy open-source headlines.
11 years of coding experience
BSc, BSc at Universiteit Utrecht
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (51)
hugo10
gitlab-ci10
gitlab10
documentation-generator10
minitest10
jenkins10
syntax-highlighting10
documentation10
sourceforge9
git9
ruby9
rails9
mendix9
code-highlighter9
highlighter9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
hwdegroot/docs
Feb 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:58 pushes, 34 branches in 7 months
hwdegroot/rc-files
Apr 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:8 PRs, 782 pushes, 24 branches in 2 years
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